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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Biography of Isabella "Lady of Snowdon" Braose Princess Wales 1222-1248

Paternal Family Tree: Braose

Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188

Before 1221 [her father] William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber (age 16) and [her mother] Eva Marshal (age 17) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [her grandmother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke.

Around 1222 Isabella "Lady of Snowdon" Braose Princess Wales was born to William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber (age 18) and Eva Marshal (age 19).

In 1230 Dafydd ap Llewellyn Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 17) and Isabella "Lady of Snowdon" Braose Princess Wales (age 8) were married. She the daughter of William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber (age 26) and Eva Marshal (age 27). They were half fourth cousins. He a grandson of King John of England.

On 2nd May 1230 [her father] William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber (age 26) was hanged by [her father-in-law] Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw (age 58) for having been found in the bedchamber of his wife [her mother-in-law] Joan Plantagenet (age 39). His daughter [her sister] Eva (age 3) succeeded 10th Baroness Abergavenny Feudal Creation. William Cantilupe by marriage Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation. His first cousin John (age 33) succeeded 8th Baron Bramber Feudal.

On 6th June 1237 John Dunkeld 9th Earl Huntingdon 7th Earl Chester 8th Earl Northampton (age 30) died. Matthew Paris suggests he was poisoned by his wife [her sister-in-law] Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar (age 19). Earl Huntingdon, Earl of Northampton extinct. Earl Chester merged with the Crown.

In 1240 [her husband] Dafydd ap Llewellyn Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 27) was created Prince of Wales. Isabella "Lady of Snowdon" Braose Princess Wales (age 18) by marriage Princess of Wales.

In 1246 [her mother] Eva Marshal (age 43) died.

On 25th February 1246 [her husband] Dafydd ap Llewellyn Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 33) died at Abergwyngregyn Bangor.

Around 1248 Isabella "Lady of Snowdon" Braose Princess Wales (age 26) died. She was buried at Godstow Abbey [Map].