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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Bernadotte
On 6th June 1857 [his father] King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 28) and [his mother] Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 20) were married.
On 16th June 1858 Gustav V King Sweden was born to King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 29) and Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 21).
On 11th November 1882 [his son] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden was born to Gustav V King Sweden (age 24).
On 15th June 1905 [his son] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 55) and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught (age 44). He the son of Gustav V King Sweden (age 46). They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 8th December 1907 [his father] King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 78) died. His son Gustav (age 49) succeeded V King Sweden.
On 30th December 1913 [his mother] Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 77) died.
On 3rd November 1923 [his son] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 40) and [his daughter-in-law] Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 34) were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 60). He the son of Gustav V King Sweden (age 65). They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 29th October 1950 Gustav V King Sweden (age 92) died. His son [his son] Gustaf (age 67) succeeded VI King Sweden. [his daughter-in-law] Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 61) by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: Oscar I King Sweden and Norway
Gustav V King Sweden 4 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Christian Nassau Weilburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick William Nassau Weilburg Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John William Friso Orange Nassau Prince Nassau Dietz
Great x 3 Grandfather: Willam Karel Hendrik Friso Orange Nassau 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Louise Hesse-Kassel Princess Nassau Dietz 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Carolina Orange Nassau Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Anne Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Duke William of Nassau 2 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Mother: Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Eugene Württemberg Duke Württemberg
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Frederick Wilhelm Karl Württemberg 2 x Great Grand Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Friederike Sophie Dorothea Hohenzollern Great Grand Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea Hohenzollern Grand Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Prince Paul Heinrich Württemberg 2 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles William Ferdinand Brunswick Bevern 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Augusta Caroline Brunswick Bevern Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Augusta Charlotte Hanover Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Princess Pauline of Württemberg 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland