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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg
On 28th October 1449 [his father] Christian I King Denmark (age 23) and [his mother] Dorothea of Brandenburg (age 18) were married.
On 2nd February 1455 John King Denmark Norway and Sweden was born to Christian I King Denmark (age 29) and Dorothea of Brandenburg (age 24).
In 1477 John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 21) and [his future wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 15) were engaged.
On 6th September 1478 John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 23) and Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 16) were married. He the son of Christian I King Denmark (age 52) and Dorothea of Brandenburg (age 47).
In 1479 [his son] Hans Oldenburg was born to John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 23) and [his wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 17).
In 1480 [his son] Ernst Oldenburg was born to John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 24) and [his wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 18).
In 1480 [his son] Hans Oldenburg (age 1) died.
On 21st May 1481 [his father] Christian I King Denmark (age 55) died. His son John (age 26) succeeded King Denmark. [his wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.
On 1st July 1481 [his son] Christian II King Denmark II King Norway was born to John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 26) and [his wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 19).
In 1483 John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 27) succeeded King Norway. [his wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 21) by marriage Queen Consort Norway.
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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.
In 1484 [his son] Jacob Oldenburg was born to John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 28) and [his wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 22).
On 24th June 1485 [his daughter] Elizabeth Oldenburg was born to John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 30) and [his wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 23).
On 10th November 1495 [his mother] Dorothea of Brandenburg (age 64) died.
On 15th July 1497 [his son] Francis Oldenburg was born to John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 42) and [his wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 35).
On 6th October 1497 John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 42) succeeded King Sweden. [his wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 35) by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.
In 1499 King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 41) created a number of Garter Knights ...
243rd Edward Poynings (age 40).
244th John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 43).
245th Gilbert Talbot (age 47).
246th King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 7).
247th Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland (age 20).
248th Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 20).
249th Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester (age 39). The date sometimes given as 1496?
250th Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk (age 28).
251st Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu.
252nd Thomas Lovell.
253rd Richard Pole (age 37).
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In 1500 [his son] Ernst Oldenburg (age 20) died.
On 1st April 1511 [his son] Francis Oldenburg (age 13) died.
On 20th February 1513 John King Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 58) died. His son [his son] Christian (age 31) succeeded II King Denmark, II King Norway.
On 8th December 1521 [his former wife] Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 59) died.
James IV. to John King of Denmark. Credence for Magnus Beilde, a subject of the King of Denmark, who has been for some years in Scotland on James's service. Begs John to show himself an uncle now, as James means for life to act the part of a nephew and circumstances brook no delay.
GrandFather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg
Father: Christian I King Denmark
GrandMother: Helvig of Schauenburg
John King Denmark Norway and Sweden
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hohenzollern II Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
GrandFather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Mother: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
GrandMother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg