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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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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 7th October 1471 King Frederick I of Denmark was born to Christian I King Denmark (age 45) and Dorothea of Brandenburg (age 40).
On 21st May 1481 [his father] Christian I King Denmark (age 55) died. His son [his brother] John (age 26) succeeded King Denmark. Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.
On 10th November 1495 [his mother] Dorothea of Brandenburg (age 64) died.
On 10th April 1502 King Frederick I of Denmark (age 30) and Anna of Brandenburg (age 14) were married. She the daughter of John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg and Margaret of Thuringia. He the son of Christian I King Denmark and Dorothea of Brandenburg. They were half second cousins.
On 12th August 1503 [his son] Christian III King Denmark was born to King Frederick I of Denmark (age 31) and [his wife] Anna of Brandenburg (age 15).
On 1st August 1504 [his daughter] Dorothea Oldenburg was born to King Frederick I of Denmark (age 32) and [his wife] Anna of Brandenburg (age 16).
On 3rd May 1514 [his wife] Anna of Brandenburg (age 26) died.
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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.
On 9th October 1518 King Frederick I of Denmark (age 47) and Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 20) were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of Christian I King Denmark and Dorothea of Brandenburg.
On 28th June 1521 [his son] John "Elder" Oldenburg was born to King Frederick I of Denmark (age 49) and [his wife] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 23).
In 1523 Christian II King Denmark II King Norway (age 41) Abdicated following pressure from his nobility. His uncle Frederick (age 51) succeeded I King Denmark.
On 14th October 1524 [his daughter] Elizabeth Oldenburg was born to King Frederick I of Denmark (age 53) and [his wife] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 26).
On 29th October 1525 [his son] Christian III King Denmark (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 14) were married. He the son of King Frederick I of Denmark (age 54) and [his former wife] Anna of Brandenburg.
In 1526 [his son-in-law] Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 35) and [his daughter] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 21) were married. She the daughter of King Frederick I of Denmark (age 54) and [his former wife] Anna of Brandenburg. He the son of Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 65). They were first cousin once removed.
On 25th January 1526 [his son] Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp was born to King Frederick I of Denmark (age 54) and [his wife] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 28).
In 1527 [his daughter] Anna Oldenburg was born to King Frederick I of Denmark (age 55) and [his wife] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 29)..
In 1528 [his daughter] Dorothea Oldenburg was born to King Frederick I of Denmark (age 56) and [his wife] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 30)..
On 13th April 1532 [his son] Frederick Oldenburg was born to King Frederick I of Denmark (age 60) and [his wife] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 34)..
On 10th April 1533 King Frederick I of Denmark (age 61) died. His son [his son] Christian (age 29) succeeded III King Denmark.
In 1560 [his son] Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp (age 33) was appointed 343rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 26). It isn't entirely clear why he was awarded the Garter. He was a thirty-four years old, unmarried younger son of the King of Denark. He may have been pursuing a marriage to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland.
In 1568 [his former wife] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 70) died.
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark
Frederick William IV King Prussia
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Frederick Charles I King Finland
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark
GrandFather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg
Father: Christian I King Denmark
GrandMother: Helvig of Schauenburg
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