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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: Dunkeld
Before 1031 [his father] King Duncan I of Scotland (age 29) and [his mother] Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland were married.
Around 1032 King Donald III of Scotland was born to King Duncan I of Scotland (age 31) and Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland.
On 14th August 1040 [his father] King Duncan I of Scotland (age 39) was killed in action by the army of King Macbeth of Scotland (age 35). King Macbeth of Scotland succeeded King Scotland.
On 12th November 1093 King Donald III of Scotland (age 61) succeeded III King Scotland.
. After 16th November 1093. After her death the Scots elected for their king, Donald (age 61), brother of king Malcolm, and expelled from Scotland all the English who belonged to the king's court. Duncan (age 33), king Malcolm's son, hearing of these events, besought king William, in whose army he then served, to grant him his father's kingdom, and obtaining his request swore fealty to him. He then hastened to Scotland, with a host of English and Normans, and expelling his uncle Donald reigned in his stead. Thereupon some of the Scots banded together and slew nearly all his men, a few only escaping with him. But afterwards they restored him to the throne, on condition that he should no longer harbour either Englishmen or Normans in Scotland, and permit them to serve in his army.
John of Fordun's Chronicle. [12th November 1094]. Meanwhile Duncan (age 34), King Malcolm's illegitimate son, when he was with King William Kufus, in England, as a hostage, was by him dubbed knight; and, backed up by his help, he arrived in Scotland, put his uncle Donald to flight, and was set up as king. But when he had reigned a year and six months, he fell slain at Monthechin by the Earl of Mernys, by name Malpetri, in Scottish, Malpedir, through the wiles of his uncle Donald (age 62), whom he had often vanquished in battle; and he was buried in the island of Iona.
On 12th November 1094 King Duncan II of Scotland (age 34) died. His uncle Donald (age 62) succeeded III King Scotland.
In 1099 King Donald III of Scotland (age 67) died. He was buried at Dunfermline Abbey [Map] and subsequently reburied in Iona. His nephew Edgar (age 25) succeeded I King Scotland.
Kings Scotland: Son of King Duncan I of Scotland