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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 Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal

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Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal was born to Raymond Berenguer Barcelona V Count Barcelona.

In 1176 [her daughter] Theresa of Portugal Queen Consort Leon was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 21) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.

In 1180 [her daughter] Sancha Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 25) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.

In May 1182 [her son] Constanza Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 27) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.

On 23rd April 1185 [her son] Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 30) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal at Coimbra.

In 1188 [her son] Raymond Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 33) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.

On 23rd February 1188 [her son] Peter Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 33) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.

On 24th March 1188 [her son] Ferdinand Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 33) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.

In March 1189 [her son] Henry Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 34) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He died the same year.

In 1196 [her daughter] Mafalda Burgundy Queen Consort Castile was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 41) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.

In 1198 [her daughter] Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 43) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.

In 1198 [her daughter] Branca Burgundy was born to Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 43) and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal.

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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.

Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the daughter of Raymond Berenguer Barcelona V Count Barcelona. He the son of Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal. They were fifth cousins.