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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: Jimenez
Maternal Family Tree: Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche 1129
Before 1130 [his father] García "Restorer" IV King Navarre (age 17) and [his mother] Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Navarre.
On 21st April 1132 Sancho "Wise" King Navarre was born to García "Restorer" IV King Navarre (age 20) and Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre.
In 1141 [his mother] Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre died.
On 24th June 1144 [his father] García "Restorer" IV King Navarre (age 32) and Urraca La Asturiana Queen Consort Navarre were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Navarre.
On 21st November 1150 [his father] García "Restorer" IV King Navarre (age 38) died. His son Sancho (age 18) succeeded King Navarre.
On 20th July 1153 Sancho "Wise" King Navarre (age 21) and Sancha Ivrea (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon (age 48) and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon. He the son of García "Restorer" IV King Navarre and Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre. They were fourth cousins.
On 17th April 1154 [his son] Sancho "Strong" VII King Navarre was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre (age 21) and [his wife] Sancha Ivrea (age 15).
On 21st August 1157 [his father-in-law] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon (age 52) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Sancho (age 23) succeeded III King Castile. His son [his brother-in-law] Ferdinand (age 20) succeeded II King Leon.
On 31st August 1158 [his brother-in-law] Sancho III King Castile (age 24) died. His son Alfonso (age 2) succeeded VIII King Castile.
Around 1165 [his daughter] Berengaria of Navarre Queen Consort England was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre (age 32) and [his wife] Sancha Ivrea (age 26).
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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.
Before 15th August 1171 [his brother-in-law] Ferdinand II King Leon (age 34) and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon (age 23) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 62) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of [his father-in-law] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon. They were half second cousins.
In 1179 [his wife] Sancha Ivrea (age 40) died.
On 12th May 1191 [his son-in-law] King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 33) and [his daughter] Berengaria of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 26) were married at Chapel of St George at Limassol Castle [Map]. She was crowned Queen Consort England the same day by the Hélie de Malemort, archbishop of Bordeaux, Jean aka John Fitz Luke, bishop of Évreux and Bernard II de Lacarre, Bishop of Bayonne. She the daughter of Sancho "Wise" King Navarre (age 59) and [his former wife] Sancha Ivrea. He the son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 69). They were half fourth cousins.
Richard's mother and sister Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England and Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily (age 25) were present.
On 27th June 1194 Sancho "Wise" King Navarre (age 62) died at Pamplona [Map]. His son [his son] Sancho (age 40) succeeded VII King Navarre.
[his son] Sancho Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre.
[his daughter] Constance Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea.
[his daughter] Blanche Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea.
[his daughter] Ramiro Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre.
[his son] Ramiro Ramirez Bishop Pamplona was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea.
[his daughter] Zylda Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre.
[his son] Ferdinand Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea.
[his son] Guilhelmo Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre.
[his daughter] Theresa Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea.
Great x 4 Grandfather: García Sánchez "Tremulous" II King Pamplona
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sancho "Great" III King Pamplona
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jimena Fernández Bermúdez Queen Consort Pamplona
Great x 2 Grandfather: García III King Pamplona
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho García
Great x 3 Grandmother: Muniadona García Queen Consort Pamplona
Great x 1 Grandfather: Sancho Jiménez
GrandFather: Ramiro Jiménez
Great x 1 Grandmother: Constanza Unknown
Father: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rodrigo Díaz Vivar
GrandMother: Cristina Rodríguez Vivar
Great x 1 Grandfather: Engenulphe Aigle
GrandFather: Gilbert Aigle Lord Aigle
Great x 1 Grandmother: Richvaride Unknown
Mother: Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey II Châteaudun Vicomte de Châteaudun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun I Count Perche
Great x 4 Grandmother: Melisende Viscountess Châteaudun
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rotrou Chateaudun II Count Perche
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helvise Corbon Viscountess Châteaudun
Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guérin de Domfront
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adeliza de Bellême Countess Perche
GrandMother: Juliette du Perche Chateaudun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hilduin III Count Montdidier
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hilduin Montdidier IV Count Montdidier
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche