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.
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Paternal Family Tree: Oisingas
In 580 [her father] King Æthelberht of Kent [aged 30] and [her mother] Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charibert King Paris Merovingian and [her grandmother] Ingoberga Unknown Queen Consort Paris [aged 60]. He the son of Eormenric King of Kent.
In 605 Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria was born to [her father] King Æthelberht of Kent [aged 55] and [her mother] Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent [aged 40].
After 605 [her mother] Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent [deceased] died.
On 24th February 616 [her father] King Æthelberht of Kent [aged 66] died. His son [her brother] Eadbald succeeded King of Kent. Emma Austrasia Queen Consort Kent by marriage Queen Consort Kent.
Before 25th October 625 Boniface V Pope sent letters to King Edwin of Northumbria [aged 39] urging him to embrace the Christian faith, and to Edwin's Christian wife, Æthelburg of Kent [aged 20], exhorting her to use her best endeavours for the conversion of her husband.
On 19th April 626 [her daughter] Eanflæd Queen Consort Bernicia was born to King Edwin of Northumbria [aged 40] and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria [aged 21]. She was baptised on 8th June 626. She married 645 her half first cousin King Oswiu of Northumbria, son of Æthelfrith King Northumbrians and Acha Queen Consort Northumbria, and had issue.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 633. This year King Edwin [aged 47] was slain by Cadwalla and Penda, on Hatfield moor, on the fourteenth of October [Note. Some sources say 12th October 633]. He reigned seventeen years. His son Osfrid was also slain with him. After this Cadwalla and Penda went and ravaged all the land of the Northumbrians; which when Paulinus saw, he took Ethelburga [aged 28], the relict of Edwin, and went by ship to Kent. [her brother] Eadbald and Honorius received him very honourably, and gave him the bishopric of Rochester, where he continued to his death.
On 20th January 640 [her brother] King Eadbald of Kent died. His son [her nephew] Eorcenberht succeeded King of Kent. Seaxburh Wuffingas Queen Consort Kent by marriage Queen Consort Kent.
Around 645 [her son-in-law] King Oswiu of Northumbria [aged 33] and Eanflæd Queen Consort Bernicia [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bernicia. She the daughter of King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria [aged 40]. He the son of Æthelfrith King Northumbrians and Acha Queen Consort Northumbria. They were half first cousins.
Around 647 Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria [aged 42] died at Lyminge, Kent.
[her daughter] Unknown Name Deira Queen Consort Strathclyde aka Alt Clut was born to King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria. She married Beli King Strathclyde aka Alt Clut and had issue.
[her daughter] St Edwen was born to King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria. Her parentage is uncertain. Possibly a niece of King Edwin of Northumbria.
[her son] Wuscfrea Deira was born to King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria.
King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bernicia, Queen Consort Deira. She the daughter of King Æthelberht of Kent and Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent. He the son of Aella King Deira.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Octa King of Kent
GrandFather: Eormenric King of Kent
Father: King Æthelberht of Kent
Æthelburh Oiscingas Queen Consort Northumbria
Great x 1 Grandfather: Clothar "The Old" I King Paris Merovingian King of the Franks
GrandFather: Charibert King Paris Merovingian
Mother: Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent
GrandMother: Ingoberga Unknown Queen Consort Paris