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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: Reginar aka Percy
Before 1058 [his father] Henry Reginar II Count Louvain (age 37) and [his mother] Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain were married. She by marriage Countess Louvain. He the son of [his grandfather] Lambert Reginar II Count Louvain and [his grandmother] Oda Ardennes Countess Louvain.
Around 1060 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain was born to Henry Reginar II Count Louvain (age 40) and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain.
In 1071 [his father] Henry Reginar II Count Louvain (age 51) died. His son [his brother] Henry succeeded III Count Louvain.
In 1095 [his brother] Henry Reginar III Count Louvain died at Tournai [Map]. His brother Godfrey (age 35) succeeded I Count Louvain. [his future wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain by marriage Countess Louvain.
Before 1103 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 42) and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain were married. She the daughter of Otto Chiny 2nd Count Chiny. He the son of Henry Reginar II Count Louvain and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain.
Around 1103 [his daughter] Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 43) and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.
Around 1107 [his son] Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 47) and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.
After 1119 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 59) and Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders (age 41) were married. She by marriage Countess Louvain. She the daughter of William Ivrea I Count Burgundy and Ettiennette Countess Burgundy. He the son of Henry Reginar II Count Louvain and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1121. This year was the [his future son-in-law] King Henry (age 53) at Christmas at Bramton, and afterwards, before Candlemas, at Windsor was given him to wife [his daughter] Athelis (age 18); soon afterwards consecrated queen, who was daughter of the Duke of Louvain (age 61).
In 1121 [his son] Jocelin Percy was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 61) and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.
. 29th January 1121. On the fourth of the calends of February the [his daughter] maiden (age 18) already mentioned as selected for queen was married to the [his son-in-law] king (age 53) by William, bishop of Winchester, at the command of Ralph, archbishop of Canterbury; and on the following day, the third of the calends of February (30th January), she was consecrated and crowned as queen by the archbishop in person.
Note. Some sources say 24th January 1121.
Around 1133 [his sister-in-law] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy (age 63) died.
All About History Books
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.
Around 1133 [his wife] Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders (age 55) died.
In 1138 [his son-in-law] William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel (age 29) and [his daughter] Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England (age 35) were married. She the daughter of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 78) and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.
On 25th January 1139 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 79) died. His son [his son] Godfrey (age 32) succeeded II Count Louvain.
[his son] Henry Reginar was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.
[his daughter] Clarissa Reginar was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.
Robert II Count Flanders and Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders were married. She the daughter of William Ivrea I Count Burgundy and Ettiennette Countess Burgundy. He the son of Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders and Gertrude Billung Countess Holland. They were fourth cousins.
[his daughter] Ida Reginar Countess Cleves was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.
Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre
Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England
Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France
Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France
Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre
Joan Évreux Queen Consort France
Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress
Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England
Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg
Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden
Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France
Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland
Anne Neville Queen Consort England
Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland
Queen Catherine Howard of England
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress
Marie de Medici Queen Consort France
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia
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
Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway
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
Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence
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
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginar "Longneck" Reginarids I Duke Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginar II Reginarids II Count Hainault
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginar Reginar III Count Hainault
Great x 1 Grandfather: Lambert "Bearded" Reginar I Count Louvain
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh V Count Equisheim
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Equisheim Countess Hainault
GrandFather: Lambert Reginar II Count Louvain
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Carolingian Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerberga Saxon Ottonian Queen Consort West Francia
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gerberga Carolingian Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Troyes Duchess Lower Lorraine
Father: Henry Reginar II Count Louvain
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gozlin Ardennes Count Ardennes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey "The Prisoner" Ardennes I Count Verdun
Great x 4 Grandmother: Oda Metz
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gothelo Ardennes Duke Lower Lorraine Duke Upper Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hermmann Billung Margrave Billung March
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Billung Countess Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegard Westerburg Margrave Billung March
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gothelo "The Coward" Ardennes II Duke Lower Lorraine
GrandMother: Oda Ardennes Countess Louvain
Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain
Mother: Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain