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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: Poitiers
Around 945 Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France was born to [her father] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine (age 30) and [her mother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine (age 33).
On 14th October 962 [her mother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine (age 50) died.
On 3rd April 963 [her father] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine (age 48) died. His son [her brother] William (age 26) succeeded IV Duke Aquitaine.
In or before 968 Hugh I King France (age 26) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 22) were married. She the daughter of William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine and Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris and Hedwig Saxon Ottonian.
Around 968 [her daughter] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu was born to [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 27) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 23). She married (1) 994 Hugh Montdidier I Count Ponthieu and had issue (2) 994 Hugh Ponthieu I Count Ponthieu and had issue.
In or before 969 [her brother] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine (age 31) and [her sister-in-law] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois (age 55) and Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy (age 53). He the son of [her father] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine and [her mother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine.
Around 970 [her daughter] Hedwig Capet Countess Mons was born to [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 29) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 25). She married (1) Rainier Hainault (2) before 995 Reginar Reginar IV Count Mons, son of Reginar Reginar III Count Hainault, and had issue.
On 27th March 972 [her son] Robert "Pious" II King France was born to [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 31) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 27) at Orléans. He married (1) 988 Rozala of Italy (2) 999 his second cousin Bertha Welf Queen Consort France, daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy (3) 1003 Constance Arles Queen Consort France, daughter of William "Liberator" Arles 1st Count Provence 1st Count Arles and Adelaide Blanche Ingelger Queen Consort West Francia, and had issue.
On 21st May 987 Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia (age 20) died without issue ending the Carolingian Dynasty. [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 46) was elected King West Francia beginning the Capetian Dynasty.
On 3rd July 987 [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 46) was crowned I King France: Capet. Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 42) by marriage Queen France: Capet.
In 988 [her son] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 15) and [her daughter-in-law] Rozala of Italy (age 38) were married. They separated around the time of coronation. The difference in their ages was 22 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 47) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 43).
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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Around 994 [her son-in-law] Hugh Ponthieu I Count Ponthieu and [her daughter] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Ponthieu. She the daughter of [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 53) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 49).
In 994 [her son-in-law] Hugh Montdidier I Count Ponthieu and [her daughter] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu (age 26) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 53) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 49).
On 3rd February 994 [her brother] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine (age 57) died. His son [her nephew] William (age 25) succeeded V Duke Aquitaine.
Before 995 [her son-in-law] Reginar Reginar IV Count Mons (age 44) and [her daughter] Hedwig Capet Countess Mons (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Mons. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 53) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 49). He the son of Reginar Reginar III Count Hainault.
On 24th October 996 [her husband] Hugh I King France (age 55) died. His son [her son] Robert (age 24) succeeded II King France: Capet.
In 999 [her son] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 26) and [her daughter-in-law] Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 35) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. They separated sometime before 1003 as a consequence of their consanguinity. She the daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy. He the son of [her former husband] Hugh I King France and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 54). They were second cousins.
In 1002 [her daughter] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu (age 34) died.
In 1003 [her son] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 17) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of William "Liberator" Arles 1st Count Provence 1st Count Arles and Adelaide Blanche Ingelger Queen Consort West Francia (age 63). He the son of [her former husband] Hugh I King France and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 58).
In 1004 Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 59) died.
[her father] William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine and [her mother] Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy and [her grandmother] Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy. He the son of [her grandfather] Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine.
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 2 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre [3]
Robert "Pious" II King France [1]
Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon [1]
Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [1]
Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France [1]
Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France [1]
King Robert II of Scotland [1]
Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France [1]
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [1]
Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon [3]
King Richard II of England [1]
Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [3]
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [4]
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [1]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [3]
King Edward IV of England [11]
King Richard III of England [11]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [15]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [5]
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [3]
Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France [2]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [6]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [3]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [7]
Queen Anne Boleyn of England [15]
Queen Jane Seymour [18]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [23]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [6]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [17]
Antoine King Navarre [14]
Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [3]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [12]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [6]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [30]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [8]
King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [2]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [18]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [18]
Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [6]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [5]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [15]
George Wharton [187]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [15]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [17]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [26]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [15]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [22]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [26]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [12]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [12]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [12]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [9]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [9]
President George Washington [8]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [12]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [12]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [12]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [12]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [12]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [24]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [12]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [36]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [24]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [24]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [12]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [72]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [72]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [729]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [24]
Constantine I King Greece [12]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [48]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [72]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [72]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [84]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [84]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [2967]
Carl XVI King Sweden [156]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [1017]
Diana Spencer Princess Wales [8864]
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ranulf II Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine
Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France
GrandFather: Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy
Mother: Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine
GrandMother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy