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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 Charles Martel King Hungary 1271-1295

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Cuman

In 1270 [his father] Charles II King Naples (age 16) and [his mother] Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples (age 13) were married.

On 8th September 1271 Charles Martel King Hungary was born to [his father] Charles II King Naples (age 17) and [his mother] Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples (age 14). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1281 Charles Martel King Hungary (age 9) and Clementia Habsburg (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans (age 62) and Gertrude Hohenburg (age 56). He the son of Charles II King Naples (age 27) and Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples (age 24).

In 1288 [his son] Charles I King Hungary was born to Charles Martel King Hungary (age 16) and [his wife] Clementia Habsburg (age 26). On 5th May 1309 Charles I King Hungary succeeded I King Hungary. He married (1) 1306 Mary Bytom Queen Consort Hungary Queen Consort Poland (2) February 1319 his fourth cousin once removed Beatrix Luxemburg Queen Consort Hungary, daughter of Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur (3) 6th July 1320 Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary and had issue.

In 1289 [his brother-in-law] Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria (age 19) and Agnes Přemyslid Duchess Austria (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia and Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna. He the son of [his father-in-law] Rudolph I King Romans (age 70) and [his mother-in-law] Gertrude Hohenburg.

In 1290 [his daughter] Beatrix Hungary was born to Charles Martel King Hungary (age 18) and [his wife] Clementia Habsburg (age 28).

In 1290 Charles Martel King Hungary (age 18) was appointed King Hungary.

On 10th May 1290 [his brother-in-law] Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria (age 20) died at Prague.

On 16th August 1290 [his brother-in-law] Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 20) and [his sister] Margaret Capet Countess Valois (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Valois. She the daughter of [his father] Charles II King Naples (age 36) and [his mother] Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples (age 33). He the son of King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 15th July 1291 [his father-in-law] Rudolph I King Romans (age 73) died at Speyer. He was buried at Speyer Cathedral. His son [his brother-in-law] Albert (age 36) succeeded I Duke Austria.

In February 1293 [his daughter] Clementia Hungary Queen Consort France was born to Charles Martel King Hungary (age 21) and [his wife] Clementia Habsburg (age 31). She married her third cousin Louis X King France I Navarre, son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre, and had issue.

After 7th February 1293 [his former wife] Clementia Habsburg (deceased) died.

On 12th August 1295 Charles Martel King Hungary (age 23) died at Naples [Map]. He was buried at Naples Cathedral [Map].

On 5th May 1309 [his father] Charles II King Naples (age 55) died. His son Charles succeeded King Naples.

Charles Martel King Hungary 1271-1295 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Charles Martel King Hungary 1271-1295

Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 3 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Charles Martel King Hungary 1271-1295
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Charles I King Hungary [1]

Clementia Hungary Queen Consort France [1]

Ancestors of Charles Martel King Hungary 1271-1295

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VI of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adèle Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders

GrandFather: King Charles Capet of Sicily Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 4 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre

Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile

Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine

Father: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 3 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence

GrandMother: Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily

Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

Great x 3 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy

Charles Martel King Hungary 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Géza II of Hungary

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Béla III of Hungary

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raynald of Châtillon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes of Antioch

Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Constance of Antioch

Great x 1 Grandfather: Béla IV King of Hungary

GrandFather: Stephen V of Hungary

Mother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples

GrandMother: Elizabeth Cuman