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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: Carolingian
Charles "Younger" King Franks was appointed Duke Maine.
Around 768 [his father] Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 25) and [his step-mother] Himiltrude Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen of the Franks, Queen Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress.
Around 770 [his father] Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 27) and Desiderata Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Queen of the Franks, Queen Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress.
Around 771 [his father] Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 28) and [his mother] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Queen of the Franks, Queen Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress.
Around 772 Charles "Younger" King Franks was born to [his father] Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) and [his mother] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.
In 781 [his brother] Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks (age 3) succeeded King Aquitaine.
In 784 [his father] Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 41) and [his step-mother] Fastrada Queen of the Franks and Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen of the Franks, Queen Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
Around 794 [his brother] Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks (age 16) and [his sister-in-law] Ermengarde Hesbaye Queen Consort Aquitaine (age 16) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aquitaine. He the son of [his father] Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 51) and [his mother] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.
In 794 [his father] Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 51) and [his step-mother] Luitgarde Alamannian Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Queen of the Franks, Queen Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress.
On 25th December 800 Charles "Younger" King Franks (age 28) was crowned King of the Franks.
On 25th December 800 [his father] Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 58) was crowned Holy Roman Emperor at St Peter's Basilica by Pope Leo III.
On 4th December 811 Charles "Younger" King Franks (age 39) died at Bavaria.
Kings Franks: Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor