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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.
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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 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) and Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.
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.
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.
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.
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