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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 Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile and Leon 1046-1093

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Around 1033 [her father] Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 22) and [her mother] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. He the son of [her grandfather] Robert "Pious" II King France and [her grandmother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 47).

In 1046 [her father] Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 35) and [her step-mother] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 28) were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou. He the son of [her grandfather] Robert "Pious" II King France and [her grandmother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France. They were second cousins.

In 1046 Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile and Leon was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 35) and Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy.

In 1069 [her future husband] Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile (age 28) and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Castile (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 44) and Mateoda Unknown Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Ferdinand "Great" I King Leon and Sancha Astur Leonese.

On 21st March 1076 [her father] Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 65) died. His grandson Hugh (age 19) succeeded I Duke Burgundy.

In 1079 Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile (age 38) and Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 33) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile, Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of Robert I Duke Burgundy and Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Ferdinand "Great" I King Leon and Sancha Astur Leonese.

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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.

In April 1079 [her daughter] Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona was born to [her husband] Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile (age 38) and Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 33).

In 1093 Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 47) died.

On 1st July 1109 [her former husband] Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile (age 68) died. His daughter [her daughter] Urracca (age 30) succeeded Queen Leon, Queen Castile and Queen Galicia.