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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: Ponthieu
Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu was born to Hugh Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Bertha Aumale Countess Aumale and Ponthieu.
Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu succeeded II Count Ponthieu.
Before 1049 Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Ponthieu. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Hugh Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Bertha Aumale Countess Aumale and Ponthieu. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Before 1049 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 8) and [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Troyes and Meaux, Countess Champagne. He by marriage Count Aumale. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux and Adele Unknown. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1049 Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu was excommunicated for his marriage [his wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 19) being consanguineous during the Council of Reims.
Around 1050 Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 20) were divorced.
Before 1051 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 22) and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders (age 38) and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy (age 41). He the illegitmate son of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy and Herleva Falaise. They were third cousin once removed.
Around 1053 Lambert Flanders II Count Lens (age 37) and [his former wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne and Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne. They were fifth cousins.
On 25th October 1053 Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu died. His uncle [his uncle] Guy (age 26) succeeded I Count Ponthieu.
Before 1090 [his former wife] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 59) died. Her son Stephen (age 19) succeeded Count Aumale.
[his daughter] Adelaide Ponthieu was born to Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu.
Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 2 Grand Son of Hugh I King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 6 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Ponthieu I Count Ponthieu
GrandFather: Enguerrand Ponthieu I Count Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Vermandois
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh I King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxon Ottonian
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy
Father: Hugh Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arnulf Gerulfing Count Holland
GrandMother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Ponthieu
Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu
Mother: Bertha Aumale Countess Aumale and Ponthieu