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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: Lusignan
Around 1150 Guy I King Jerusalem was born to Hugh VIII of Lusignan (age 42) and Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan at Lusignan.
On 27th March 1168 Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 46) and her party were ambushed by brothers Guy I King Jerusalem (age 18) and [his brother] Geoffrey Lusignan (age 18).
Patrick of Salisbury 1st Earl Salisbury (age 46) was killed. His son William (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Salisbury.
William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 22) held off the enemy, was wounded and captured whilst Eleanor escaped. Eleanor subsequently paid his ransom.
Around 1170 [his father] Hugh VIII of Lusignan (age 62) died. His grandson Hugh (age 7) succeeded IX Seigneur of Lusignan.
In August 1186 Guy I King Jerusalem (age 36) was appointed I King Jerusalem.
In August 1186 [his step-son] Baldwin V King Jerusalem (age 9) died. His mother [his wife] Sibylla (age 26) succeeded Queen Jerusalem.
In August 1186 [his brother-in-law] Baldwin IV King Jerusalem (age 25) died at Jerusalem [Map]. He was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre [Map]. His nephew [his step-son] Baldwin (age 9) succeeded V King Jerusalem.
In August 1186 Guy I King Jerusalem (age 36) and Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem.
In 1190 [his wife] Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem (age 30) died. Her half sister [his sister-in-law] Isabella (age 18) succeeded Queen Jerusalem.
In 1190 Conrad of Montferrat King of Jerusalem (age 44) and [his sister-in-law] Isabella Anjou Queen Jerusalem (age 18) were married; see Ralph of Coggeshall. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem (age 36).
On 1st May 1191 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 33) arrived in Limassol [Map] where he met with Guy I King Jerusalem (age 41).
[his father] Hugh VIII of Lusignan and [his mother] Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan were married. She by marriage Seigneur of Lusignan. He the son of [his grandfather] Hugh "Brown" VII of Lusignan II Count of La Marche and [his grandmother] Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche.
In or before 1177 William Montferrat and Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem were married. She the daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh "Fair and Pious" Lusignan
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh "Devil" VI of Lusignan I Count of La Marche
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard La Marche Count La Marche
Great x 2 Grandmother: Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence
GrandFather: Hugh "Brown" VII of Lusignan II Count of La Marche
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Thouars
Great x 2 Grandfather: Aimery Thouars
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hildegarde Thouars Countess Lusignan and La Marche
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aremgarde Mauleon
Father: Hugh VIII of Lusignan
GrandMother: Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche
GrandFather: Geoffroy de Rancon Taillebourg
Mother: Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan