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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.

Biography of King Philip III of France 1245-1285

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy 1180-1252

On 27th May 1234 [his father] King Louis IX of France (age 20) and [his mother] Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence (age 36) and [his grandmother] Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence (age 36). He the son of [his grandfather] King Louis VIII of France and [his grandmother] Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 46). They were half third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 30th April 1245 King Philip III of France was born to King Louis IX of France (age 31) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 24). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 28th May 1262 King Philip III of France (age 17) and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She the daughter of James I King Aragon (age 54) and Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of King Louis IX of France (age 48) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 41). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In June 1268 [his son] King Philip IV of France was born to King Philip III of France (age 23) and [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 20). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 12th March 1270 [his son] Charles Valois I Count Valois was born to King Philip III of France (age 24) and [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 25th August 1270 [his father] King Louis IX of France (age 56) died. His son Philip (age 25) succeeded III King France: Capet. [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 22) by marriage Queen Consort France.

On 28th January 1271 [his wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 23) died.

Murder of Henry of Almain

On 13th March 1271 Henry "Almain" Cornwall (age 35) was murdered while attending mass at the Chiesa di San Silvestro, Viterbo by his cousins Simon "Younger" Montfort and Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 27) in revenge for the deaths of their father Simon and older brother Henry at the Battle of Evesham.

The murder was carried out in the presence of the Cardinals, who were conducting a papal Election, King Philip III of France (age 25), and [his uncle] King Charles of Sicily (age 43). The Montfort brothers were excommunicated.

Henry "Almain" Cornwall was buried in Hailes Abbey [Map].

The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri some forty years after in the Divine Comedy who placed Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell.

After April 1273 [his future son-in-law] King Edward I of England (age 33) travelled to Paris [Map] to pay homage to King Philip III of France (age 27) for his lands in Gascony.

On 21st August 1274 King Philip III of France (age 29) and Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant and Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant. He the son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 53). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

On 3rd May 1276 [his son] Louis I Count Évreux was born to King Philip III of France (age 31) and [his wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 20). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Around 1278 [his daughter] Blanche Capet Duchess Austria was born to King Philip III of France (age 32) and [his wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 22). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1279 [his daughter] Margaret of France Queen Consort England was born to King Philip III of France (age 33) and [his wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 23). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 16th August 1284 [his son] King Philip IV of France (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 11) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry I King Navarre and Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 36). He the son of King Philip III of France (age 39) and [his former wife] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

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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.

On 5th October 1285 King Philip III of France (age 40) died. On 5th October 1285 His son [his son] Philip (age 17) succeeded IV King France: Capet. [his daughter-in-law] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 12) by marriage Queen Consort of France.

On 12th January 1321 [his former wife] Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France (age 65) died.

[his son] Robert Capet was born to King Philip III of France and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

King Philip III of France 1245-1285 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of King Philip III of France 1245-1285

Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 2 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 11 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of King Philip III of France 1245-1285

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre

King Philip IV of France

Margaret of France Queen Consort England

King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France

Philip "Noble" III King Navarre

Joan Évreux Queen Consort France

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress

Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg

Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile

King Louis of Naples

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland

Queen Charlotte of Savoy

Louis XII King France

Jean III King Navarre

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre

King Francis I of France

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Antoine King Navarre

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Louis VI Elector Palatine

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Frederick William IV King Prussia

William I King Prussia

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Carl XVI King Sweden

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of King Philip III of France 1245-1285

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip I of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VI of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adèle Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois

GrandFather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders III Count Hainault

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Guelders Countess Hainault

Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou

Father: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile

Great x 3 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramiro Jiménez

Great x 3 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cristina Rodríguez Vivar

Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Aigle Lord Aigle

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliette du Perche Chateaudun

GrandMother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Chatellerault Viscount Châtellerault

Great x 3 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault

King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Barcelona V Count Barcelona

Great x 4 Grandmother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence

GrandFather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 2 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence

Mother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy

GrandMother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

Great x 2 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy