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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.
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.
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.
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
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre
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
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor
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
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain
Charles Habsburg Spain VI 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
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
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark
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 4 Grandfather: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres
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 4 Grandfather: Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine
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 4 Grandfather: Raymond Ivrea
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona
Great x 2 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona
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 4 Grandmother: Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine
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 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona
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
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Ivrea
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Richeza Unknown Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon
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