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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.
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In 1306 [his father] Charles I King Hungary (age 18) and Mary Bytom Queen Consort Hungary Queen Consort Poland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Hungary. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Martel King Hungary and [his grandmother] Clementia Habsburg.
Around February 1319 [his father] Charles I King Hungary (age 31) and Beatrix Luxemburg Queen Consort Hungary (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Hungary. She the daughter of Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Martel King Hungary and [his grandmother] Clementia Habsburg. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 6th July 1320 [his father] Charles I King Hungary (age 32) and [his mother] Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Hungary. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Martel King Hungary and [his grandmother] Clementia Habsburg.
On 5th March 1326 Louis I King Hungary King Poland was born to Charles I King Hungary (age 38) and Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary.
In 1342 Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 15) and Margaret Bohemia Queen Consort Hungary (age 6) were married. She the daughter of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 25) and Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 25). He the son of Charles I King Hungary (age 54) and Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 16th July 1342 [his father] Charles I King Hungary (age 54) died. His son Louis (age 16) succeeded I King Hungary. [his wife] Margaret Bohemia Queen Consort Hungary (age 7) by marriage Queen Consort Hungary.
On 21st July 1342 Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 16) was crowned I King Hungary. [his wife] Margaret Bohemia Queen Consort Hungary (age 7) was crowned Queen Consort Hungary.
Before October 1349 [his wife] Margaret Bohemia Queen Consort Hungary (age 14) died.
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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.
Around 20th June 1353 Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 27) and Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Hungary. He the son of Charles I King Hungary and Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary.
In 1370 [his daughter] Catherine Hungary was born to Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 43) and [his wife] Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary.
On 17th November 1370 Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 44) was crowned King Poland. Mary Bytom Queen Consort Hungary Queen Consort Poland by marriage Queen Consort Poland.
In 1371 [his daughter] Mary Hungary I Queen Hungary was born to Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 44) and [his wife] Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary.
In 1373 or 1374 [his daughter] Jadwiga Hungary was born to Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 46) and [his wife] Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary.
In 1374 [his son-in-law] Louis Valois I Duke Orléans (age 1) and [his daughter] Catherine Hungary (age 4) were married. She the daughter of Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 47) and [his wife] Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary. He the son of King Charles V of France (age 35) and Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France (age 35). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
In 1378 [his daughter] Catherine Hungary (age 8) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 5 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Charles Capet of Sicily Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
GrandFather: Charles Martel King Hungary 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandfather: Béla IV King of Hungary
Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen V of Hungary
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cuman
Father: Charles I King Hungary 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
GrandMother: Clementia Habsburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Burkhard V Count Hohenberg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rudolph II Count Palatine of Tubingen
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilda of Tubingen
Louis I King Hungary King Poland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary