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Paternal Family Tree: Avesnes
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Cuman
On 19th May 1305 [her father] William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 19) and [her mother] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 11) were married. She by marriage Countess Zeeland, Countess Holland, Countess Avesnes, Countess Hainault. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 35) and [her grandmother] Margaret Capet Countess Valois. He the son of [her grandfather] John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland and [her grandmother] Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland (age 53). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1308 [her future husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 25) and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. He the son of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria.
In 1312 Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress was born to William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 26) and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 18).
In 1320 [her step-father] Robert III Artois (age 33) and [her mother] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 26) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 49) and [her grandmother] Margaret Capet Countess Valois. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1324 Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 41) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 12) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 38) and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 30). He the son of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria. They were third cousin three times removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
In 1325 [her daughter] Margaret Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 42) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 13).
Around 1326 [her daughter] Anna Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 14).
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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 7th May 1328 [her son] Louis "The Roman" Wittelsbach VI Duke Upper Bavaria was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 46) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 16).
On 27th June 1328 [her step-son] Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria (age 9) and Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria (age 18) were married. He the son of [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 46) and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1329 [her daughter] Elisabeth Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 46) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 17).
On 12th May 1330 [her son] William Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 48) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 18).
In 1335 [her daughter] Agnes Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 52) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 23).
On 25th July 1336 [her son] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 54) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 24) at Munich.
On 7th June 1337 [her father] William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 51) died. His son [her brother] William (age 30) succeeded II Count Hainault. Joanna Reginar Duchess Brabant (age 15) by marriage Countess Hainault.
Around 1341 [her son] Otto "The Bavarian" Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 58) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 29).
In 1344 [her daughter] Beatrix Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 61) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 32).
On 26th September 1345 [her brother] William Hainault II Count Hainault (age 38) died. His sister Margaret (age 33) succeeded II Countess Hainault. [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 63) by marriage Count Hainault.
On 2nd July 1346 [her step-daughter] Mathilde Wittelsbach (age 33) died.
In October 1347 [her son] Louis Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 65) and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 35).
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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.
On 11th October 1347 [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 65) died. His son [her step-son] Stephen (age 28) succeeded II Duke Bavaria. Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria (age 37) by marriage Duchess Bavaria.
In 1348 [her son] Louis Wittelsbach died.
In 1352 [her son] William Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 11) were married in London. She by marriage Duchess Lower Bavaria. He by marriage Earl of Leicester. She the daughter of Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 42) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 32). He the son of [her former husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 40). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 7th March 1352 [her mother] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 58) died.
On 11th November 1352 [her daughter] Agnes Wittelsbach (age 17) died.
After 19th July 1353 [her son] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Margaret Silesia were married. He the son of [her former husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 41).
On 25th December 1359 [her daughter] Beatrix Wittelsbach (age 15) died.
On 3rd June 1361 [her daughter] Anna Wittelsbach (age 35) died.
On 17th May 1365 [her son] Louis "The Roman" Wittelsbach VI Duke Upper Bavaria (age 37) died.
In 1369 Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress (age 57) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile
Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain
Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark
Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Charles Palatinate Simmern II Elector Palatine Rhine
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain
King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor
Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia
Polyxena Hesse Rotenburg Queen Consort Sardinia
Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain
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
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England
Frederick William III King Prussia
King Louis Philippe I of France
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark
Frederick William IV King Prussia
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain
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
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England
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 3 Grandfather: James Avesnes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bouchard Guise
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Guise
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hainault I Count Hainault 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne
GrandFather: John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing III Count Holland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gerulfing I Count Holland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Dunkeld Countess Holland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing IV Count Holland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Guelders Countess Holland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainault 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Metz Count Boulogne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne Daughter of King Stephen I England
Father: William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders
GrandMother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Erminsende of Bar Sur Seine Countess Bar
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders
Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
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 Louis IX of France 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: King Philip III of France 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: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
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 Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: James I King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Montpellier Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Béla III of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary
Great x 2 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon
Mother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
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
GrandMother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter 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