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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.
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On 1st November 1433 [her father] Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 20) and [her mother] Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. He the son of [her grandfather] Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy (age 50) and [her grandmother] Mary Valois Countess Savoy.
On 25th June 1436 [her future husband] King Louis XI of France (age 12) and Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France (age 11) were married at Tours Castle. They had met the day before. She by marriage Dauphine . She the daughter of King James I of Scotland (age 41) and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 32). He the son of [her future father-in-law] Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 33) and [her future mother-in-law] Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France (age 31). They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 16th November 1441 Queen Charlotte of Savoy was born to Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 28) and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 23).
In 1451 King Louis XI of France (age 27) and Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 9) were married. She the daughter of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 37) and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 32). He the son of Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 47) and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France (age 46). They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 18th October 1458 [her son] Louis Valois was born to [her husband] King Louis XI of France (age 35) and Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 16). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.65%.
On 15th July 1459 [her son] Joachim Valois was born to [her husband] King Louis XI of France (age 36) and Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 17). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.65%.
On 29th November 1459 [her son] Joachim Valois died.
In 1460 [her daughter] Louise Valois died.
In 1460 [her son] Louis Valois (age 1) died.
In 1460 [her daughter] Louise Valois was born to [her husband] King Louis XI of France (age 36) and Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 18). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.65%.
On 7th March 1461 Gaston V Count Foix (age 18) and [her sister-in-law] Magdalena Valois Countess Foix (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Foix. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 58) and [her mother-in-law] Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France (age 56). He the son of Gaston IV Count Foix (age 38) and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre (age 35). They were third cousin once removed.
On 3rd April 1461 [her daughter] Anne Valois Duchess Bourbon was born to [her husband] King Louis XI of France (age 37) and Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 19). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.65%.
On 22nd July 1461 [her father-in-law] Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 58) died. His son [her husband] Louis (age 38) succeeded XI King France: Capet Valois. Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort of France.
All About History Books
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 11th November 1462 [her mother] Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 44) died.
On 23rd April 1464 [her daughter] Joan Valois Queen Consort France was born to [her husband] King Louis XI of France (age 40) and Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.65%.
On 29th January 1465 [her father] Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 51) died. His son [her brother] Amadeus (age 29) succeeded IX Duke Savoy.
On 4th December 1466 [her son] Louis Valois died.
On 4th December 1466 [her son] Louis Valois was born to [her husband] King Louis XI of France (age 43) and Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.65%.
On 30th June 1470 [her son] Charles VIII King France was born to [her husband] King Louis XI of France (age 46) and Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.65%.
On 3rd November 1473 [her son-in-law] Peter Bourbon II Duke Bourbon (age 34) and [her daughter] Anne Valois Duchess Bourbon (age 12) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bourbon. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of [her husband] King Louis XI of France (age 50) and Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 31). He the son of Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon and Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon (age 69). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England.
In 1476 [her son-in-law] Louis XII King France (age 13) and [her daughter] Joan Valois Queen Consort France (age 11) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [her husband] King Louis XI of France (age 52) and Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 34). He the son of Charles Valois Duke Orléans and Mary La Marck Duchess Orléans. They were second cousin once removed.
On 29th August 1478 [her sister-in-law] Yolande Valois Duchess Savoy (age 43) died.
On 4th May 1482 [her sister-in-law] Joan Valois Duchess Bourbon (age 47) died.
Memoirs of Philip de Commines Book 6 Chapter 8. Our master was a cunning politician, and understood well enough that Flanders was of little importance to him, unless he could have Artois with it, which lies betwixt France and them, and is as it were a bridle to the Flemings, affording good soldiers upon occasion, to correct their wantonness and folly; and therefore in taking from the Earl of Flanders the county of Artois, he would leave him the most inconsiderable prince in Europe, without either subjects or authority, except by the permission of the Gantois; whose commissioners, William Ryn and Coppenole, whom I mentioned before (governors of Ghent), were at that time principal in the embassy. Upon the return of the ambassadors, the Lady Margaret (age 2) was conducted to Hesdin, and delivered into the hands of the Lord des Cordes, in the year 1483, and with her came Madame de Eavestain, Duke Philip of Burgundy's natural daughter, and they were received by the present Monsieur and Madame de Bourbon1, the Lord d'Albret2, and others from the king; and they brought her to Amboise, where the dauphin met her3. If the Duke of Austria could have taken her from her convoy, he would willingly have done it before she left his dominions; but the Gantois had placed too strong a guard about her, for they had begun to abate much of their obedience to him, and many considerable persons joined with them, as having the custody of the young heir, and power of placing and displacing whom they pleased. Among the nobility who were resident in Ghent, there was the Lord of Ravestain, brother to the Duke of Cleves, and chief governor to the young prince, whose name is Philip, still living, and like to possess vast territories, if it please God to spare his life.
Note 1. [her daughter] Anne of France (age 21), daughter of [her husband] Louis XI (age 59) and Charlotte of Savoy (age 41), married Pierre de Bourbon, Lord of Beaujeu, in 1474, and assumed the title of Duchess of Bourbon in 1488. She died on the 14th of November, 1522, after having governed the kingdom with great prudence and energy during the minority of Charles V1IL
Note 2. Alain le Grand (age 43), son of Jean d'Albret, Viscount de Tartas, succeeded his grandfather Charles II in 1471. He married Frances, daughter of Jean de Blois, Count of Penthievre; and in virtue of this marriage, set up a claim to the duchy of Brittany, and became a competitor for the hand of Anne of Brittany. He died in October, 1522. [Note. This note appears incorrect? Alain married Francois Chatillon, daughter of William Viscount of Limoges.]
Note 3. Margaret was then three years and a half old, and the Dauphin rather more than twelve. Their meeting took place on Sunday, the 22nd of June, 1483, at a place called Metairie le Rayne, near Amboise. "The Dauphin," says a contemporary letter, "left the Castle of Amboise, dressed in a robe of crimson satin, lined with black velvet, and mounted on a hackney, and attended by thirty archers. At the bridge he dismounted, after having saluted the ladies, and changed his dress and put on a long robe of cloth of gold... Presently the Dauphiness arrived, and descended from her litter; and immediately they were betrothed by the prothonotary, nephew of the Grand Seneschal of Normandy, who demanded of the Dauphin in a loud voice, so that all could hear him, If he would have Margaret of Austria in marriage? and he answered, Yes; and a similar question was put to the Dauphiness, who gave the same answer. Upon which, they joined hands, and the Dauphin kissed the Dauphiness twice; and then they returned to their lodgings. And the streets of Amboise were hung with cloth, and in the market place was a figure of a Siren, who spouted forth white wine and red from her breasts." The next day, the young couple went through the ceremony of marriage in the chapel of the castle.— Dupont, iii. 345. 352.
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On 30th August 1483 [her husband] King Louis XI of France (age 60) died. His son [her son] Charles (age 13) succeeded VIII King France: Capet Valois.
On 1st December 1483 Queen Charlotte of Savoy (age 42) died.
[her son] Francis Valois was born to King Louis XI of France and Queen Charlotte of Savoy. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.65%.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus V "Great" Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aymon "Peaceful" Savoy Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybille Bagé
Great x 2 Grandfather: Amadeus "Green Count" Savoy VI Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Palaeologina Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Amadeus "Red Count" Savoy VII Count Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bonne Bourbon Countess Savoy
GrandFather: Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Valois 1st Duke Berry 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bonne Valois Countess Armagnac and Savoy 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard VI Count Armagnac
Great x 3 Grandfather: John I Count Armagnac
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanne Armagnac Duchess Berry 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Louis Savoy I Count Savoy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Great x 4 Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland
GrandMother: Mary Valois Countess Savoy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Rethel Countess Nevers and Rethel
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre III Count Nevers II Count Flanders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip V King France I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Nevers amd Flanders 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Peaceful" Reginar II Duke Brabant 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Brabant III Duke Brabant Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis I Count Évreux 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Évreux Duchess of Brabant 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Artois Countess Évreux Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Queen Charlotte of Savoy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Janus of Cyprus
Mother: Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pope Gregory X
Great x 3 Grandfather: Matteo I Visconti
Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephano Visconti
Great x 4 Grandfather: Squarcino Borri
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bonacossa Borri
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bernabò Visconti
Great x 2 Grandmother: Valentina Doria
GrandMother: Anglesia Visconti
Great x 2 Grandfather: Mastino II della Scala
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Regina della Scala
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jacopo I da Carrara
Great x 2 Grandmother: Taddea da Carrara
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pietro Gradenigo
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Gradenigo
Great x 4 Grandmother: Tomasina Morosini