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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.
Count Vermandois is in Counts of France.
After 850 Pepin Vermandois I Count Vermandois (deceased) died. His son Herbert (age 1) succeeded I Count Vermandois.
In 907 Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux succeeded II Count Vermandois, II Count Soissons, II Count Meaux. Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux by marriage Countess Vermandois, Countess Soissons, Countess Meaux.
On 23rd February 943 Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux died. His son Adalbert (age 28) succeeded I Count Vermandois.
In 987 Adalbert "The Pious" I Count Vermandois (age 72) died. His son Herbert (age 34) succeeded III Count Vermandois.
In 1015 Herbert Vermandois III Count Vermandois (age 62) died. His son Adalbert (age 35) succeeded II Count Vermandois. His son Otto (age 35) succeeded I Count Vermandois.
Before 1080 Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois (age 51) and Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois were married. She by marriage Countess Vermandois. He the son of Otto Vermandois I Count Vermandois and Pavia Countess Vermandois.
In 1080 Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois (age 52) died. His son Odo succeeded I Count Vermandois but he was declared insane. His daughter Adelaide succeeded I Countess Vermandois.
In 1103 Renaud II Count Clermont (age 28) and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois were married. He by marriage Count Vermandois. She the daughter of Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois and Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois.
On 28th March 1183 Eleanor Capet Countess Vermandois (age 34) succeeded Countess Vermandois.
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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.
Adalbert "The Pious" I Count Vermandois and Gerberge Reginarids Countess Vermandois were married. She by marriage Countess Vermandois. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Gilbert Reginarids I Duke Lorraine and Gerberga Saxon Ottonian Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux and Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux.
Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois and Bertha Morvis Countess Vermandois were married. She by marriage Countess Vermandois. He the son of Pepin Vermandois I Count Vermandois.
Herbert Vermandois III Count Vermandois and Ermengard of Bar Countess Vermandois were married. She by marriage Countess Vermandois. He the son of Adalbert "The Pious" I Count Vermandois and Gerberge Reginarids Countess Vermandois.
Pepin Vermandois I Count Vermandois succeeded I Count Vermandois.
Otto Vermandois I Count Vermandois and Pavia Countess Vermandois were married. She by marriage Countess Vermandois. He the son of Herbert Vermandois III Count Vermandois and Ermengard of Bar Countess Vermandois.
Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois was appointed IV Count Vermandois.
Ralph Capet II Count Vermandois was appointed II Count Vermandois.
Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois was appointed I Count Vermandois.
Hugh "Great" Capet by marriage Count Vermandois.