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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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Duke Limburg is in Dukes of France.

In 1139 Waleran "Pagan" Luxemburg Duke Lower Lorraine (age 54) died. His son Henry (age 28) succeeded II Duke Limburg. His third cousin once removed Godfrey (age 32) succeeded VII Duke Lower Lorraine.

In August 1167 Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg (age 56) died. His son Henry (age 27) succeeded III Duke Limburg.

In 1221 Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 56) succeeded III Duke Limburg. Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 34) by marriage Duchess Limburg.

On 2nd July 1226 Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 61) died. His son Henry (age 31) succeeded IV Duke Limburg, I Count Berg.

On 25th February 1247 Henry Luxemburg IV Duke Limburg (age 52) died. His son Waleran succeeded IV Duke Limburg. His son Adolf succeeded VII Count Berg.

In 1279 Waleran Luxemburg IV Duke Limburg died. His daughter Ermengarde succeeded I Duchess Limburg.

Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Limburg. He the son of Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg and Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg.

Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg and Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Limburg. He the son of Waleran "Pagan" Luxemburg Duke Lower Lorraine and Jutta von Wassenberg Wassenburg Duchess Lower Lorraine.

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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.

Henry Luxemburg IV Duke Limburg and Irmgard Berg Duchess Limburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Limburg. She the daughter of Adolph Berg Count Berg. He the son of Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg and Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg.

Waleran Luxemburg IV Duke Limburg and Kunigunde Brandenburg Duchess Limburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Limburg. She the daughter of Otto Brandenburg III Margrave Brandenburg. He the son of Henry Luxemburg IV Duke Limburg and Irmgard Berg Duchess Limburg.

Waleran Luxemburg IV Duke Limburg and Judith Kleve Duchess Limburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Limburg. He the son of Henry Luxemburg IV Duke Limburg and Irmgard Berg Duchess Limburg.