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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.
Anne Rurik Queen Consort France by marriage as Queen Consort of France.
Around 1030 Anne Rurik Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Yaroslav "The Wise" Rurik.
On 20th July 1031 Robert "Pious" II King France (age 59) died at Melun, Seine et Marne. His son [her future husband] Henry (age 23) succeeded I King France: Capet.
In 1034 [her future husband] King Henry I of France (age 25) and Matilda Brunonids Queen Consort France were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Liudolf Brunonids Margrave Frisia (age 31). He the son of Robert "Pious" II King France and Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 48).
In 1047 King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 19), supported by [her future husband] King Henry I of France (age 38), defeated a rebel army led by William's cousin Guy Ivrea (age 22) who opposed William's succession as Duke of Normandy at the Battle of Val ès Dunes in Caen, Calvados, Basse Normandie.
Hamon Dentatus was killed.
On 19th May 1051 King Henry I of France (age 43) and Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 21) were married at Reims Cathedral, Reims. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Robert "Pious" II King France and Constance Arles Queen Consort France.
On 23rd May 1052 [her son] King Philip I of France was born to [her husband] King Henry I of France (age 44) and Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 22). He married (1) 1072 his half fourth cousin twice removed Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France, daughter of Floris Gerulfing I Count Holland and Gertrude Billung Countess Holland, and had issue (2) 15th May 1092 his fourth cousin once removed Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France and had issue.
In 1054 [her daughter] Emma Capet was born to [her husband] King Henry I of France (age 45) and Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 24).
In 1055 [her son] Robert Capet was born to [her husband] King Henry I of France (age 46) and Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 25). He died aged five in 1060.
In 1057 [her son] Hugh "Great" Capet was born to [her husband] King Henry I of France (age 48) and Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 27). He married his half fourth cousin once removed Adelaide I Countess Vermandois, daughter of Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois and Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois, and had issue.
In 1060 [her son] Robert Capet (age 5) died.
On 4th August 1060 [her husband] King Henry I of France (age 52) died. His son [her son] Philip (age 8) succeeded I King France: Capet.
In 1072 [her son] King Philip I of France (age 19) and [her daughter-in-law] Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France (age 17) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Floris Gerulfing I Count Holland and Gertrude Billung Countess Holland (age 42). He the son of [her former husband] King Henry I of France and Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 42). They were half fourth cousin twice removed.
In 1075 Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 45) died.
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre [6]
King Malcolm IV of Scotland [1]
King William I of Scotland [1]
Eleanor "Fair Maid of Britanny" 4th Countess of Richmond [1]
Marie Coucy [1]
King John Balliol I of Scotland [1]
Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France [1]
King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [4]
Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland [1]
Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France [1]
Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France [1]
Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France [1]
Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France [1]
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [3]
Joan Évreux Queen Consort France [3]
Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress [2]
Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England [2]
King Robert II of Scotland [2]
Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [2]
Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden [4]
Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France [3]
Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France [5]
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [5]
Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [6]
Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon [7]
King Richard II of England [2]
Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [14]
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [13]
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [7]
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [6]
King Edward IV of England [46]
King Richard III of England [46]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [78]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [20]
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [6]
Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France [5]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [16]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [6]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [17]
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Queen Jane Seymour [99]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [95]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [15]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [49]
Antoine King Navarre [39]
Catherine Medici Queen Consort France [8]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [76]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [24]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [142]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [26]
King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [23]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [56]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [56]
Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [24]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [14]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [55]
George Wharton [842]
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Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [58]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [78]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [55]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [60]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [70]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [39]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [39]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [39]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [25]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [25]
President George Washington [47]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [39]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [39]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [39]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [39]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [39]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [78]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [39]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [117]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [78]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [78]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [39]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [234]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [234]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [3503]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [78]
Constantine I King Greece [39]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [156]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [234]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [234]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [273]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [273]
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Carl XVI King Sweden [507]
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