Biography of Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress

In 1308 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.

After 21st June 1313 [her daughter] Mathilde Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 31) and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress.

In September 1314 [her daughter] Unamed Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 32) and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress.

In July 1316 [her son] Louis "The Brandenburger" Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 34) and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress.

In July 1317 [her daughter] Anna Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 35) and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress.

Around 1318 [her daughter] Agnes Wittelsbach was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 35) and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress.

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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.

In 1319 [her son] Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria was born to [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress.

In 1324 [her husband] 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.

On 11th October 1347 [her husband] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 65) died. His son [her son] Stephen (age 28) succeeded II Duke Bavaria. [her daughter-in-law] Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria (age 37) by marriage Duchess Bavaria.

Biography of Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress

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