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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.

Biography of Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar 1186-1247

In 1152 [her father] Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 40) and were married. She by marriage Countess Namur, Countess Luxemburg. She the daughter of (age 53) and Swanhilde Countess Flanders. He the son of [her grandfather] Godfrey Namur I Count Namur and [her grandmother] Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur (age 72). They were second cousin once removed.

In September 1186 Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar was born to [her father] Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 74) and [her mother] .

Before 1190 [her future husband] Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 24) and were married. She the daughter of (age 46) and Wierzchoslawa Ludmilla Greater Poland Duchess Lorraine. He the son of [her future father-in-law]  (age 49) and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.

On 14th August 1196 [her father] Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 84) died. His daughter Erminsende (age 9) succeeded Countess Luxemburg.

In 1214 [her future husband] Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 49) succeeded III Count Luxemburg. by marriage Countess Luxemburg.

In 1214 [her son]  died.

Before February 1214 [her daughter]  died.

In February 1214 [her son]  died.

Before 1215 Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 49) and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Luxemburg. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur and . He the son of (age 74) and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.

In 1215 [her daughter]  was born to [her husband] Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 50) and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 28). She married her fourth cousin twice removed 1225 , son of and , and had issue.

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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1216 [her son]  was born to [her husband] Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 51) and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 29). He married his second cousin twice removed 1240 , daughter of and , and had issue.

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

In 1225 [her son-in-law]  (age 32) and [her daughter]  (age 10) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lorraine. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of [her husband] Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 60) and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 38). He the son of and . They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

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

In 1240 [her son]  (age 24) and [her daughter-in-law]  (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Luxemburg, Countess Namur. She the daughter of and (age 48). He the son of [her former husband] Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 53). They were second cousin twice removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 12th February 1247 Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 60) died. Her son [her son] Henry (age 31) succeeded V Count Luxemburg, III Count Namur.

[her son]  was born to Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

[her son]  was born to Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

[her father] Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur and [her mother]  were married. She by marriage Countess Namur, Countess Luxemburg. She the daughter of [her grandfather]  and [her grandmother] Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders. He the son of [her grandfather] Godfrey Namur I Count Namur and [her grandmother] Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur.

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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.

[her daughter]  was born to Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She married her fourth cousin twice removed , son of Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg and .

[her daughter]  was born to Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

[her daughter]  was born to Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She married Hugues Vaudemont Count Vaudémont.

Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar were married. She by marriage Countess Bar. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur and . He the son of and . They were sixth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Royal Ancestors of Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar 1186-1247

Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of

Royal Descendants of Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar 1186-1247

Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress

Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile

King Louis of Naples

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England

Jean III King Navarre

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre

King Francis I of France

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Antoine King Navarre

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Frederick William IV King Prussia

William I King Prussia

Frederick VII King of Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Carl XVI King Sweden

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar 1186-1247

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Namur I Count Lomme

Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Namur I Count Namur

Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Namur II Count Namur

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Carolingian Duke Lower Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde Carolingian Countess Namur

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Troyes Duchess Lower Lorraine

Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Namur III Count Namur

Great x 4 Grandfather:

Great x 3 Grandfather:

Great x 4 Grandmother:

Great x 2 Grandmother:

GrandFather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur

Great x 4 Grandfather:

Great x 3 Grandfather:

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegard Westerburg Margrave Billung March

Great x 2 Grandfather:

Great x 1 Grandmother:

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Schweinfurt

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eilika Schweinfurt Duchess Saxony

Father: Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur

Great x 1 Grandfather: Conrad Luxemburg Count Luxemburg

GrandMother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur

Great x 4 Grandfather:

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother:

Great x 2 Grandfather:

Great x 4 Grandfather:

Great x 3 Grandmother:

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy

Great x 1 Grandmother:

Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar

Great x 2 Grandfather:

Great x 1 Grandfather:

GrandFather:

Great x 2 Grandfather: Otto Zutphen 2nd Count Zutphen

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ermgard Zutphen Countess Guelders

Mother:

Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Arnstein 3rd Count Arnstein

GrandMother: Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders