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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.
Around 1154 Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem was born.
In 1157 [her future husband] Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 21) and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Jerusalem. She the daughter of Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa. He the son of Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and Melisende Queen of Jerusalem (age 52).
On 10th February 1163 Baldwin III King Jerusalem (age 33) died at Beirut. His brother [her future husband] Almaric (age 27) succeeded I King Jerusalem.
In 1167 Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 31) and Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Jerusalem. He the son of Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and Melisende Queen of Jerusalem.
In 1172 [her daughter] Isabella Anjou Queen Jerusalem was born to [her husband] Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 36) and Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem (age 18). She married (1) 1190 Conrad of Montferrat King of Jerusalem (2) 6th May 1192 her half third cousin twice removed Henry Blois II Count Champagne, son of Henry Blois I Count Champagne and Marie Capet Countess Champagne.
On 11th July 1174 [her husband] Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 38) died. His son [her step-son] Baldwin (age 13) succeeded IV King Jerusalem.
In 1190 [her son-in-law] Conrad of Montferrat King of Jerusalem (age 44) and [her daughter] Isabella Anjou Queen Jerusalem (age 18) were married; see Ralph of Coggeshall. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of [her former husband] Almaric I King Jerusalem and Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem (age 36).
On 6th May 1192 [her son-in-law] Henry of Champagne (age 25) and [her daughter] Isabella Anjou Queen Jerusalem (age 20) were married eight days after the assassination of her husband [her former son-in-law] Conrad of Montferrat (deceased). She the daughter of [her former husband] Almaric I King Jerusalem and Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem (age 38). He the son of Henry Blois I Count Champagne and Marie Capet Countess Champagne (age 47). They were half third cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 5th April 1205 [her daughter] Isabella Anjou Queen Jerusalem (age 33) died.
In 1217 Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem (age 63) died.