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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.
On 23rd June 1703 Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France was born.
In September 1725 Louis XV King France (age 15) and Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France (age 22) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. He the son of Louis Bourbon Duke Burgundy and Maria Adelaide Savoy.
On 14th August 1727 [her daughter] Louise Elisabeth of France was born to [her husband] Louis XV King France (age 17) and Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France (age 24). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
On 4th September 1729 [her son] Dauphin Louis Bourbon was born to [her husband] Louis XV King France (age 19) and Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France (age 26) at Palace of Versailles, Versailles. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
On 25th October 1739 [her son-in-law] Infante Philip of Spain (age 19) and [her daughter] Louise Elisabeth of France (age 12) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Louis XV King France (age 29) and Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France (age 36). He the son of Philippe V King Spain (age 55) and Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain (age 47). They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
On 23rd February 1745 [her son] Dauphin Louis Bourbon (age 15) and [her daughter-in-law] Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (age 18) were married at the Palace of Versailles. She the daughter of Philippe V King Spain (age 61) and Elisabeth Farnese Queen Consort Spain (age 52). He the son of [her husband] Louis XV King France (age 35) and Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France (age 41). They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
On 10th January 1747 [her son] Dauphin Louis Bourbon (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Dauphine Maria Josepha of France (age 15) were married. He the son of [her husband] Louis XV King France (age 36) and Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France (age 43). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 6th December 1759 [her daughter] Louise Elisabeth of France (age 32) died.
On 22nd December 1765 [her son] Dauphin Louis Bourbon (age 36) died.
On 24th June 1768 Marie Leszczyńska Queen Consort France (age 65) died.
On 10th May 1774 [her former husband] Louis XV King France (age 64) died of smallpox. His grandson [her grandson] Louis (age 19) succeeded XVI King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.
