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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Acre is in Middle East.
On 18th July 1100 Godfrey Flanders Lord Bouillon (age 39) was killed at Acre [Map]. The Arab chronicler Ibn al-Qalanisi reported "while he was besieging the city of Acre, Godfrey, the ruler of Jerusalem, was struck by an arrow, which killed him". Other reports suggest he may have contracted an illness, or may have been poisoned.
Around 1130 William IV Count of Nevers was born to William III Count Nevers Count Auxerre and Tonnere (age 23) at Acre [Map]. He married 1164 his third cousin twice removed Eleanor Capet Countess Vermandois, daughter of Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers.
In October 1190 Henry of Bar I Count of Bar (age 32) died at Acre [Map]. His brother Theobald (age 30) succeeded I Count Bar.
On 19th November 1190 Archbishop Baldwin of Forde (age 65) died in Acre [Map].
In 1191 Robert "Le Roux" V Lord of Béthune died at Acre [Map].
Around 1191 Nigel Mowbray 5th Baron Thirsk (age 45) was killed in Acre [Map]. His son William (age 18) succeeded 6th Baron Thirsk.
In 1191 Stephen Blois I Count Sancerre (age 58) died at Acre [Map].
On 20th January 1191 Conrad Hohenstaufen Count Palatine of the Rhine (age 23) died at Acre [Map].
On 8th June 1191 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 33) landed at Acre [Map].
On 2nd November 1191 Gerard Count Loon was killed in Acre [Map]. His son Louis succeeded II Count Loon.
On 18th September 1197 Margaret Capet (age 40) died at Acre [Map].
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1227 Louis Brienne Viscount Beaumont was born to John de Brienne I King Jerusalem (age 57) and Beregaria Ivrea (age 23) at Acre [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married in or before 1279 his half third cousin twice removed Agnes Beaumont Sarthe and had issue.
On 8th October 1240 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 31) landed at Acre [Map].
On 8th October 1240 William Longespée (age 32) landed at Acre [Map].
On 8th May 1250 King Louis IX of France (age 36) and his two brothers Alphonse Capet Count Poitou II Count Toulose (age 29) and King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 23) with 12,000 fellow prisoners were allowed to leave for Acre [Map] after paying a ransom of 400,000 dinars.
On 4th August 1266 Odo Burgundy (age 36) died at Acre [Map]. His daughter Yolande (age 19) succeeded II Countess Nevers.
Before 9th May 1271 King Edward I of England (age 31) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 30) sailed from Palermo [Map] and travelled to Acre [Map] arriving on 9th May 1271. They were later joined by Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 26), John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 53) and Teobaldo Visconti Archdeacon of Liège (age 41) (who would become Pope a month later).
In April 1272 Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford was born to King Edward I of England (age 32) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 31) at Acre [Map]. She married (1) 2nd May 1290 her half fifth cousin Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford, son of Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford and Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford, and had issue (2) January 1297 Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford and had issue.
On 22nd September 1272 King Edward I of England (age 33) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 31) left Acre [Map] for Sicily [Map] where he spent the winter convalescing. Whilst there he learned of the death of his father King Henry III of England (age 64), his uncle Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall and his eldest son John Plantagenet.