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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 or before 1766 [her father] Heinrich Christian Wilhelm von Schlotheim and [her step-mother] Friederike Most von Wilhelmsthal were married.
In 1766 Caroline Countess of Schlotheim was born to Heinrich Christian Wilhelm von Schlotheim.
1788. Wilhelm Bottner (age 35). Portrait of Caroline Countess of Schlotheim (age 22).
In 1788 Caroline Countess of Schlotheim (age 22) was created 1st Countess of Schlotheim.
1788. Wilhelm Bottner (age 35). Portrait of Caroline Countess of Schlotheim (age 22).
In 1788 William Elector of Hesse (age 44) abducted Caroline Countess of Schlotheim (age 22) and made her his mistress.
In 1811 Caroline Countess of Schlotheim (age 45) was created 1st Countess of Hessenstien.
In 1847 Caroline Countess of Schlotheim (age 81) died.