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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.
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Paternal Family Tree: Wettin
On 7th October 1548 [his father] Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 22) and [his mother] Anna Oldenburg (age 15) were married at Torgau. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Christian III King of Denmark (age 45) and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 37). They were third cousin once removed.
On 29th October 1560 Christian Wettin I was born to [his father] Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 34) and [his mother] Anna Oldenburg (age 27).
On 25th April 1582 Christian Wettin I (age 21) and Sophie of Brandenburg (age 13) were married. He the son of Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 55) and Anna Oldenburg (age 49). They were third cousins.
On 5th March 1585 [his son] John George Wettin Elector Saxony was born to Christian Wettin I (age 24) and [his wife] Sophie of Brandenburg (age 16). He married (1) 1604 his third cousin once removed Sibylla Elisabeth of Württemberg, daughter of Frederick I (2) 1607 his second cousin once removed Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, daughter of Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia and Marie Eleonore La Marck, and had issue.
On 1st October 1585 [his mother] Anna Oldenburg (age 52) died.
On 11th February 1586 [his father] Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 59) died. His son Christian (age 25) succeeded Elector Saxony.
On 25th September 1591 Christian Wettin I (age 30) died. His son John (age 6) succeeded Elector Saxony.
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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 7th December 1622 [his former wife] Sophie of Brandenburg (age 54) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick II Duke Saxony 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "The Mild" Welf 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Griffins
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert III Duke Saxony 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Leopold "The Just" Habsburg III Duke Austria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Austria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Siemowit IV Duke of Masovia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alexandra of Lithuania
GrandFather: Henry IV Duke Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of
Father: Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke of Mecklenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg
GrandMother: Catherine of Mecklenburg Duchess of Saxony
Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian I King of Denmark
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
GrandFather: Christian III King of Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony
Great x 3 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Mother: Anna Oldenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway