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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.
David von Krafft 1655-1724 is in Painters.
In 1655 David von Krafft was born.
In 1702. David von Krafft (age 47). Portrait of Ulrika Eleonora Palatinate Zweibrücken Queen Consort Sweden (age 13).
Around 1706. David von Krafft (age 51). Portrait of Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden (age 69).
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden: On 23rd October 1636 she was born to Frederick III Duke of Holstein Gottorp and Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Holstein Gottorp. On 24th November 1715 Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden died.
Before 20th September 1724. David von Krafft (age 69). Equestrian Portrait of Charles XII King of Sweden.
Charles XII King of Sweden: On 17th June 1682 he was born to Charles XI King Sweden and Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg. On 11th December 1718 Charles XII King of Sweden was killed whilst in the trenches around Fredriksten which his army was besieging. He was struck in the head by a projectile and killed. The shot struck the left side of his skull and exited from the right. It isn't clear who fired the shot. His sister Ulrika succeeded Queen Sweden. She effectively usurped her nephew Charles Frederick Duke of Holstein Gottorp whose parents were both dead.
Before 20th September 1724. David von Krafft (age 69). Portrait of Hedvig Sophia of Sweden.
Hedvig Sophia of Sweden: On 26th June 1681 she was born to Charles XI King Sweden and Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg. On 12th May 1698 Frederick IV Duke of Holstein Gottorp and she were married. She the daughter of Charles XI King Sweden and Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg. They were fourth cousin once removed. On 22nd December 1708 she died.
On 20th September 1724 David von Krafft (age 69) died.