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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.
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Maternal Family Tree: Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Holstein Gottorp 1610-1684
Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke succeeded Louis Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Eleonore Solms Hohensolms Lich Grand Duchess by marriage Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine.
On 1st July 1862 [his father] Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 24) and [his mother] Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 19) were married at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and [his grandmother] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 43).
On 25th November 1868 Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke was born to Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 31) and Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 25). He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 14th December 1878 [his mother] Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 35) died.
On 30th April 1884 father and daughter, [his father] Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and [his sister] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21), were both married on the same, or near, days, he taking advantage pf his relatives being in Darmstadt for his daughter's wedding. He, apparently, didn't approve of his daughter's choice of his first cousin Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) since they, Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven would live in Britain.
Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and [his mother] Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In the evening Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and [his step-mother] Alexandrina Hutten Czapska (age 29) were married. She being his former mistress. Apparently, they separated within a week and the marriage was annulled within three months.
On 13th March 1892 [his father] Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 54) died.
On 19th April 1894 Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 25) and Victoria Melita Windsor (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Prince Alfred Windsor (age 49) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 40). He the son of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were first cousins. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 11th March 1895 [his daughter] Elisabeth Hesse Darmstadt was born to Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 26) and [his wife] Victoria Melita Windsor (age 18). She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 9.17%.
On 25th May 1900 [his son] Stillborn Hesse Darmstadt was born to Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 31) and [his wife] Victoria Melita Windsor (age 23). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 9.17%.
In 1901 Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 32) and Victoria Melita Windsor (age 24) were divorced.
On 16th November 1903 [his daughter] Elisabeth Hesse Darmstadt (age 8) died.
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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 2nd February 1905 Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 36) and Eleonore Solms Hohensolms Lich Grand Duchess were married. He the son of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha.
On 8th October 1905 Cyril Vladimirovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 28) and [his former wife] Victoria Melita Windsor (age 28) were married. She the daughter of [his uncle] Prince Alfred Windsor and [his former mother-in-law] Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 51). They were first cousins. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 8th November 1906 [his son] Georg Donatus Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke was born to Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 37) and [his wife] Eleonore Solms Hohensolms Lich Grand Duchess. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In 1908 [his son] Louis Hesse Darmstadt Prince Hesse and by Rhine was born to Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 39) and [his wife] Eleonore Solms Hohensolms Lich Grand Duchess. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 15th July 1909 Alfonso Orléans Galliera Duke Galliera (age 22) and [his former sister-in-law] Beatrice Windsor Duchess Galliera (age 25) were married at Coburg. She by marriage Duchess Galliera. She the daughter of [his uncle] Prince Alfred Windsor and [his former mother-in-law] Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 55).
In 1931 [his son] Georg Donatus Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Cecilie Glücksburg Grand Duchess (age 19) were married. She by marriage Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine. He the son of Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 62) and [his wife] Eleonore Solms Hohensolms Lich Grand Duchess. They were first cousin once removed. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a great x 2 granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 2nd March 1936 [his former wife] Victoria Melita Windsor (age 59) died.
On 9th October 1937 Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 68) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Grand Son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis I Grand Duke of Hesse 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken
Great x 3 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Karl Wilhelm Hesse Darmstadt 19 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden
Great x 2 Grandfather: Prince Charles Louis of Baden 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Wilhelmine Baden 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken
Great x 3 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
Father: Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke 20 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Prussia
Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke Grand Son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 2 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anton Ulrich Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Sophie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann August Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha Daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
GrandMother: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 2 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England