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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Mecklenburg
On 18th September 1768 [her father] Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz (age 26) and [her mother] Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (age 16) were married. He would, six years later, marry her younger sister [her step-mother] Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (age 12); an example of Married to Two Siblings.
On 3rd March 1778 Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover was born to Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz (age 36) and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (age 25).
On 22nd May 1782 [her mother] Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (age 29) died.
28th September 1784 [her father] Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz (age 42) and [her step-mother] Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (age 28) were married. She the sister of his first wife [her mother] Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt; an example of Married to Two Siblings.
Before 1789. Johann Heinrich Tischbein (age 66). Portrait of Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover (age 10).
In 1815 Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 43) and Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover (age 36) were married. She by marriage Duchess Cumberland and Teviotdale. He the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 76) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 70). They were first cousins.
Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville. To Lady G. Morpeth (age 32). Saltram: September 1, 1815,
I went yesterday to the slate quarry and all over the beautiful wood in which it is. The day was delicious, and this part of the country is beautiful. It puts me in mind of Bolton and some of the valleys between Theux and Spa.
We had a dinner, Sir John Duckworth, another Sir Something, and a sensible, pleasing physician whom they swear by here.
The Boringdons saw the Pole who has been allowed to go with Buonaparte. He seems really attached to him. Amongst other things he said of him, ' Mais il ne pense jamais k lui,' a new view of his character. There are different versions of all the stories of him and his companions. Some say that Madame Bertrand1 is very much in love with him, others that she detests him, and never calls him anything but I'homme.
Borino (age 43)2 is so long manoeuvring and marshalling us that I have time to tell you that I had a letter from my aunt. She had just seen the Hollands, Lady H. in grief at the failure of some presents she wanted to send to Buonaparte and Madame Bertrand.
No women were present at the Duchess of Cumberland's (age 37) marriage. The Dowager Lansdowne proposed herself, and was refused. Caroline William (age 29) writes me word that she detests Paris, which she says is gay without interest, noisy beyond bearing; that she is magnificently but uncomfortably lodged, alone or in a crowd; and that every countenance bears the stamp of suppressed ill-humour if native, pique if Austrian or Russian, open insolence or vulgar wonder if English, with the only exception of Hart, who sees everything couleur de rose and enjoys himself extremely. The Louvre, she says, is the prey of the spoiler, and Denon3 looking as Jenny's mother did when 'she looked in her face till her heart was nigh to break.' Good-bye.
Note 1. Wife of Comte Bertrand, Buonaparte's secretary. They both accompanied him to St. Helena and were present at his death.
Note 2. Lord Boringdon.
Note 3. Celebrated for his knowledge of art. He accompanied Buonaparte to Egypt, and was on his return named Director- General of the Museums, and retained the place till 1815. He had collected in the conquered countries a great number of works of art, with which he enriched the museums of France.
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On 22nd July 1816 William Frederick Hanover 2nd Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 40) and [her sister-in-law] Mary Hanover Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 40) were married at St James's Palace [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 78) and [her aunt] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 72). He the son of William Henry Hanover 1st Duke Gloucester and Edinburgh and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh. They were first cousins. He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 6th November 1816 [her father] Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz (age 75) died.
On 29th May 1818 [her brother-in-law] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 50) and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 31) were married at Ehrenburg Palace. She by marriage Duchess Kent and Strathearn. She the daughter of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 61). He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 79) and [her aunt] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 74). They were third cousin once removed.
On 1st June 1818 [her brother-in-law] Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge (age 44) and Princess Augusta Hesse-Kassel Duchess Cambridge (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Cambridge. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 79) and [her aunt] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 74). They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 11th July 1818 [her brother-in-law] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 52) and Queen Adelaide of England (age 25) were married at Kew, Surrey. She by marriage Duchess Clarence and St Andrews. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 80).
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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.
On 27th May 1819 [her son] George V King Hanover was born to [her husband] Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 47) and Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover (age 41). He a grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.19%.
On 23rd January 1820 [her brother-in-law] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 52) died at Woolbrook Cottage Sidmouth, Devon.
On 29th January 1820 [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 81) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His reign the third longest after Victoria and Elizabeth II. His son [her brother-in-law] George (age 57) succeeded IV King Great Britain and Ireland. Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England (age 51) by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 19th July 1821 [her brother-in-law] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 58) was crowned IV King Great Britain and Ireland.
King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland barred Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England (age 53) from attending the Coronation. She attempted to attend but was turned away at the doors of Westminster Abbey. Refused entry at both the doors to the East Cloister and the doors to the West Cloister, Caroline attempted to enter via Westminster Hall, where many guests were gathered before the service began. A witness described how the Queen stood at the door fuming as bayonets were held under her chin until the deputy lord chamberlain had the doors slammed in her face. Henry Brougham recorded his distaste.1. She died three weeks later.
William Cavendish 6th Duke Devonshire (age 31) carried the Orb at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham (age 53) attended as Deputy Earl Marshal as a result of Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard (age 54).
See Creevy Papers.
In 1830 [her brother-in-law] Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex (age 56) was elected President of the Royal Society.
In 1830 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh (age 33) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to [her brother-in-law] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 67).
On 26th June 1830 [her brother-in-law] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 67) died. His brother [her brother-in-law] William (age 64) succeeded IV King Great Britain and Ireland. Duke Clarence and St Andrews merged with the Crown. Queen Adelaide of England (age 37) by marriage Queen Consort England.
He was attended by Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 60).
On 27th December 1830 Lucius Cary 10th Viscount Falkland (age 27) and Amelia Fitzclarence Viscountess Falkland (age 23) were married at the Brighton Royal Pavilion. [her brother-in-law] King William IV (age 65) gave away his daughter. The service was conducted by Bishop Charles Richard Sumner. She the illegitmate daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan".
On 2nd May 1831 [her brother-in-law] Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex (age 58) and Cecilia Gore aka Underwood Duchess of Inverness (age 46) were married contrary to the Royal Marriages Act. On the same day she assumed the surname Underwood by Royal Licence. She did not assume the title Duchess of Sussex. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl Arran and Elizabeth Underwood Countess of Arran. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland and [her aunt] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England.
On 8th September 1831 [her brother-in-law] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 66) was crowned IV King Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham (age 63) attended as Deputy Earl Marshal as a result of Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard being ill.
Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield (age 35) was created 1st Earl Lichfield. Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield (age 31) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 20th June 1837 [her brother-in-law] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 71) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His niece Victoria (age 18) succeeded I Queen Great Britain and Ireland. His brother [her husband] Ernest (age 66) succeeded King Hanover. Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover (age 59) by marriage Queen Consort Hanover.
At 5am Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 40) and Archbishop William Howley (age 71) went to Kensington Palace to inform the Princess she was now Queen. Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham was the first to address her as 'Your Majesty'.
On 29th June 1841 Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover (age 63) died.
On 18th November 1851 [her former husband] Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 80) died. His son [her son] George (age 32) succeeded V King Hanover, 2nd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale. [her daughter-in-law] Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover by marriage Queen Consort Hanover.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke John Albert I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke John VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Sophia Hohenzollern 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Oldenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christine Hesse 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Julius Ernst Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Katharina 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian Günther I Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anton Günther I Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian William I Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Great x 1 Grandmother: Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Father: Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg Strelitz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Maria Anhalt
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Gotha 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Philipp Wettin Duke Saxe Altenburg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Albert Count of Erbach-Schönberg
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Louis I Count of Erbach-Erbach
Great x 1 Grandmother: Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VI Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg