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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: Wettin
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 1601-1659
On 9th October 1666 [his father] John George Wettin III Elector Saxony (age 19) and [his mother] Anna Sophie Oldenburg (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Frederick III King Denmark (age 57) and [his grandmother] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 38). He the son of [his grandfather] John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 53). They were third cousin once removed.
On 18th October 1668 John George Wettin IV Elector Saxony was born to John George Wettin III Elector Saxony (age 21) and Anna Sophie Oldenburg (age 21) at Dresden.
On 12th September 1691 [his father] John George Wettin III Elector Saxony (age 44) died. His son John (age 22) succeeded IV Elector Saxony.
In 1692 John George Wettin IV Elector Saxony (age 23) was appointed 501st Knight of the Garter by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 41) and Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 29).
Calendar of the State Papers of William and Mary 1693 March. 31st March 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for the allowance of the expenses (amounting to 518l. 14s. 10d.) of Sir William Dutton Colt (age 47), knt., for investing the Elector of Saxony (age 24) with the order of the Garter at Dresden the 26th of Jan., 1698. [Ibid., p. 588.]
On 27th April 1694 John George Wettin IV Elector Saxony (age 25) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Mecklenburg Duchess of Saxony
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian III King Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Oldenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Great x 1 Grandfather: John George Wettin Elector Saxony 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: John George Wettin Elector Saxony 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: John George Wettin III Elector Saxony 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
John George Wettin IV Elector Saxony 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark
Great x 3 Grandfather: Christian III King Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick II King Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christian IV King Denmark 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Frederick III King Denmark 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Anna Sophie Oldenburg 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg
GrandMother: Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Philip I of Hesse 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave George I of Hesse Darmstadt 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christine of Saxony 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England