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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Mecklenburg
Maternal Family Tree: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 1557-1631
On 14th February 1556 [her father] Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 28) and [her step-mother] Elizabeth Oldenburg (age 31) were married. She the daughter of King Frederick I of Denmark and Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 58). They were half third cousin once removed.
On 4th September 1557 Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark was born to Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 30).
On 20th July 1572 Frederick II King Denmark (age 38) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of Christian III King Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. They were second cousin once removed.
On 25th August 1573 [her daughter] Elizabeth Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick II King Denmark (age 39) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 15).
On 12th December 1574 [her daughter] Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland was born to [her husband] Frederick II King Denmark (age 40) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 17).
On 12th April 1577 [her son] Christian IV King Denmark was born to [her husband] Frederick II King Denmark (age 42) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 19).
On 30th December 1578 [her son] Prince Ulrik Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick II King Denmark (age 44) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 21).
In 1579 [her son] John August Oldenburg died.
In 1579 [her son] John August Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick II King Denmark (age 44) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 21).
On 5th April 1580 [her son] Augusta Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick II King Denmark (age 45) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 22).
All About History Books
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 5th August 1581 [her son] Hedwig Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick II King Denmark (age 47) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 23).
On 9th July 1583 [her son] John Oldenburg was born to [her husband] Frederick II King Denmark (age 49) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 25).
On 14th February 1588 [her brother-in-law] John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 42) and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (age 14) were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Christian III King Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.
On 4th April 1588 [her husband] Frederick II King Denmark (age 53) died. His son [her son] Christian (age 10) succeeded IV King Denmark.
On 23rd November 1589 [her son-in-law] King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 23) and [her daughter] Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 14) were married at Bishop's Palace. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of [her former husband] Frederick II King Denmark and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 32). He the son of Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart and Mary Queen of Scots. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 19th April 1590 [her son-in-law] Henry Julius Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 25) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Oldenburg (age 16) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Frederick II King Denmark and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 32).
On 28th October 1602 [her son] John Oldenburg (age 19) died.
On 14th March 1603 [her father] Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 76) died.
On 2nd March 1619 [her daughter] Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 44) died.
On 27th March 1624 [her son] Prince Ulrik Oldenburg (age 45) died.
On 19th June 1625 [her daughter] Elizabeth Oldenburg (age 51) 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 14th October 1631 Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 74) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark
Frederick William IV King Prussia
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Frederick Charles I King Finland
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke of Mecklenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg
GrandFather: Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg
Father: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
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 Grandfather: Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony
Great x 3 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
GrandMother: Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England