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.
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Paternal Family Tree: Julich
In December 1362 [his father] William Jülich I Duke Jülich [aged 35] and [his mother] Marie Guelders Duchess Jülich were married. She by marriage Duchess Jülich. They had three children. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders and [his grandmother] Sophia Berthout Berthout. He the son of William Jülich V Duke Jülich. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 5th March 1364 William Jülich 3rd Duke Guelders 3rd Duke Jülich was born to William Jülich I Duke Jülich [aged 37] and Marie Guelders Duchess Jülich.
On 4th December 1371 [his uncle] Reginald II Duke Guelders [aged 38] died without issue. The Duke Guelders title passed to his sisters and their husband's resulting in a war of succession with William Jülich 3rd Duke Guelders 3rd Duke Jülich [aged 7], son of his sister [his mother] Marie Guelders Duchess Jülich eventually succeeding.
In 1377 William Jülich 3rd Duke Guelders 3rd Duke Jülich [aged 12] succeeded 3rd Duke Guelders.
In 1379 William Jülich 3rd Duke Guelders 3rd Duke Jülich [aged 14] and Katherine Wittelsbach Duchess Guelders [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Duchess Guelders, Duchess Guelders. She the daughter of Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 42] and Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria [aged 37]. He the son of William Jülich I Duke Jülich [aged 52] and Marie Guelders Duchess Jülich. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1389 [his brother-in-law] John "Pitiless" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria Straubing [aged 14] was appointed Bishop of Liège.
On 24th April 1390 Albert Habsburg IV Duke Austria [aged 12] and [his sister-in-law] Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria [aged 17] were married at Vienna [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 53] and [his mother-in-law] Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria. He the son of Albert "With the Pigtail" Habsburg III Duke Austria [aged 40] and Beatrix Hohenzollern Duchess Austria [aged 28]. They were third cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 13th December 1393 [his father] William Jülich I Duke Jülich [aged 66] died. His son William [aged 29] succeeded 3rd Duke Jülich.
On 21st January 1397 [his brother-in-law] Albert Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria Straubing [aged 28] died.
Around 1399 William Jülich 3rd Duke Guelders 3rd Duke Jülich [aged 34] was appointed 81st Knight of the Garter by King Richard II of England [aged 31].
In 1400 [his wife] Katherine Wittelsbach Duchess Guelders [aged 38] died.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 16th February 1402 William Jülich 3rd Duke Guelders 3rd Duke Jülich [aged 37] died at Arnhem [Map]. His brother Reinald [aged 37] succeeded 4th Duke Guelders, 3rd Duke Jülich.
William Jülich II Count Jülich and [his mother] Marie Guelders Duchess Jülich were married. She by marriage Countess Jülich. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders and [his grandmother] Sophia Berthout Berthout.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 6 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Jülich II Count Jülich
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Jülich III Count Jülich
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Jülich IV Count Jülich 8 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Luxemburg Countess Jülich 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard III Count Guelders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Richardis Guelders Countess Jülich 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
GrandFather: William Jülich V Duke Jülich 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Godfrey Brabant
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elisabeth Brabant Countess Jülich
Father: William Jülich I Duke Jülich 5 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
William Jülich 3rd Duke Guelders 3rd Duke Jülich 6 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard III Count Guelders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders
Great x 2 Grandfather: Otto II Count Guelders 2 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reginald I Count Guelders 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin 10 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu 2 x Great Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu 6 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu Great Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu 
Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
GrandFather: Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dampierre II Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Bouron
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainaut 5 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Mother: Marie Guelders Duchess Jülich 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
GrandMother: Sophia Berthout Berthout