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In 867 Hugh Carolingian Duke Alsace (age 12) was appointed Duke Alsace.
Albert Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria Straubing was appointed II Duke Bavaria Straubing.
John "Pitiless" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria Straubing succeeded III Count Holland, VI Count Hainault, V Count Zeeland, II Duke Bavaria Straubing.
Frederick Bohemia Duke Bohemia was appointed Duke Bohemia.
Ernest Augustus Hanover Duke Brunswick was appointed Duke Brunswick. Viktoria Luise Hohenzollern Duchess Brunswick by marriage Duchess Brunswick.
Before 17th November 1584 Eric Guelph II Duke Brunswick-Calenburg (age 56) was appointed II Duke Brunswick Calenburg.
In 1383 Eric Brunswick Grubenhagen 1st Duke Brunswick Grubenhagen succeeded 1st Duke Brunswick Grubenhagen.
Around 1204 Otto "Child" Brunswick-Lüneburg Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg was appointed Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
Before 1540 Eric "The Elder" Guelph I Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 69) was appointed I Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
On 11th January 1546 Ernest I Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 48) died. His son William (age 10) succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
On 12th October 1561 William "Younger" Welf Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 26) and Dorothea Oldenburg Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brunswick Lüneburg. She the daughter of Christian III King Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. They were half sixth cousins.
In 1592 George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
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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.
In 1617 George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brunswick Lüneburg.
On 12th April 1641 George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg died. His son Christian (age 19) succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
In 1665 Christian Ludwig Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 43) died. His brother George (age 40) succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
On 2nd April 1676 George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 52) and Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Brunswick Lüneburg. He the son of George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Before 5th June 1400 Frederick I Duke Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (age 43) was created 1st Duke Brunswick Wolfenbüttel.
In 1417 Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves (age 43) was created I Duke Cleves. Marie Valois Duchess Cleves (age 24) by marriage Duchess Cleves.
On 22nd April 1455 John La Marck I Duke Cleves (age 36) and Elizabeth Valois Duchess Cleves (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Cleves. She the daughter of John Valois II Count of Nevers, Etampes, Rethel and Eu (age 40) and Jacqueline Ailly Countess Nevers. He the son of Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves and Marie Valois Duchess Cleves (age 62). They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 5th September 1481 John La Marck I Duke Cleves (age 62) died. His son John (age 23) succeeded II Duke Cleves. His son Engelbert (age 18) succeeded Count Nevers.
In 1490 John "Babymaker" La Marck II Duke Cleves (age 31) and Mathilde Hesse Duchess Cleves (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Cleves. She the daughter of Margrave Henry III of Upper Hesse. He the son of John La Marck I Duke Cleves and Elizabeth Valois Duchess Cleves.
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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 15th March 1521 John "Babymaker" La Marck II Duke Cleves (age 62) died. His son John (age 30) succeeded III Duke Cleves.
On 6th February 1538 John La Marck III Duke Cleves (age 47) died. His son William (age 21) succeeded Duke Cleves. Maria Habsburg Spain Duchess Cleves (age 6) by marriage Duchess Cleves.
On 5th January 1592 William La Marck Duke of Jülich Cleves Berg (age 75) died. His son Johann (age 29) succeeded Duke Cleves.
John La Marck I Duke Cleves succeeded I Duke Cleves.
John La Marck III Duke Cleves and Maria Jülich Berg Duchess Cleves were married. She by marriage Duchess Cleves. He the son of John "Babymaker" La Marck II Duke Cleves and Mathilde Hesse Duchess Cleves.
Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus Wittelsbach Duke Leuchtenberg was appointed Duke Leuchtenberg.
On 21st June 1692 Frederick William I Duke Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 17) succeeded I Duke Mecklenburg Schwerin.
On 2nd January 1704 Frederick William I Duke Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 28) and Sophie Charlotte Hesse-Kassel Duchess Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Mecklenburg Schwerin. She the daughter of Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 49) and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 50). They were fourth cousins.
On 28th November 1747 Carl Leopold Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 69) died. His brother Christian (age 64) succeeded Duke Mecklenburg Schwerin.
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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 23rd April 1374 Bogislaw V Duke of Pomerania died. His son Wartislaw (age 29) succeeded 6th Duke Pomerania.
On 13th June 1394 Wartislaw Griffins VI Duke Pomerania (age 49) died. His son Barnim (age 29) succeeded 6th Duke Pomerania. Veronica Hohenzollern Duchess Pomerania by marriage Duchess Pomerania.
On 22nd September 1405 Barnim Griffins 6th Duke Pomerania (age 40) died of plague. His son Barnim succeeded 7th Duke Pomerania.
On 23rd August 1415 Wartislaw Griffins 8th Duke Pomerania died. His nephew Wartislaw succeeded 9th Duke Pomerania.
On 22nd September 1450 Barnim Griffins 7th Duke Pomerania died. His uncle Wartislaw succeeded 8th Duke Pomerania.
Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia was created I Duke Prussia. Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia by marriage Duchess Prussia.
Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia succeeded Duke Prussia.
On 7th July 1602 Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar (age 40) died at Weimar. His son Friedrich (age 3) succeeded Duke Saxe Altenburg.
On 18th July 1605 Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar (age 35) died. His nephew Johann (age 8) succeeded Duke Saxe Altenburg.
On 24th October 1625 Friedrich Wettin Duke Saxe Altenburg (age 26) was killed. His brother Johann (age 25) succeeded Duke Saxe Altenburg.
In 1632 Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Altenburg (age 32) died. His brother Friedrich (age 28) succeeded II Duke Saxe Altenburg.
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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.
Albert Saxe Gotha Duke Saxe Coburg was appointed Duke Saxe Coburg.
On 6th March 1776 Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 25) and Sophie Saxe Hildburghausen Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. She the daughter of Ernst Friedrich Saxe Hildburghausen 2nd Duke Saxe Hildburghausen. He the son of Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 51) and Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 52).
On 13th June 1777 Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 26) and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. He the son of Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 53) and Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 53). They were half fifth cousins.
On 8th September 1800 Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 76) died at Coburg. His son Francis (age 50) succeeded I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha.
On 9th December 1806 Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 56) died. His son Ernest (age 22) succeeded I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha.
On 3rd July 1817 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 33) and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. She the daughter of Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 44) and Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He the son of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 60). They were second cousin once removed.
On 23rd December 1832 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 48) and Marie Württemberg Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 33) were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. She the daughter of Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg and Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg. He the son of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were uncle and niece.
On 29th January 1844 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 60) died. His son Ernest (age 25) succeeded II Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha. Princess Alexandrine of Baden (age 23) by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha.
On 18th February 1680 John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 21) and Sophie Hedwig Saxe Merseburg Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld were married at Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld. She the daughter of Christian Saxe Merseburg 1st Duke Saxe Merseburg. He the son of Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha (age 60).
On 2nd December 1690 John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 32) and Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld were married at Maastricht. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld. He the son of Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha.
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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 6th August 1699 Albert Saxe Gotha Duke Saxe Coburg (age 51) died at Coburg. His brother John (age 40) succeeded IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld.
On 2nd January 1723 Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 25) and Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (age 22) were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld. He the son of John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 64) and Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld. They were first cousin once removed.
On 17th February 1729 John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 70) died. His son Christian (age 45) succeeded John IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld.
On 16th September 1754 Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 56) died. His son Ernest (age 30) succeeded Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld. Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 30) by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld.
In 1680 Christian Saxe Gotha Duke Saxe Eisenburg was created Duke Saxe Eisenburg at Eisenburg when the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Alternburg was divided.
On 24th October 1636 Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha (age 34) and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha (age 17) were married at Altenburg. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Gotha. She the daughter of Johann Philipp Wettin Duke Saxe Altenburg (age 39) and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (age 43). He the son of Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar and Dorothea Maria Anhalt. They were first cousin once removed.
On 20th December 1644 Albert IV Wettin IV Duke Saxe Weimar (age 45) died at Eisenach. His brother Ernest (age 42) succeeded I Duke Saxe Gotha.
In 1675 Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 28) succeeded I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg. Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 26) by marriage Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg.
On 2nd August 1691 Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 45) died at Friedrichswerth, Gotha. His son Frederick (age 15) succeeded II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg.
On 7th June 1696 Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 19) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg. He the son of Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg and Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg.
On 23rd March 1732 Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 55) died at Altenburg. His son Duke (age 32) succeeded III Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg. Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 21) by marriage Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg.
On 21st March 1769 Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 24) and Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 17) were married at Meiningen. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg. He the son of Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III (age 69) and Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg. They were first cousin once removed.
On 10th March 1772 Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III (age 72) died at Gotha. His son Duke (age 27) succeeded Augus Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg.
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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 20th April 1804 Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 59) died at Gotha. His son Duke (age 31) succeeded Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg. Karoline Amalie Hesse-Kassel Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 32) by marriage Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg.
On 17th May 1822 Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 49) died. His brother Duke (age 47) succeeded IV Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg.
Ernst Friedrich Saxe Hildburghausen 2nd Duke Saxe Hildburghausen succeeded 2nd Duke Saxe Hildburghausen.
On 24th December 1803 Georg I Duke of Saxe Meiningen (age 42) died. His son Bernhard (age 3) succeeded II Duke Saxe Meiningen.
On 3rd December 1882 Bernhard II Duke of Saxe Meiningen (age 81) died. His son Georg (age 56) succeeded II Duke Saxe Meiningen.
On 25th June 1914 Georg II Duke of Saxe Meiningen (age 88) died. His son Bernhard (age 63) succeeded III Duke Saxe Meiningen.
Bernhard Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Meiningen was appointed I Duke Saxe Meiningen.
Christian Saxe Merseburg 1st Duke Saxe Merseburg was created 1st Duke Saxe Merseburg.
Henry Saxe Gotha Duke Saxe Römhild was appointed Duke Saxe Römhild.
On 2nd March 1573 Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar (age 42) died. His son Friedrich (age 10) succeeded I Duke Saxe Weimar.
Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar succeeded Duke Saxe Weimar. Dorothea Susanne Palatine Duchess Saxe Weimar by marriage Duchess Saxe Weimar.
Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar was appointed II Duke Saxe Weimar.
John Ernest Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar was appointed Ernest I Duke Saxe Weimar.
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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.
William Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar was appointed Duke Saxe Weimar.
Albert IV Wettin IV Duke Saxe Weimar was appointed IV Duke Saxe Weimar.
On 24th April 1816 Friedrich Karl Ludwig Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 58) died at Wellingsbüttel Manor. His son Friedrich (age 31) succeeded Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg. Louise Caroline Hesse-Kassel Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 26) by marriage Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg.
On 17th February 1831 Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 46) died. His son Karl (age 18) succeeded Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg.
On 24th October 1878 Karl Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 66) died. His brother Friedrich (age 64) succeeded Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg. Adelheid Schasumburg Lippe Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg by marriage Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg.
On 27th November 1885 Friedrich Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 71) died. His son Friedrich (age 30) succeeded Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg. Victoria Friederike Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 25) by marriage Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg.
On 21st January 1934 Friedrich Ferdinand Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 78) died. His son Wilhelm (age 42) succeeded Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg. Marie Melita Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 35) by marriage Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg.
On 10th February 1965 Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 73) died. His son Friedrich (age 42) succeeded Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg.
Karl Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg and Vilhelmine Marie Unknown Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg. He the son of Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg and Louise Caroline Hesse-Kassel Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg.
Frederick Charles Unknown Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Plön was appointed Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Plön.
In 950 Liudolf Saxon Ottonian Duke Swabia (age 20) was appointed Duke Swabia.
Frederick "One Eyed" Hohenstaufen I Holy Roman Emperor was appointed II Duke Swabia.
Otto Saxon Ottonian Duke Swabia Duke Bavaria was created Ist Duke Swabia.
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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.
Herman Swabia 1st Duke Swabia was created 1st Duke Swabia.
Herman Swabia 2nd Duke Swabia succeeded 2nd Duke Swabia.
Otto Welf IV Holy Roman Emperor was appointed IV Duke Swabia.
On 21st January 1900 Francis Teck (age 62) died. His son Adolphus (age 31) succeeded Duke Teck. Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 26) by marriage Duchess Teck.
In 1593 Frederick Württemberg I Duke Württemberg (age 35) succeeded I Duke Württemberg.
On 4th July 1833 Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg died. His son Alexander (age 29) succeeded Duke Württemberg.
In 1860 Ernest Württemberg Duke Württemberg (age 53) and Nathalie Eschborn Duchess Württemberg were married. She by marriage Duchess Württemberg. He the son of Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg and Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg.
In 1881 Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg (age 77) died. His brother Ernest succeeded Duke Württemberg.
Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg succeeded Duke Württemberg. Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg by marriage Duchess Württemberg.
Conrad Zähringen 1st Duke Zähringen was created 1st Duke Zähringen.
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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 24th April 1852 Leopold Grand Duke of Baden died. His son Louis (age 27) succeeded II Grand Duke of Baden. He suffered from a mental illness during all of his life so his brother Frederick Grand Duke of Baden (age 25) acted a Regent until 1852 when Frederick Grand Duke of Baden also became Grand Duke of Baden.
On 22nd January 1858 Louis II Grand Duke of Baden (age 33) died. His brother Frederick (age 31) succeeded I Grand Duke of Baden.
On 19th June 1804 Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke (age 26) and Princess Wilhelmine Baden (age 15) were married. She by marriage Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine. They were first cousins.
On 6th April 1830 Louis I Grand Duke of Hesse (age 76) died. His son Louis (age 52) succeeded II Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.
On 16th June 1848 Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke (age 70) died. His son Louis (age 42) succeeded III Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.
On 13th June 1877 Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 39) was appointed IV Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.
In 1931 Georg Donatus Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 24) and 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 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.
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.
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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.
Georg Donatus Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke succeeded Ernest Louis Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.