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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: Gerulfing
Maternal Family Tree: Aelis Unknown Queen Consort West Francia
Erlinde Gerulfing was appointed Abbess Egmond Abbey.
Erlinde Gerulfing was born to Dirk Gerulfing II Count Holland and Hildegarde Flanders Countess Holland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 2 Grand Daughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Kings Franks: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Father: Dirk Gerulfing II Count Holland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin "Iron Arm" I Margrave Flanders
Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin "Bald" II Margrave Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles "Bald" I King West Francia
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Welf Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Judith Carolingian Queen Consort Wessex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Odi Orléans 1st Count Orléans
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia
GrandFather: Arnulf "Great" I Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Egbert of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Æthelwulf of Wessex
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oslac
Great x 3 Grandmother: Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex
Great x 1 Grandmother: Aelfthryth Wessex Margrave Flanders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Æthelred Mucel Mercia Earldorman Gaini
Great x 2 Grandmother: Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eadburh of Mercia
Mother: Hildegarde Flanders Countess Holland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard King Lombardy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pepin Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cunigunda Laon Queen Consort Lombardy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Great x 1 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux
GrandMother: Adela Vermandois Countess Flanders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Strong" King West Francia
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aelis Unknown Queen Consort West Francia