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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: Luxemburg
On 9th July 1292 [her father] Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 17) and [her mother] Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur were married at Tervuren. He the son of [her grandfather] Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg and [her grandmother] Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg.
In 1304 Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France was born to Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur.
In 1307 [her future husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 12) and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy and Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy (age 39). He the son of King Philip IV of France (age 38) and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 24th August 1313 [her father] Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) died. He was buried at Pisa Duomo. His half fourth cousin Louis (age 31) succeeded IV Holy Roman Emperor.
On 19th May 1322 [her future husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 27) and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 25) marriage annulled as a consequence of her adultery. In 1313 [her future sister-in-law] Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 27) gave gifts of coin-purses to her sisters-in-law Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France and Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France. The coin-purses were subsequently seen by Isabella to be in the possession of the Norman knights Gautier and Philippe d'Aunay. When Isabella visited her father King Philip IV of France again in 1314 she informed him she suspected the two sisters to be having affairs with the two knights. The two knights were arrested, confessed to adultery under torture, and were executed. The two women were sentenced to life imprisonment at Château Gaillard [Map]. Margaret's husband Louis X King France I Navarre became King in Nov 1314 whilst she was in prison; she became Queen of France by marriage. Somewhat conveniently she died five months later. Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France remained in prison until her husband Charles IV King France I King Navarre became King in 1322 at which time he had their marriage annulled.
After 19th May 1322 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 27) and Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In March 1324 [her daughter] Louis Capet was born to [her husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 29) and Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 20).
In March 1324 [her daughter] Louis Capet died.
On 5th July 1324 [her former husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 30) and Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Louis I Count Évreux and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were half first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 1st February 1328 [her former husband] Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 33) died. On 1st April 1328 His first cousin Philip (age 34) succeeded VI King France: Capet Valois. The succession somewhat complicated by Charles' wife Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France being pregnant. The child Blanche Capet was born two months later on 1st April 1328. A girl child therefore excluded from the succession confirming Philip's as King. Charles the last of the House of Capet. Philip the first of the House of Valois. His niece Joan (age 16) succeeded II Queen Navarre. Her husband Philip "Noble" III King Navarre (age 21) by marriage III King Navarre.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Kings Franks: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders
GrandFather: Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Erminsende of Bar Sur Seine Countess Bar
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders
Father: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Avesnes
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bouchard Guise
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Guise
GrandMother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
GrandFather: John I Brabant
Mother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur