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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: Estridsen
Before 1159 [his father] Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark (age 27) and [his mother] Sophia of Minsk (age 18) were married.
Around 1163 Canute VI King of Denmark was born to [his father] Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark (age 31) and [his mother] Sophia of Minsk (age 23).
On 12th May 1182 [his father] Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark (age 51) died. His son Canute (age 19) succeeded VI King of Denmark.
On 15th August 1193 [his brother-in-law] King Philip II of France (age 27) and [his half-sister] Ingeborg Estridsen Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [his father] Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark. He the son of Louis VII King Franks and Adèle Blois.
Around November 1193 [his brother-in-law] King Philip II of France (age 28) and [his half-sister] Ingeborg Estridsen Queen Consort France (age 19) marriage annulled on the spurious grounds of her consanguinity with his first wife Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France. She was kept, more or less, a prisoner for the remainder of her life being held in difference French castles.
On 5th May 1198 [his mother] Sophia of Minsk (age 58) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Eric I King of Denmark
GrandFather: Canute Lavard
Mother: Sophia of Minsk