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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In 1335 [her future husband] Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 18) and Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Charles Valois I Count Valois and Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois (age 42). He the son of King John I of Bohemia (age 38) and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1347 Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg was born to [her father] Bogislaw V Duke of Pomerania (age 29).
Before 1350 [her future husband] Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 33) and Anna Bavaria Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg. He the son of King John I of Bohemia and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia.
Before 19th April 1358 [her future husband] Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 41) and Anna Schweidnitz Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg. He the son of King John I of Bohemia and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia.
In or before 1366 Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 49) and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 18) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg. The difference in their ages was 30 years. He the son of King John I of Bohemia and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia.
On 11th May 1366 [her daughter] Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England was born to [her husband] Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 49) and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 19) at Prague. She married (1) 20th January 1382 her fourth cousin King Richard II of England, son of Edward "Black Prince" and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales.
On 15th February 1368 [her son] Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund was born to [her husband] Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 51) and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 21). He married (1) 1385 his third cousin Mary Hungary I Queen Hungary (2) before 7th October 1409 Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress and had issue.
On 22nd June 1370 [her son] John Duke of Görlitz was born to [her husband] Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 54) and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 23).
On 13th March 1372 [her son] Charles Bohemia was born to [her husband] Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 55) and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 25). On 24th July 1373 Charles Bohemia died.
In 1373 [her daughter] Margaret Bohemia was born to [her husband] Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 56) and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 26). She married 1381 John Hohenzollern Burgrave Nuremburg, son of Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg.
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On 23rd April 1374 [her father] Bogislaw V Duke of Pomerania (age 56) died. His son [her brother] Wartislaw (age 29) succeeded 6th Duke Pomerania.
In 1377 [her son] Henry Bohemia was born to [her husband] Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 60) and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 30). In 1378 Henry Bohemia died.
On 29th November 1378 [her husband] Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 62) died.
Around 1381 [her son-in-law] John Hohenzollern Burgrave Nuremburg (age 12) and Margaret Bohemia (age 8) were married. She the daughter of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 34). He the son of Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg (age 47).
On 20th January 1382 [her son-in-law] King Richard II of England (age 15) and Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England (age 15) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Bishop Robert Braybrooke. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 35). He the son of Edward "Black Prince" and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 53). They were fourth cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England.
It was the first royal wedding that including a Royal Procession from the Tower of London [Map] to Westminster Abbey [Map].
Arranged by Michael de la Pole 1st Earl Suffolk (age 52) the marriage not popular since it brought no dowry and little prospect of increased trade since Bohemia not a primary English trade partner.
In 1383 [her son-in-law] Bryan Stapleton (age 61) and [her daughter] Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England (age 16) were divorced when in Calais [Map].
In 1385 Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund (age 16) and Mary Hungary I Queen Hungary (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Louis I King Hungary King Poland and Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary. He the son of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 38). They were third cousins.
On 14th January 1392 [her brother-in-law] Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria (age 15) and [her sister] Margaret Pomerania Duchess Austria (age 26) were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. He the son of Leopold "The Just" Habsburg III Duke Austria and Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria (age 40).
On 15th April 1393 Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 46) died.