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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: Bernadotte
On 11th November 1882 Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden was born to Gustav V King Sweden (age 24).
On 15th June 1905 Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 22) and Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 55) and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught (age 44). He the son of Gustav V King Sweden (age 46). They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 22nd April 1906 [his son] Prince Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte was born to Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 23) and [his wife] Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 24). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 7th June 1907 [his son] Sigvard Bernadotte was born to Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 24) and [his wife] Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 25). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 28th March 1910 [his son] Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark was born to Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 27) and [his wife] Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 28). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 28th February 1912 [his son] Bertil Bernadotte was born to Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 29) and [his wife] Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 30). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 31st October 1916 [his son] Carl Johan Bernadotte was born to Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 33) and [his wife] Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 34). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
All About History Books
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 1st May 1920 [his wife] Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 38) died.
On 3rd November 1923 Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 40) and Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 34) were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 60). He the son of Gustav V King Sweden (age 65). They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 20th October 1932 [his son] Prince Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Sibylla Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 24) were married. He the son of Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 49) and [his former wife] Margaret "Daisy" Windsor. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 8th April 1938 [his brother-in-law] George Mountbatten 2nd Marquess Milford Haven (age 45) died. His son David (age 18) succeeded 3rd Marquess Milford Haven.
On 26th January 1947 [his son] Prince Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (age 40) died in a plane crash at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark. The prince, along with two companions, was returning to Stockholm from a hunting trip and visit to Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. The delayed KLM flight from Amsterdam had landed at Copenhagen for a routine stop before continuing to Stockholm. Soon after the Douglas DC-3 aircraft took off, it climbed to an altitude of about 50 meters, stalled, and plummeted nose-first to the ground, where it exploded on impact. All 22 people aboard the plane (16 passengers and six crew members) were killed. Also aboard the ill-fated flight was American singer and actress Grace Moore and Danish actress Gerda Neumann. An investigation found that an inexperienced young employee had serviced the aircraft and, short of time, the plane's captain had failed to perform the final pre-flight check list properly. He took off not realizing that elevator locking pins were still in place.
On 28th October 1947 [his brother-in-law] Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (age 47) was created 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma with a special remainder to his daughters and their heirs male. Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma (age 45) by marriage Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
On 29th October 1950 [his father] Gustav V King Sweden (age 92) died. His son Gustaf (age 67) succeeded VI King Sweden. [his wife] Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 61) by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.
On 2nd March 1965 [his wife] Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 75) died.
On 15th September 1973 Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 90) died. His grandson [his grandson] Carl (age 27) succeeded XVI King Sweden. [his granddaughter-in-law] Silvia Sommerlath Queen Consort Sweden by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.
Kings Wessex: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 29 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 24 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Oscar I King Sweden and Norway
GrandFather: King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
Father: Gustav V King Sweden 4 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Christian Nassau Weilburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick William Nassau Weilburg Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Willam Karel Hendrik Friso Orange Nassau 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Carolina Orange Nassau Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Anne Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Duke William of Nassau 2 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
GrandMother: Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Eugene Württemberg Duke Württemberg
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Frederick Wilhelm Karl Württemberg 2 x Great Grand Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Friederike Sophie Dorothea Hohenzollern Great Grand Daughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Prince Paul Heinrich Württemberg 2 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles William Ferdinand Brunswick Bevern 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Caroline Brunswick Bevern Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Augusta Charlotte Hanover Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Pauline of Württemberg 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden 5 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland