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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.
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On 21st January 1829 King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway was born to Oscar I King Sweden and Norway (age 29).
On 6th June 1857 King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 28) and Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 20) were married.
On 16th June 1858 [his son] Gustav V King Sweden was born to King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 29) and [his wife] Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 21).
On 8th July 1859 [his father] Oscar I King Sweden and Norway (age 60) died.
On 27th February 1861 [his son] Prince Carl Duke of Västergötland was born to King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 32) and [his wife] Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 24).
On 18th September 1872 [his brother] Charles XV King Sweden IV King Norway (age 46) died. His brother Oscar (age 43) succeeded King Sweden and King Norway. [his wife] Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 36) by marriage Queen Sweden and Queen Norway.
1898. Anders Zorn (age 37). Portrait of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 68).
On 8th December 1907 King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 78) died. His son [his son] Gustav (age 49) succeeded V King Sweden.
On 30th December 1913 [his former wife] Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 77) died.