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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: Bruce of Annandale
Maternal Family Tree: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois
In 1271 [her father] Robert Bruce Earl Carrick (age 27) and [her mother] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick (age 18) were married at Turnberry Castle. He by marriage Earl Carrick. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Niall Carrick 2nd Earl Carrick and [her grandmother] Margaret Stewart Countess Carrick. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
Around 1272 Isabel Bruce Queen Norway was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick (age 28) and Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick (age 19).
On 31st August 1281 [her future husband] Eric II King Norway (age 13) and Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway (age 20) were married at Bergen. She the daughter of King Alexander III of Scotland (age 39) and Margaret Queen of Scotland. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway (age 37). They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Before 9th November 1292 [her mother] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick (age 39) died.
In 1293 Eric II King Norway (age 25) and Isabel Bruce Queen Norway (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Norway. She the daughter of Robert Bruce Earl Carrick (age 49) and Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway.
In 1295 [her brother-in-law] King Haakon V (age 24) and Isabel Joigny were married. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway.
In 1297 [her daughter] Ingeborg Eriksdottir was born to [her husband] Eric II King Norway (age 29) and Isabel Bruce Queen Norway (age 25).
In 1299 [her brother-in-law] King Haakon V (age 28) and Euphemia of Rügen Queen Norway (age 19) were married. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway.
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 15th July 1299 [her husband] Eric II King Norway (age 31) died. His brother [her brother-in-law] Haakon (age 29) succeeded V King Norway. Euphemia of Rügen Queen Norway (age 19) by marriage Queen Norway.
Before 4th March 1304 [her father] Robert Bruce Earl Carrick (age 60) died.
In 1357 [her daughter] Ingeborg Eriksdottir (age 60) died.
In 1358 Isabel Bruce Queen Norway (age 86) died.
[her father] Robert Bruce Earl Carrick and Matilda aka Maud Fitzalan were married. She the daughter of John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel and Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 7 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: Robert Bruce 1st Lord Annandale 1st Lord Skelton
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bruce 2nd Lord Annandale
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Paynel Lady Annandale Lady Skelton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bruce 3rd Lord Annandale
Great x 3 Grandmother: Euphemia Crosebi Lady Annandale
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 4th Lord Annandale
Great x 2 Grandmother: Christina Unknown Lady Annandale
GrandFather: Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel "the Scot" Dunkeld Lady Annandale 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux
Father: Robert Bruce Earl Carrick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Clare 2nd Earl Hertford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Gernon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud St Hilary Countess Hertford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzrobert 2nd Earl Gloucester Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Beaumont Countess Gloucester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
GrandMother: Isabel Clare Lady Annandale 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Giffard
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham
Isabel Bruce Queen Norway 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandFather: Niall Carrick 2nd Earl Carrick
Mother: Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Fitzalan 1st High Steward
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Fitzwalter 2nd High Steward
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward
GrandMother: Margaret Stewart Countess Carrick
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gille Críst Angus 4th Earl Angus
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bethóc Angus
Great x 4 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marjorie Dunkeld Countess Angus
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey