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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: Astur Leonese
Sancho "Fat" I King Leon and Teresa Fernández Queen Consort Leon were married. He the son of Ramiro II King Leon and Adosinda Gutiérrez Osóriz Queen Consort Leon.
Around 932 Sancho "Fat" I King Leon was born to Ramiro II King Leon (age 32) and Adosinda Gutiérrez Osóriz Queen Consort Leon.
On 1st January 951 [his father] Ramiro II King Leon (age 51) died. His son [his brother] Ordoño (age 25) succeeded III King Leon.
In 956 [his brother] King Ordoño III of Leon (age 30) died. His brother Sancho (age 24) succeeded I King Leon. Teresa Fernández Queen Consort Leon by marriage Queen Consort Leon.
In 961 [his son] Ramiro III King Leon was born to Sancho "Fat" I King Leon (age 29) and Teresa Fernández Queen Consort Leon.
On 19th December 966 Sancho "Fat" I King Leon (age 34) died from poisoning. His son [his son] Ramiro (age 5) succeeded III King Leon.
[his daughter] Urraca Astur Leonese was born to Sancho "Fat" I King Leon.
[his father] Ramiro II King Leon and Urraca Jiménez Queen Consort Leon were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of Sancho I King Pamplona and Toda Aznárez. He the son of [his grandfather] Ordoño II King Galicia II King Leon and [his grandmother] Elvira Menéndez Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Galicia.
[his father] Ramiro II King Leon and [his mother] Adosinda Gutiérrez Osóriz Queen Consort Leon were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. He the son of [his grandfather] Ordoño II King Galicia II King Leon and [his grandmother] Elvira Menéndez Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Galicia.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ordoño I King Asturias
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso "Great" III King Asturias
Great x 2 Grandmother: Muniadona Unknown Queen Consort Asturias
GrandFather: Ordoño II King Galicia II King Leon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jimena Pamplona Queen Consort Asturias
Father: Ramiro II King Leon
GrandFather: Gutier Osóriz
Mother: Adosinda Gutiérrez Osóriz Queen Consort Leon
GrandMother: Ildonzia Menéndez