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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.
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King Aragon is in Kingdom of Aragon.
On 18th October 1035 Sancho "Great" III King Pamplona (age 41) died. His son Ramiro (age 28) succeeded I King Aragon.
8th May 1063. The Battle of Graus was part of the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsular by the Spanish from the Arabs.
Ramiro Sánchez I King Aragon (age 56) was killed in battle. His son Sancho (age 21) succeeded I King Aragon.
On 4th June 1094 Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona (age 52) died. His son Peter (age 26) succeeded I King Aragon, I King Pamplona.
In 1104 Peter I King Aragon I King Pamplona (age 36) died. His half brother Alfonso (age 31) succeeded I King Aragon, I King Pamplona.
In 1134 Alfonso I King Aragon I King Pamplona (age 61) died. His brother Ramiro (age 47) succeeded I King Aragon.
On 13th November 1137 Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon (age 51) abdicated. Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon (age 1) succeeded Queen Aragon.
On 25th April 1196 Alfonso II King Aragon (age 39) died. His son Peter (age 17) succeeded II King Aragon.
The Battle of Muret, the last major battle of the Albigensian Crusade, was fought on 12th September 1213 between the armies of Peter II King Aragon (age 35) and Simon "Elder" Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester (age 38). The Argonese forces were heavily defeated. Peter II King Aragon was killed. His son James (age 5) succeeded I King Aragon.
On 27th July 1276 James I King Aragon (age 68) died. His son Peter (age 36) succeeded III King Aragon.
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The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 11th November 1285 Peter III King Aragon (age 45) died. His son Alfonso (age 20) succeeded III King Aragon.
On 18th June 1291 Alfonso III King Aragon (age 25) died. His brother James (age 24) succeeded II King Aragon.
On 5th November 1327 James "The Just" II King Aragon (age 60) died. His son Alfonso (age 28) succeeded IV King Aragon since his eldest son wished to take holy orders.
On 24th January 1336 Alfonso IV King Aragon (age 36) died. His son Peter (age 16) succeeded IV King Aragon.
On 6th January 1387 Peter IV King Aragon (age 67) died. His son John (age 36) succeeded I King Aragon.
On 19th May 1396 King John I of Aragon (age 45) died. His brother Martin (age 39) succeeded I King Aragon.
On 31st May 1410 King Martin I of Aragon (age 53) died. His nephew Ferdinand (age 29) succeeded I King Aragon.
On 2nd April 1416 Ferdinand I King Aragon (age 35) died. His son Alfonso (age 20) succeeded V King Aragon.
On 27th June 1458 Alfonso V King Aragon (age 62) died. His son Ferdinand (age 35) succeeded I King Naples. Isabella Clermont Queen Consort Naples (age 34) by marriage Queen Consort Naples. His brother John (age 59) succeeded II King Aragon.
On 20th January 1479 John II King Aragon (age 80) died. His son Ferdinand (age 26) succeeded II King Aragon.
On 23rd January 1516 Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 63) died. His daughter Joanna (age 37) succeeded Queen Aragon.
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William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 18th July 1664 Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon Abdicated. Her son Alfonso succeeded II King Aragon.