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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.
Duke Kent and Strathearn is in Dukedoms of England Alphabetically, Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Dukedoms of England.
Summary
24th April 1799. Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn created.
12th February 1820. Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn extinct.
On 24th April 1799 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 31) was created 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn.
On 29th May 1818 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 50) and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 31) were married at Ehrenburg Palace. She by marriage Duchess Kent and Strathearn. She the daughter of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 61). He the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 79) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 74). They were third cousin once removed.
On 12th February 1820 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (deceased) was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. Duke Kent and Strathearn extinct.