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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Paternal Family Tree: Carolingian
In 821 [his father] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) and [his mother] Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bavaria. Holy Roman Emperor. He the son of [his grandfather] Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks (age 43) and [his grandmother] Ermengarde Hesbaye Queen Consort Aquitaine.
In 845 Charles was born to [his father] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 50) and [his mother] Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia.
In 850 [his brother] Louis II King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 25) succeeded Holy Roman Emperor. [his future sister-in-law] Engelberga Spoleto Holy Roman Empress by marriage Holy Roman Empress.
On 5th October 851 [his brother] Louis II King Italy Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) and [his sister-in-law] Engelberga Spoleto Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Italy. He the son of [his father] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 56) and [his mother] Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia.
In 855 Charles (age 10) was appointed King Provence.
In 855 [his brother] Lothair II King Lotharingia (age 20) was appointed II King Lotharingia.
In 855 [his brother] Lothair II King Lotharingia (age 20) and [his sister-in-law] Teutberga Arles were married. She the daughter of Boso "Elder" Arles Count Arles (age 55). He the son of [his father] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 60) and [his mother] Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia.
On 29th September 855 [his father] Lothair Holy Roman Emperor (age 60) died.
In 863 Charles (age 18) died.
Kings Franks: Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
GrandFather: Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress
Father: Lothair Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sigramnus Count of Hesbaye
Great x 2 Grandfather: Sigram of Hesbaye
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lambert Count of Hesbaye
Great x 3 Grandmother: Landrada of Hesbaye
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ingerman Count of Hesbaye
GrandMother: Ermengarde Hesbaye Queen Consort Aquitaine
GrandFather: Hugh Tours
Mother: Ermengarde Tours Queen Consort Bavaria Queen Consort Middle Francia