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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.
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In 1342 [her father] Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 15) and Margaret Bohemia Queen Consort Hungary (age 6) were married. She the daughter of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 25) and Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 25). He the son of [her grandfather] Charles I King Hungary (age 54) and [her grandmother] Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Around 20th June 1353 [her father] Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 27) and [her mother] Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Hungary. He the son of [her grandfather] Charles I King Hungary and [her grandmother] Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary.
In 1371 Mary Hungary I Queen Hungary was born to Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 44) and Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary.
In 1374 [her future husband] Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund (age 5) and Mary Hungary I Queen Hungary (age 3) were bethrothed.
On 10th September 1382 [her father] Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 56) died. His daughter Mary (age 11) succeeded I Queen Hungary.
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 17th September 1382 Mary Hungary I Queen Hungary (age 11) was crowned I Queen Hungary.
In 1385 Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund (age 16) and Mary Hungary I Queen Hungary (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Louis I King Hungary King Poland and Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary. He the son of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 38). They were third cousins.
On 7th June 1394 [her sister-in-law] Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England (age 28) died of plague (probably) at Sheen Palace [Map]. King Richard II of England (age 27) was so distraught at her death he ordered the destruction of Sheen Palalce [Map].
On 17th May 1395 Mary Hungary I Queen Hungary (age 24) died.
Before 7th October 1409 [her former husband] Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund (age 41) and Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg and [her former mother-in-law] Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg.
On 9th December 1437 [her former husband] Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund (age 69) died at Znojmo.
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Charles Capet of Sicily Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Martel King Hungary 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Béla IV King of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen V of Hungary
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cuman
GrandFather: Charles I King Hungary 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 1 Grandmother: Clementia Habsburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Burkhard V Count Hohenberg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph II Count Palatine of Tubingen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilda of Tubingen
Father: Louis I King Hungary King Poland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Elisabeth Unknown Queen Consort Hungary
Mary Hungary I Queen Hungary 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary