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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.
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Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus was created Count Vertus. Catherine Valois Countess Vertus by marriage Countess Vertus.
In 1374 [his father] Louis Valois I Duke Orléans (age 1) and Catherine Hungary (age 4) were married. She the daughter of Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 47) and Elizabeth Bosnia Queen Consort Hungary. He the son of [his grandfather] King Charles V of France (age 35) and [his grandmother] Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France (age 35). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
In 1389 [his father] Louis Valois I Duke Orléans (age 16) and [his mother] Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke Milan (age 37) and [his grandmother] Isabelle Valois. He the son of [his grandfather] King Charles V of France and [his grandmother] Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France. They were first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
Chronicle of St Denis Book 14 Chapter 8. 22nd August 1393. While the king was thus troubled by the inconveniences of strangers, on the twenty-fourth day of the month of August, in the royal house of Saint Paul, the venerable queen bore him a daughter [Marie Valois], who was called Mary after being baptized; and she vowed to dedicate her to God and to commit her to His service perpetually, if He would free her from the darkness of ignorance and approve the vow she had made. Not long after, the [his mother] Duchess of Orléans (age 22), the wife of the [his father] Lord Duke of Orléans (age 21), the brother of the king, bore a son, whom it pleased to name Philip.
Dum sic rex peregrinis vexaretur incommodis, mensis augusti vicesima quarta die, in domo regia Sancti Pauli ei peperit fliam regina venerabilis, que baptizata Maria vocata fuit; et hanc Deo dicandam et ejus servicio perpetuo mancipandam vovit, si ipsum a tenebris ignorancie liberaret et votum quod emiserat approbaret. Nec multum post, domina Aurelianensis ducissa, uxor domini ducis Aurelianensis, fratris regis, filium peperit, quem Philippum placuit nominare.
Chronicle of St Denis Book 17 Chapter 8. [July 1396]. In the month of July, the venerable [his mother] Duchess of Orléans (age 25) gave birth to a son [Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus] for her [his father] lord the duke (age 24), whom [his future brother-in-law] Duke Philip of Burgundy, the king's uncle, raised from the sacred font and named with his own name.
Mense jullio, Aurelianensis venerabilis ducissa domino duci viro suo peperit filium, quem dux Burgundie Philippus, regis patruus, de sacro fonte levavit, et eum suo nomine appellavit.
In July 1396 Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus was born to Louis Valois I Duke Orléans (age 24) and Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.38%.
On 23rd November 1407 [his father] Louis Valois I Duke Orléans (age 35) was murdered on the orders of [his future father-in-law] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy (age 36) at Paris [Map]. His son [his brother] Charles (age 12) succeeded Duke Orléans.
On 4th December 1408 [his mother] Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans (age 37) died.
In 1410 Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus (age 13) and Catherine Valois Countess Vertus (age 19) were married. She the daughter of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy (age 38) and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy (age 47). He the son of Louis Valois I Duke Orléans and Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1414 [his wife] Catherine Valois Countess Vertus (age 23) died at Ghent [Map].
Before 1st September 1420 [his illegitimate son] Philip "Bastard of Vertus" Valois Orléans was born illegitimately to Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus (age 24).
On 1st September 1420 Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus (age 24) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 7 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Great x 1 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
GrandFather: King Charles V of France 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Brabant
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna
Great x 2 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 3 Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Father: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burgundy Count Charolais 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Burgundy 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Bourbon Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hainault I Count Hainault 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainault 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Hainault Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
GrandMother: Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James I King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Valois Duchess Bourbon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mahaut Chatillon Countess Valois Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Capet II Duke Brittany 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Capet Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Plantagenet Daughter of King Henry III of England
Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pope Gregory X
Great x 3 Grandfather: Matteo I Visconti
Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephano Visconti
Great x 4 Grandfather: Squarcino Borri
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bonacossa Borri
Great x 1 Grandfather: Galeazzo II Visconti
Great x 2 Grandmother: Valentina Doria
GrandFather: Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke Milan
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Amadeus V "Great" Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Fieschi
Great x 2 Grandfather: Aymon "Peaceful" Savoy Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybille Bagé
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bianca Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Palaeologina Countess Savoy
Mother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Great x 1 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
GrandMother: Isabelle Valois 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Brabant
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna
Great x 2 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 3 Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg