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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.
Maternal Family Tree: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia
Around 910 [her daughter] Hedwig Saxon Ottonian was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 34) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia. She married 937 Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris and had issue.
On 23rd November 912 [her son] Otto I King Germany I King Italy Holy Roman Emperor was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 36) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia. He married (1) 929 Eadgyth Wessex Queen Consort Germany and had issue (2) 951 Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress and had issue.
Around 920 [her son] Henry Saxon Ottonian I Duke Bavaria was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 44) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia. He married Judith Luitpoldings, daughter of Arnulf "Bad" Luitpoldings I Duke Bavaria, and had issue.
In May 925 [her son] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia (age 49) and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.
Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort East Francia.
[her daughter] Gerberga Saxon Ottonian Queen Consort West Francia was born to Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia. She married (1) before 930 Gilbert Reginarids I Duke Lorraine, son of Reginar "Longneck" Reginarids I Duke Lorraine, and had issue (2) 939 Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia, son of Charles "Simple" III King West Francia and Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia, and had issue.