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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.

Biography of Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia 1233-1278

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Around 1233 Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia was born to [his father] King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (age 28).

On 25th October 1251 Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 18) and Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna were married.

On 11th February 1252 Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 19) and Margarete von Babenberg were married.

In 1253 Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 20) was appointed II King Bohemia.

On 23rd September 1253 [his father] King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (age 48) died.

In 1262 [his son] Henry Přemyslid was born to Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 29) and [his wife] Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna. He died aged one in 1263.

In 1263 [his son] Henry Přemyslid (age 1) died.

In January 1265 [his son] Kunigundem Boleslaus II Přemyslid was born to Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 32) and [his wife] Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna.

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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.

On 29th October 1266 [his wife] Margarete von Babenberg died.

On 5th September 1269 [his daughter] Agnes Přemyslid Duchess Austria was born to Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 36) and [his wife] Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna. She married 1289 Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria and had issue.

On 17th September 1271 [his son] King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland was born to Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 38) and [his wife] Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna. He married 24th January 1285 Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland and had issue.

On 26th August 1278 Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 45) died. His sonWenceslaus (age 6) succeeded II King Bohemia.

On 9th September 1285 [his former wife] Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna died.