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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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On 20th February 1631 [his father] Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor and [his mother] Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bohemia. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Philip III King Spain and [his grandmother] Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain. He the son of [his grandfather] Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and [his grandmother] Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress.
On 9th June 1640 Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor was born to Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress.
On 13th May 1646 [his sister] Maria Habsburg Spain Archduchess Austria was born to [his father] Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor and [his mother] Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress. Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress died in childbirth.
On 2nd July 1648 [his father] Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor and [his step-mother] Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia were married at Linz. She by marriage Queen Consort Bohemia. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and [his grandmother] Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress.
On 30th April 1651 [his father] Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor and [his step-mother] Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bohemia. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Charles Gonzaga Duke Nevers Duke Rethel and Maria Gonzaga Duchess of Montferrat. He the son of [his grandfather] Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and [his grandmother] Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress.
On 2nd April 1657 [his father] Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor died.
On 18th July 1658 Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor succeeded I Holy Roman Emperor.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th October 1663. Thence (I drinking no wine) after an hour's stay Sir W. Batten and another, and he drinking, we home by coach, and so to my office and set down my Journall, and then home to supper and to bed, my washing being in a good condition over. I did give Dr. Williams 20s. tonight, but it was after he had answered me well to what I had to ask him about this business, and it was only what I had long ago in my petty bag book allotted for him besides the bill of near £4 which I paid him a good while since by my brother Tom for physique for my wife, without any consideration to this business that he is to do for me, as God shall save me. Among the rest, talking of the Emperor1 at table to-day one young gentleman, a pretty man, and it seems a Parliament man, did say that he was a sot; for he minded nothing of the Government, but was led by the Jesuites. Several at table took him up, some for saying that he was a sot in being led by the Jesuites, [who] are the best counsel he can take. Another commander, a Scott[ish] Collonell, who I believe had several under him, that he was a man that had thus long kept out the Turke till now, and did many other great things, and lastly Mr. Progers, one of our courtiers, who told him that it was not a thing to be said of any Soveraigne Prince, be his weaknesses what they will, to be called a sot, which methinks was very prettily said.
Note 1. Leopold I, the Holy Roman Emperor, was born June 9th, 1640. He became King of Hungary in 1655, and King of Bohemia in 1658, in which year he received the imperial crown. The Princes of the German Empire watched for some time the progress of his struggle with the Turks with indifference, but in 1663 they were induced to grant aid to Leopold after he had made a personal appeal to them in the diet at Ratisbon.
In 1666 Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Theresa Habsburg Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. She the daughter of Philip IV King Spain and Mariana of Austria Queen Consort Spain. He the son of Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress.
On 28th September 1667 [his son] Ferdinand Wenzel Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Margaret Theresa Habsburg Holy Roman Empress. On 13th January 1668 Ferdinand Wenzel Habsburg Spain died.
On 18th January 1669 [his daughter] Maria Antonia of Austria was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Margaret Theresa Habsburg Holy Roman Empress.
On 20th February 1670 [his son] Johann Leopold Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Margaret Theresa Habsburg Holy Roman Empress. He died the same day.
1672. Benjamin Block. Portrait of Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor.
On 9th February 1672 [his daughter] Maria Anna Antonia Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Margaret Theresa Habsburg Holy Roman Empress. She died on 23rd February 1672 aged two weeks.
On 12th March 1673 [his wife] Margaret Theresa Habsburg Holy Roman Empress died.
On 11th September 1674 [his daughter] Anna Maria Josepha Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his future wife] Claudia Felicitas of Holy Roman Empress. She died three months later on 21st December 1674.
On 11th October 1675 [his daughter] Maria Josepha Clementina Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his future wife] Claudia Felicitas of Holy Roman Empress. On 11th July 1676 Maria Josepha Clementina Habsburg Spain died.
Before 1676 Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and Claudia Felicitas of Holy Roman Empress were married. He the son of Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress.
On 8th April 1676 [his wife] Claudia Felicitas of Holy Roman Empress died of tuberculosis.
On 14th December 1676 Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg were married. He the son of Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress.
On 26th July 1678 [his son] Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
On 18th June 1679 [his son] Maria Christina Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg. She died the same day.
In 1680 [his daughter] Maria Elisabeth Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor.
On 2nd June 1682 [his son] Leopold Joseph Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
On 7th September 1683 [his daughter] Maria Anna Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
On 3rd August 1684 [his son] Leopold Joseph Habsburg Spain died.
On 22nd August 1684 [his daughter] Maria Theresa Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
On 15th July 1685 [his son-in-law] Maximilian Wittelsbach II Elector Bavaria and [his daughter] Maria Antonia of Austria were married. She the daughter of Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his former wife] Margaret Theresa Habsburg Holy Roman Empress.
On 1st October 1685 [his son] Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
In 1687 [his daughter] Maria Josepha Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
In 1689 [his daughter] Maria Magdalena Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
In August 1689 [his former brother-in-law] Charles "Bewitched" II King Spain and [his sister-in-law] Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Spain. He the son of [his uncle] Philip IV King Spain and [his sister] Mariana of Austria Queen Consort Spain.
In 1690 [his daughter] Maria Margaret Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
In 1691 [his daughter] Maria Margaret Habsburg Spain died.
On 24th December 1692 [his daughter] Maria Antonia of Austria died.
On 28th September 1696 [his daughter] Maria Theresa Habsburg Spain died.
On 24th February 1699 [his son] Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor and [his daughter-in-law] Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick were married. He the son of Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor and [his wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
In 1703 [his daughter] Maria Josepha Habsburg Spain died.
On 5th May 1705 Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor died. [his son] Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor succeeded I Holy Roman Emperor.
On 19th January 1720 [his former wife] Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg died.