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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Luxemburg
John Luxemburg II Count Ligny was appointed II Count Ligny.
Around 1387 [his father] John Luxemburg Count St Pol (age 17) and [his mother] Margaret Brienne (age 22) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny and [his grandmother] Mathilde Chatillon Countess Saint Pol.
In 1392 John Luxemburg II Count Ligny was born to John Luxemburg Count St Pol (age 22) and Margaret Brienne (age 27).
In 1397 [his father] John Luxemburg Count St Pol (age 27) died.
On 23rd November 1418 John Luxemburg II Count Ligny (age 26) and Jeanne de Béthune Viscountess Béthune (age 21) were married.
In 1430 John Luxemburg II Count Ligny (age 38) sold Joan of Arc to the English for 10,000 livres.
On 23rd May 1430 Joan of Arc (age 18) was captured during the Siege of Compiègne. John Luxemburg II Count Ligny (age 38) commanded the rear-guard. Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy (age 33) fought.
On 5th January 1441 John Luxemburg II Count Ligny (age 49) died at Guise, Aisne.
In 1450 [his former wife] Jeanne de Béthune Viscountess Béthune (age 53) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 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: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandfather: Waleran I of Luxemburg 5 x Great Grand Son 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
Great x 2 Grandfather: Waleran II of Luxemburg 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Dame Beaurevoir
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Lord of Ligby 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
GrandFather: Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny 8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guillaume Dampierre 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Bethune
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy of Dampierre Richebourg 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul II de Clermont 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alix Clermont 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix Capet I Viscountess Châteaudun
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alix Dampierre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Father: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Chatillon I Count Blois V Count Saint Pol
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Avesnes 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jean Chatillon Count Saint Pol Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Capet II Duke Brittany 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Capet Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Plantagenet Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
GrandMother: Mathilde Chatillon Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Provence
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jean Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Chateaudun
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Fiennes 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dampierre II Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Dampierre 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders 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
John Luxemburg II Count Ligny 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: Louis Count of Enghien
Mother: Margaret Brienne