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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.
King Olaf "Stout" II of Norway was appointed II King Norway.
Around 995 King Olaf "Stout" II of Norway was born to [his father] Harald King Vestfold and [his mother] Åsta Gudbrandsdatter (age 20).
In 1020 [his daughter] Wulfhild of Norway was born to King Olaf "Stout" II of Norway (age 25). She married 1042 Ordulf Duke of Saxony, son of Bernard II Duke of Saxony, and had issue.
Around 1025 [his mother] Åsta Gudbrandsdatter (age 50) died.
In 1030 King Olaf "Stout" II of Norway (age 35) was killed at Stiklestad during the Battle of Stiklestad.
[his father] Harald King Vestfold and [his mother] Åsta Gudbrandsdatter were married.
King Sigurd Syr of Ringerike and [his mother] Åsta Gudbrandsdatter were married.
Judith Welf Holy Roman Empress [1]
Otto Welf IV Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [3]
Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [1]
Christian III King of Denmark [1]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [1]
Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [1]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [5]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [5]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [2]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [3]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [3]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [2]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [1]
Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark [2]
Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [2]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [4]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [3]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [3]
Charles Palatinate Simmern II Elector Palatine Rhine [2]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [3]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [6]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [6]
King George II of Great Britain and Ireland [2]
Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia [4]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [6]
Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [2]
Polyxena Hesse Rotenburg Queen Consort Sardinia [2]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [2]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [4]
Maria Theresa Habsburg Spain Holy Roman Empress [1]
Juliana Maria Welf Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [15]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [14]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [15]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [5]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [17]
Frederick William III King Prussia [2]
King Louis Philippe I of France [2]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [16]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [4]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [29]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [16]
Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway [4]
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain [2]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [44]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [34]
King Christian IX of Denmark [11]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [30]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [24]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [89]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [89]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [9]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [10]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [34]
Constantine I King Greece [18]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [62]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [95]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [101]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [105]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [119]
Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain [4]
Constantine II King Hellenes [4]
Carl XVI King Sweden [209]