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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.
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Paternal Family Tree: Dampierre
In 1205 [her father] Archambaud "Great" Dampierre [aged 16] and [her mother] Alix Forez were married.
Around 1217 Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre was born to Archambaud "Great" Dampierre [aged 28] and Alix Forez.
In 1222 [her future husband] Theobald IV King Navarre [aged 20] and Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Champagne.
After 11th July 1231 Theobald IV King Navarre [aged 30] and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Countess Champagne.
Around 1233 [her daughter] Eleanor Blois died.
In 1233 [her daughter] Eleanor Blois was born to [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre [aged 31] and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre [aged 16]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She died aged less than one years old.
On 7th April 1234 Sancho "Strong" VII King Navarre [aged 79] died. His nephew [her husband] Theobald [aged 32] succeeded IV King Navarre. Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre [aged 17] by marriage Queen Consort Navarre.
In 1236 John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany [aged 18] and [her step-daughter] Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany [aged 10] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre [aged 34] and Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy. He the son of Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany [aged 49] and Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 06 or 7th December 1239 [her son] Theobald "Young" II King Navarre was born to [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre [aged 38] and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre [aged 22]. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. He married 6th April 1255 his half third cousin Isabella Capet.
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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1240 [her brother-in-law] John Capet I Count Dreux [aged 25] and [her half-sister] Marie Dampierre Countess Dreux were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of Robert Capet III Count Dreux and Aénor de Saint-Valéry [aged 48].
Around 1242 [her daughter] Beatrix Blois Duchess Burgundy was born to [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre [aged 40] and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre [aged 25]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She married 1258 her third cousin Hugh IV Duke Burgundy, son of Odo III Duke Burgundy and Alice Vergy Duchess Burgundy.
In 1242 [her father] Archambaud "Great" Dampierre [aged 53] died.
Around 1244 [her son] Henry I King Navarre was born to [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre [aged 42] and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre [aged 27]. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. He married 1269 his half third cousin Blanche Capet Queen Navarre, daughter of Robert Capet Count of Artois and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol, and had issue.
On 8th July 1253 [her husband] Theobald IV King Navarre [aged 52] died. His son Theobald [aged 13] succeeded V Count Champagne, II King Navarre.
In 1255 [her son-in-law] Frederick Metz III Duke Lorraine [aged 15] and Margaret Blois Duchess Lorraine were married. She the daughter of Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre [aged 38]. He the son of Matthias Metz II Duke Lorraine and Catherine Luxembourg Duchess Lorraine [aged 40]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 6th April 1255 Theobald "Young" II King Navarre [aged 15] and Isabella Capet [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of King Louis IX of France [aged 40] and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France [aged 34]. He the son of Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre [aged 38]. They were half third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 12th April 1256 Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre [aged 39] died.
[her father] Archambaud "Great" Dampierre and Beatrice Montluçon were married.
[her daughter] Margaret Blois Duchess Lorraine was born to Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She married 1255 her third cousin once removed Frederick Metz III Duke Lorraine, son of Matthias Metz II Duke Lorraine and Catherine Luxembourg Duchess Lorraine, and had issue.
[her son] Peter Blois was born to Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
Theobald "Young" II King Navarre [1]
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [2]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [2]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [3]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [3]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [1]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [2]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [4]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [1]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [2]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [2]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thibaud Dampierre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thibaut Dampierre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Saint Just
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre
Great x 4 Grandfather: Milo I "The Great" Montlhéry
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Montlhéry
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hodierna of Gometz
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Dampierre
Great x 3 Grandfather: Andre Baudémont
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helvide Baudémont
Grandfather: Guy Dampierre
Father: Archambaud "Great" Dampierre
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archambaud Bouron
Grandmother: Mathilde Bouron
Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre
Mother: Alix Forez