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Lord Maurice Berkeley 1218–1281 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 04, 1218

Birth Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: Apr 04, 1281

Death Location: Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England

Father: THOMAS BERKELEY

Mother: Joan Somery

Spouse(s): Isabella FitzRoy

Children(s): Lord Berkeley

In 1218, Lord Maurice Berkeley entered the world in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, born to Thomas The Observer Berkeley And Joan De Somery. Lord Maurice Berkeley married Isabella Fitzroy, and had children including Lord Thomas Wise Lord Berkeley. Lord Maurice Berkeley passed away in 1281 in Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England.

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Biography

  • In 1218, Lord Maurice Berkeley entered the world in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, born to Thomas The Observer Berkeley And Joan De Somery.
  • Lord Maurice Berkeley married Isabella Fitzroy, and had children including Lord Thomas Wise Lord Berkeley.
  • Lord Maurice Berkeley passed away in 1281 in Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

THOMAS BERKELEY
1170–1243
Birth Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
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Joan Somery
1191–1276
Birth Location: Of, Gloucestershire, , England
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Spouses(s)

Isabella FitzRoy
1229–1276
Birth Location: Chilham, Kent, England
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Children(s)

Lord Berkeley
1245–1321
Birth Location: Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
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Lord Berkeley's Ancestors

Self
Lord Berkeley
1218–1281
Birth Place: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
THOMAS The Observer BERKELEY
1170–1243
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Joan (de) Somery
1191–1276
Of, Gloucestershire, , England
Grandparents
De (Berkeley Maurice Fitz Robert Fitz Harding De Berkeley\Maurice Fitz Robert Fitz) Harding
1120–1190
Bristol, Gloucestershire, , England
Sedzilla\Cecily\Alice (De Berkeley Fitz Robert, Fitz) Harding
1135–1190
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Ralph DeSomery
1151–1210
1680288, Worcestershire, England
Margaret (Fitzgilbert) MARSHALL
1170–1242
Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert FitzHarding
1095–1171
Eve FitzEstmond
1099–1170
Roger Dursley
1107–1165
Hawise Beaumont
1120–1197
Sir deSomery
1125–1195
Hawise dePaynel
1130–1208
John Marshal
1105–1165
Sibilla DeEvereux
1126–1147
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Harding Eadnoth
1060–1125
Livida Meriet
1073–1101
Estmond Mercia
1050–1142
Godiva England
1076–1099
Roger Berkeley
1073–1131
Sir II
1104–1168
Lady Leicester
1108–1168
Stephen Somery
1100–1125
Beatrix DeMandeville
1105–1197
Ralph Paynel
1100–1153
Agnes Ferrers
1105–1130
Baron England
1075–1130
Mary Venoix
1065–1108
Walter Evereux
1100–1147
Sybille Chaworth
1100–1147

Lord Berkeley's Descendants

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Lord (Maurice) Berkeley (Apr 04, 1218–Apr 04, 1281) m. Isabella FitzRoy (1229–Jul 07, 1276)
  1. 1. Lord (Thomas Wise Lord) Berkeley 1245–1321 m. Joan (Baroness Berkeley De) Ferrers 1248–1309
    1. 1. Maurice ("The Magnanimous", 2nd Baron de) Berkeley 1271–1326 m. Eva (la) Zouche 1276–1314
      1. 1. Thomas (de) Berkeley 1296–1361 m. Lady (Katherine) Clivedon 1306–1385
        1. 1. John Berkeley 1352–1428 m. Elizabeth Betteshorne 1360–1420
      2. 2. Isabel (de) Musgrave 1307–1362 m. Robert ((Lord) Clifford (de Clifford) 3rd Baron of Clifford, 3rd Lord of) Skipton 1305–1344
        1. 1. Roger (De Clifford Baron Clifford, Baron of) Westmoreland 1350–1389 m. Lady (Maud Baroness Clifford) Beauchamp 1333–1403
        2. 2. John (Clifford (de) Clifford) 1335–1369 m. Catherine (Le) Brett 1334–1334 m. Catherine (Le) Brett 1334–1334
      3. 3. Millicent (Ela Lady) DeBerkeley 1295–1322 m. Baron (John VI) deMaltravers 1290–1364
        1. 1. John Maltravers 1314–1349 m. Gwenthin (Gwenthlian Wensliana Wenthlian mALTRAVERS) * 1324–1375
    2. 2. Alice Skogan 1277–1326 m. Roger DeHales 1275–1313
      1. 1. John Hill 1340–1408 m. Dionysie Durborough 1340–1387
        1. 1. Margaret Hill 1387–1458 m. William HaveringtonHarrington 1390–1458
      2. 2. Alice (Countess of Norfolk) Hales 1302–1327 m. Thomas (Prince of England Earl of Norfolk Lord of Brotherton) Plantagenet 1300–1338
        1. 1. Margaret (Duchess of Norfolk, 2nd Countess of Norfolk, Lord Marshal , Baroness de Segrave) Plantagenet 1320–1399 m. John (4th Baron of) Seagrave 1315–1353
    3. 3. Lady (Alice) Berkeley 1258–1290 m. Sir (Ralph Richard Destourton) Baron 1251–1303 m. Ralph (Sir) DeStourton 1251–1303
      1. 1. William (De Stourton Sir) Knighted 1290–1343 m. Joan ((Jane) Vernon) Lady 1298–1374
        1. 1. Edward DeStourton 1288–
        2. 2. Julianna (DE) STOURTON 1315–
        3. 3. SIR ("KNIGHT" JOHN LORD OF THE MANOR OF PRESTON PLUNCKNETT DE STOURTON "SHERIFF OF SOMERSET AND DORSET" (FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF AQUITAINE, FOUNDED THE ABBY OF) STOVERDALE) 1340–1381 m. Jane (Lady) Basset 1348–1394 m. Catherine Beaumont 1354–1435
        4. 4. John DeStourton 1325–1381 m. Catherine Beaumont 1354–1435
      2. 2. Joan Sturdon 1304–1346 m. Ralph (Bassett 2nd Lord of Weldon Baron) III 1300–1335
        1. 1. Joan Bassett 1326–1350 m. Sir (Thomas Aylesbury) Buckingham 1314–1359

Lord Berkeley's Timeline

2 Records

1218
Apr 04, 1218
Birth of Lord Maurice Berkeley in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
1281
Apr 04, 1281
Age 63
Death of Lord Maurice Berkeley in Bur St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucs, England
Bur St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucs, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 04, 1218
    Event Place: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Apr 04, 1281
    Event Place: Bur St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucs, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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