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William de Berkeley 1012 – 1042 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1012

Birth Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 1042

Death Location: Somme, Picardie, France

Father: Roger Berkeley

Mother: Margaret None

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Betteshorne

Children(s): Roger Berkley

William de Berkeley was born in 1012 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Roger de Berkeley and Margaret. William de Berkeley married Elizabeth de Betteshorne, and had children including Roger I de Berkley. William de Berkeley passed away in 1042 in Somme, Picardie, France.

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Biography

  • William de Berkeley was born in 1012 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Roger de Berkeley and Margaret.
  • William de Berkeley married Elizabeth de Betteshorne, and had children including Roger I de Berkley.
  • William de Berkeley passed away in 1042 in Somme, Picardie, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Roger Berkeley
Birth Location: Normandy, Provence, France
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Margaret None
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Betteshorne
1020 – 1043
Birth Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
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Children(s)

Roger Berkley
1040 – 1093
Birth Location: Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
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William Berkeley's Ancestors

Self
William Berkeley
1012 – 1042
Birth Place: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Roger de Berkeley
Normandy, Provence, France
Margaret
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Berkeley's Descendants

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William (de) Berkeley (1012 – 1042) m. Elizabeth (de) Betteshorne (1020 – 3 Apr 1043)
  1. 1. Roger (I de) Berkley (1 Apr 1040 – 3 Sep 1093) m. Rissa (de) Montgomery (1035 – 1090) m. Rissa (Mrs de) BERKELEY (Abt 1044 – )
    1. 1. Roger (de) Berkeley (1060 – 29 Sep 1132) m. Rissa (Marie Lady) Littleton (1073 – ) m. Rissa (de) Berchelai (Abt 989 – )
      1. 1. Roger (de) Berkeley (1107 – 1191) m. Eve (De) Valletort (1098 – ) m. Hawise (de) Paganel (Abt 1120 – Sep 1208)
        1. 1. Roger (De) Berkeley (Abt 1120 – Aft 1194)
        2. 2. Alice (de) Berkeley (1135 – 16 Jun 1190) m. Maurice (FitzRobert de) Berkeley (1120 – 16 Jun 1190)
        3. 3. Cecily (de) Berkeley (1135 – 23 Jun 1190) m. Philip FitzRobert (1122 – 1167) m. Ralph FitzStephen (1122 – 1190)
        4. 4. Philip (de) Berkeley (Abt 1137 – Aft 16 Jun 1190)
        5. 5. Oliver (de) Berkeley (Abt 1140 – )
        6. 6. Henry (de) Berkeley (Abt 1142 – )
        7. 7. Letitia (de) Berkeley (Abt 1145 – 1214) m. Richard (de Clifford Lord of) Frampton (1142 – 1213) m. Griffith (Fane or) Vane (Abt 1147 – )
        8. 8. Thomas (de) Berkeley (Abt 1145 – )
        9. 9. Roger (de) Berkeley ( – Aft 1194) m. Helen FitzHarding (1124 – 16 Jun 1189) m. Elena (Fitzrobert) Fitzharding (Abt 1130 – Bef 1190)
      2. 2. Walter (De) Berkeley (1150 – 1210) m. Eva (FitzUchtred de) Galloway (1150 – 1185)
        1. 1. John (de) Berkeley (Abt 1168 – Abt 1170)
        2. 2. John (De) Berkeley (Abt 1168 – )
        3. 3. Jean (de) Berkley (1169 – ) m. Alexander (II de) Seton (1164 – 1246)
        4. 4. Richard (de) Berkeley (Abt 1169 – Bef 1205)
        5. 5. Agnes (de) Berkeley (Abt 1172 – 1274) m. Ingelram (de) Bailol (1165 – 1243)
        6. 6. Margaret ((Jean) de) Berkeley (Abt 1174 – 1190) m. Alexander Setoun (Abt 1170 – 1246) m. Christian (Le Cheyne Of) Straloch (1282 – 1399)
        7. 7. Richard (De) Berkley (Abt 1174 – )
        8. 8. Roger (de) Berkeley (1185 – 1226) m. Margaret (De) Marshal (Abt 1189 – Aft 1228)
    2. 2. Livida (de) Meriet (Abt 1063 – 1101) m. Harding FitzEadnoth (1058 – 6 Nov 1125)
    3. 3. William Berkeley (1065 – Aft 1068)
    4. 4. Eustace (de) Berkeley (Abt 1065 – 1091) m. Hawise (De) Beaumont (Bet 8 Jan 1129 and 7 Jan 1130 – 1 May 1197)
    5. 5. John (de) Berkeley (Abt 1066 – ) m. Madam Berkeley (Abt 1066 – )
    6. 6. Son Berkeley (Abt 1069 – ) m. De Berkeley (Abt 1087 – ) m. de Berkeley (Abt 1114 – ) m. De Berkeley (Abt 1114 – )
    7. 7. Berkeley (1070 – )
    8. 8. Estmond ((Earl Of Mercia) de) Mercia (1074 – 1142)
    9. 9. Richard Berkeley
    10. 10. Roger (II de) Berkeley (Abt 1070 – Abt 1131) m. Rissa (Marie Lady) Littleton (1073 – )

William Berkeley's Timeline

2 Records

1012
1012
Birth of William de Berkeley in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
1042
1042
Age 30
Death of William de Berkeley in Somme, Picardie, France
Somme, Picardie, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1012
    Event Place: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1042
    Event Place: Somme, Picardie, France
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