Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley
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Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley the Valiant (ca. 1330 – 8 June 1368) was an English peer born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire
, England
to Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley
and Lady Margaret Mortimer
.
, daughter of Hugh Despenser the younger and Eleanor de Clare
. Maurice and Elizabeth had seven children.
Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Berkeley is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Berkeley between the east bank of the River Severn and the M5 motorway within the Stroud administrative district. The town is noted for Berkeley Castle where the imprisoned Edward II was murdered.- Geography...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
to Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley
Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley
Thomas de Berkeley , aka Thomas the Rich, was an English baron and the custodian of the Berkeley Castle.He was the son of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley and Eve la Zouche.-Edward II:...
and Lady Margaret Mortimer
Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Berkeley
Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Berkeley was the wife of Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley. She was the eldest daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, the de facto ruler of England from 1327 to 1330, and his wife Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville.-Family:Margaret Mortimer was the...
.
Marriage and children
In August of 1338 Lord Berkeley married Elizabeth le DespenserElizabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley
Elizabeth le Despenser was an English noblewoman. She was the youngest daughter of Hugh le Despenser the younger and his wife Eleanor de Clare. Her father is famous for being the favourite of Edward II of England, and being executed as a result of his position and actions...
, daughter of Hugh Despenser the younger and Eleanor de Clare
Eleanor de Clare
Eleanor de Clare was the wife of the powerful Hugh Despenser the younger. She was born in 1292 at Caerphilly in Glamorgan, Wales. She was the eldest daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and 7th Earl of Gloucester, and Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile; thus...
. Maurice and Elizabeth had seven children.
- Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron BerkeleyThomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron BerkeleyThomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley the Magnificent was an English peer born in the Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England to Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley and Elizabeth le Despencer....
5 January 1352/53 – 13 July 1417) married Margaret de Lisle, Baroness Lisle - Sir James de Berkeley (born ca. 1355 – 13 June 1405) married Elizabeth Bluet
- John de Berkeley (born ca. 1357–1381)
- Maurice de Berkeley (born ca. 1358 death date unknown) married Jone Hereford
- Catherine de Berkeley (born ca. 1360 death date unknown)
- Agnes de Berkeley (born ca. 1363 death date unknown)
- Elizabeth de Berkeley (born ca. 1365 death date unknown)
Ancestry
Sources
- thepeerage.com Accessed April 21, 2008
- Richardson, Douglas, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Royal ancestry series. (p. 99) Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2008