Lord Maurice Berkeley

Male 1271 - 1326  (~ 55 years)


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  • Name Maurice Berkeley 
    Title Lord 
    Birth Apr 1271  Berkeley, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 May 1326  Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Lord Berkeley "The Magnanimous". He fought in the Scottish Wars. His first wife was Eva la Zouche and his second wife was Isabel de Clare.

      Knight, 2nd Lord Berkeley, Baron of Berkeley, Warden of Gloucester, Captain of Berwick, Chief Justice of South Wales, Seneschal of Aquitaine, son and heir of Thomas de Berkeley by Joan de Ferrers.
      Maurice first married Eve la Zouche, daughter of Eudes by Milicent Cantelowe. Eve's maritagium included the manors of Edington, Somerset and Milston and Brigmerston on Wiltshire. Maurice and Eve had five sons; Sir Thomas, Sir Maurice, John, Eudes, Canon of Westbury, and Peter, Canon of Lincoln, as well as two daughters; Isabel and Milicent.
      Maurice distinguished himself in the Scottish wars of 1295 to 1318, and at the siege of Caerlaverock in 1300. He was summoned to Parliament in 1308 to 1321. Eve died 05 Dec 1314, and he re married to Isabel de Clare, the divorced wife of Sir Guy de Beauchamp, and the daughter of Sir Gilbert de Clare by Alice de Lusignan. Her maritagium included the manors of Shipton and Burford, Oxfordshire. Maurice joined the Thomas, Earl of Lancaster in the rebellion against King Edward II and the Despenser family. He was sent to Wallingford prison 20 Jan 1322, where he died five years later. He was buried at Wallingford, but later moved to St Augustines in Bristol.
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    Father Baron Thomas Berkeley,   b. 1245   d. 23 Jul 1321 (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Living 
    Family ID F19299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eva Zouche,   b. 1 Aug 1278, Corby, Corby Borough, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1314, Portbury, North Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 1285 
    Children 
    +1. Sir Thomas de Berkeley,   b. 1293, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1361, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F19298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2025 

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