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English peer
Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley
(c. 1320 ? 8 June 1368),
The Valiant
,
feudal baron of Berkeley
, of
Berkeley Castle
in
Gloucestershire
, was an English peer. His
epithet
, and that of each previous and subsequent head of his family, was coined by John Smyth of
Nibley
(died 1641), steward of the Berkeley estates, the biographer of the family and author of "Lives of the Berkeleys".
Career
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He was the eldest son and heir of
Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley
by his wife Lady
Margaret Mortimer
.
[2]
In the early 1340s he was one of the English knights who joined the forces of
Alfonso XI of Castile
in his crusade against the
Moorish
kingdom of
Algeciras
.
He was subsequently retained by the Black Prince
and in 1355 joined his campaign in France.
[4]
Wounded and captured at
Poitiers
,
[5]
it took him over three years to raise the money for his ransom. Ill health apparently prevented his taking an active role in public life, following his return to England.
Marriage and Children
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In August 1338 Berkeley married
Elizabeth le Despenser
, daughter of
Hugh Despenser the younger
by his wife
Eleanor de Clare
. By Elizabeth he had four sons and three daughters:
Ancestry
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Ancestors of Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley
|
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| | | | | | | | | 16. Sir
Maurice de Berkeley
| | | | | | | 8.
Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley
| | | | | | | | | | 17. Isabel FitzRoy
| | | | | | | 4.
Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley
| | | | | | | | | | | | 18.
William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
| | | | | | | 9. Joan de Ferrers
| | | | | | | | | | 19. Margaret de Quinci
| | | | | | | 2.
Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20.Alan La Zouche
| | | | | | | 10. Eon la Zouche
| | | | | | | | | | 21.Ellen de quincy
| | | | | | | 5. Eve la Zouche
| | | | | | | | | | | | 22.
William de Cantilupe (died 1254)
| | | | | | | 11. Millicent de Cauntelo
| | | | | | | | | | 23.
Eva de Braose
| | | | | | | 1.
Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24.
Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer
| | | | | | | 12.
Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Wigmore
| | | | | | | | | | 25.
Maud de Braose
| | | | | | | 6.
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
| | | | | | | | | | | | 26. William de Fiennes, Baron of Tingry and Fiennes
| | | | | | | 13.
Margaret de Fiennes
| | | | | | | | | | 27.
Blanche de Brienne
| | | | | | | 3.
Margaret Mortimer
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28.
Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville
| | | | | | | 14. Sir Piers de Geneville
| | | | | | | | | | 29.
Maud de Lacy
| | | | | | | 7.
Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville
| | | | | | | | | | | | 30.
Hugh XII of Lusignan
| | | | | | | 15.
Jeanne of Lusignan
| | | | | | | | | | 31.
Jeanne de Fougeres
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References
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- ^
Identity of female effigy next to Baron Berkeley according to brass plaque
in situ
- ^
Wells-Furby, Bridget (2004).
A Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts of Berkeley Castle
. Vol. 17. Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. p. lv.
- ^
Barber, Richard (1997).
The Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince
. pp. 61?2.
- ^
Smyth, John (1883).
Lives of the Berkeleys
. Vol. 1. pp. 367?9.
Sources
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- 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