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Birth:          1176 of Edlington, Yorkshire, England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_le_Vavasour,_Baroness_Butler
Maud le Vavasour, Baroness Butler (c. June 24 1176 – 1225) was an Anglo-Norman 
heiress and the wife of Fulk FitzWarin,[1] a medieval landed gentleman who was 
forced to become an outlaw in the early 13th century. Part of the legend of Robin 
Hood might be based on him.

By her first marriage to Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler, Maud was the ancestress 
of the Butler Earls of Ormond.
Family[edit]

Maud le Vavasour was the daughter of Robert le Vavasour, deputy sheriff of 
Lancashire (1150–1227), and his first wife, an unnamed daughter of Adam de Birkin.[2] 
She had a half-brother, Sir John le Vavasour who married Alice Cockfield, by whom he 
had issue. Maud's paternal grandfather was William le Vavasour, Lord of Hazlewood, 
and Justiciar of England. Her maternal grandfather was Adam fitz Peter of Birkin.

Maud was heiress to properties in Edlington, Yorkshire and Narborough in 
Leicestershire.


 


 King John of England with whom Maud's husband Fulk FitzWarin quarrelled
She is a matrilineal ancestor of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife to 
King Henry VIII of England.

Marriages and issue[edit]

In or shortly before 1200, Maud married her first husband Theobald Walter, 1st Baron 
Butler (died February 1206), son of Hervey Walter and Maud de Valoignes, and went 
to live in Ireland. His brother Hubert Walter was Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1185, 
Theobald had been granted land by Prince John, who was then Lord of Ireland. He 
was appointed Butler of Ireland in 1192,[3] and High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1194.

Theobald and Maud had three children:
a female (dead by 1240), married as his first wife Sir Gerald de Prendergast by whom 
she had issue, including Marie de Prendergast, who in her turn married Sir John de 
Cogan and had issue. We know about her only because a later inquisition claimed that 
Gerald married a "sister of Theobald pincerna", no name is given to her, and no dates.
Theobald le Botiller, chief Butler of Ireland (by 1199 - 19 July 1230), who married 
firstly Joan du Marais, daughter of Geoffrey du Marais and Eva de Bermingham, and 
had a son Theobald le Botiller (1224–1248), who married Margery de Burgh, daughter 
of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht, and Egidia de Lacy (daughter of Walter 
de Lacy and Margaret de Braose), and from whom descended the Earls of Ormond. 
Theobald le Botiller, chief Butler of Ireland married secondly, after 4 September 1225, 
Rohese de Verdon (1205- 10 February 1247), daughter of Nicholas de Verdon and 
Joan de Lacy, by whom he had a son and daughter: John le Botiller de Verdon, Lord 
of Westmeath (1226–1274), who married Margery de Lacy (1229- after 10 June 1276), 
by whom he had issue, and Maud le Botiller de Verdon, who upon her marriage to John 
Fitzalan became the 6th Countess of Arundel, and from whom descended the Fitzalan 
Earls of Arundel.

Following the death of Theobald in early February 1206, Maud returned to England 
into the custody of her father, who, having bought the right of marrying her at the 
price of 1200 marks and two palfreys, gave her in marriage by October 1207, to Fulk 
FitzWarin.[4] Fulk was the son of Fulk FitzWarin and Hawise de Dinan, who 
subsequent to a violent quarrel with King John of England, was deprived of his lands 
and property by the vengeful king. Fulk then sought refuge in the woods and became 
an outlaw, with Maud having accompanied him. The legendary figures of Robin Hood 
and Maid Marian are said to be based on Fulk and Maud.[5] Maud died in 1226 and 
Fulke III married again to Clarice D'Auberville.

By FitzWarin, Maud had two sons and three daughters

Fulk IV

Fulk Glas

Hawise, wife of William Pantulf

Joanna

Mabel

In fiction[edit]

Maud is the main protagonist in Elizabeth Chadwick's Lords of The White Castle, 
which relates in fictional form, her life and adventures as the wife of Fulk FitzWarin

Parents
LE VAVASOUR Robert (ABT 1155 - BEF 1231)
DE BIRKIN ----- (ABT 1155 - )

Siblings
LA VAVASOUR Maude (1176 - )

Marriage To FITZ WALTER Theobald (ABT 1165 - 1206)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
WALTER Hervey ()
DE VALOINES Matilda ()

Children by FITZ WALTER Theobald ABT 1165 - 1206
DE BOTILLER Theobald "Le Butzllen" (Jan 1200 - 19 Jul 1230)

Marriage To FITZ WARIN Fulk III (ABT 1160 - 1258)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
FITZ WARIN Fulk II (ABT 1143 - 1198)
DE DINAN Hawise (ABT 1143 - )

Children by FITZ WARIN Fulk III ABT 1160 - 1258
FITZ WARIN Fulk IV (ABT 1210 - 14 May 1264)

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