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Birth:          Apr 1271 Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Death:          31 May 1326 Wallingford Castle, England
Burial:         St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_de_Berkeley,_2nd_Baron_Berkeley
Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (April 1271 – 31 May 1326), The 
Magnanimous, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, 
England, was a peer. He rebelled against King Edward II and the Despencers. 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.
Origins[edit]

He was born at Berkeley Castle, the eldest son and heir of Thomas de Berkeley, 1st 
Baron Berkeley (1245–1321), The Wise, feudal baron of Berkeley, by his wife Joan de 
Ferrers (1255–1309), a daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby by his wife 
Margaret de Quincy, a daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester.

Career[edit]

He was involved in the Scottish Wars from about 1295 to 1318. He acceded
[clarification needed] on 16 August 1308, was Governor of Gloucester 1312, Governor 
of Berwick-on-Tweed from 1314 which he lost to the Scots under the 1317 Capture of 
Berwick, Steward of the Duchy of Aquitaine 1319 and Justiciar of South Wales 1316.

He joined the Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster in his rebellion against his first cousin 
King Edward II and the Despencers. Also on his side in the rebellion was Roger la 
Zouch of Lubbesthorp, his first wife's nephew, who in January 1326 sanctioned the 
assassination of Roger de Beler, Baron of the Exchequer.

Marriages and children[edit]

He married twice, firstly in 1289 to Eva la Zouche, daughter of Eudo La Zouche by his 
wife Millicent de Cantilupe, one of the two daughters and eventual co-heiresses of 
William III de Cantilupe (died 1254) jure uxoris Lord of Abergavenny, in right of his 
wife Eva de Braose, heiress of the de Braose dynasty of Welsh Marcher Lords. By his 
wife he had children including:
Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley, born c. 1296
Sir Maurice de Berkeley (1298–1347), of Uley, Gloucester, who in 1337 acquired for 
his seat the manor of Stoke Gifford in Gloucestershire, and founded there the line of 
Berkeley of Stoke Gifford. He was killed at the Siege of Calais in 1347.
Isabel de Berkeley
Milicent de Berkeley

His second marriage, in about 1316, was to Isabella de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de 
Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford by his wife Alice de Lusignan.

Death and succession[edit]

Berkeley was imprisoned by the Despencers in Wallingford Castle in Berkshire (now in 
Oxfordshire), where he died on 31 May 1326 and was eventually buried in St 
Augustine's Abbey (now Bristol Cathedral) in Bristol, founded by his ancestor. He was 
succeeded by his eldest son Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley (born c. 1296).

Parents
DE BERKELEY Thomas (1245 - 23 Jul 1321)
DE FERRERS Joane (ABT 1241 - )

Siblings
BERKELEY Alice (ABT 1268 - )
DE BERKELEY Maurice "the Magnanimous" (Apr 1271 - 31 May 1326)

Marriage To LA ZOUCHE Eve (1273 - 5 Dec 1314)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
LA ZOUCHE Eudo (Eon) (ABT 1220 - BEF 25 Jun 1279)
DE CANTILUPE (CAUNTELO) Millicent (ABT 1250 - BEF 7 Jan 1299)

Children by LA ZOUCHE Eve 1273 - 5 Dec 1314
DE BERKELEY Thomas "the Rich" (1293 - 27 Oct 1361)
DE BERKELEY Milicent (Ela) (ABT 1300 - AFT 1322)
DE BERKELEY Isabel (ABT 1307 - 25 Jul 1362)

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