Maurice IV "The Valiant" 4th Baron de Berkeley 
Maurice IV "The Valiant" 4th Baron de was born in 1330 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. Maurice IV "The Valiant" 4th Baron de's father was Thomas IV "The Rich" 3rd Baron de Berkeley and his mother was Margaret de Mortimer. His paternal grandparents were Maurice II "Magnanimous" 2nd Baron de Berkeley and Eva la Zouche. He had a sister named Joan de. He had a half-brother named John de. He died at the age of 38 on June 3rd, 1368 in Berkeley Castle (of wounds received at Poitiers in 1356). He was buried in St Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.General Notes
Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley; severely wounded and taken prisoner at Battle of Poitiers 19 Sep 1356; died 8 Jun 1368 of wounds received at Battle of Poitiers. [Burke's Peerage]
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Maurice de Berkeley, died 3 June 1368, Lord Berkeley, wounded at the battle of Poitiers 19 Sep 1356; MP 1362-1368; married (age 8), Aug 1338, Elizabeth Despenser, died 13 July 1389, daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Alianore de Clare. [Ancestral Roots]
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Maurice de Berkeley (by 1st wife Margaret de Mortimer), b. 1330, d. 3 June 1368, Lord Berkeley, MP 1362-1368; m. Aug 1338, Elizabeth Despenser, d. 13 July 1389, daughter of Sir Hugh le Despenser and Alianore de Clare. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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Maurice de Berkeley, Lord Berkeley, son and heir by 1st wife, who "may bee called Maurice the Valiant", b. 1330 (b). He was a commander in Gascony 1355, and distinguished himself at the battle of Poitiers, 19 Sep 1356, where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner. He was summoned to Parliament 14 Aug 1362 to 24 Feb 1367/8. He m. in Aug 1338 (when aged about 8) Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Despenser, the younger, (Lord le Despenser) by Eleanor, 1st sister of the whole blood and coheir of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, [daughter of Gilbert de Clare, of same], "but though thus m. at 8, yet had he no issue by her till about 12 or 13 years after." He d. at Berkeley Castle, "never thoroughly cured of the wounds hee received at Poytiers", 8 June 1368, aged 37 and upwards, and was buried with his mother at St. Augustine's, Bristol. Inq.p.m. 12 July 1368. His widow d. 13 July 1389, and was buried at St. Botolph's, London. [Complete Peerage II:130, XIV:87]
(b) It has hitherto been stated that he was knighted in Scotland in 1337, when aged 7!, and was fighting abroad some years later, but J. H. Round points out that a footnote in Wrottesley's "Crecy and Calais", p. 196, explains that he has been confused with his father's younger brother, Maurice, who fought at Crecy, was at the siege of Calais, and d. 12 Feb 1346/7.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1170 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.29 Nov 1243
- b.1218 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.04 Apr 1281 in St Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1191 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.> 1273 in St Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1245 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.23 Jul 1321 in St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1186 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.> 1232 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England
- b.~ 1225 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.07 Jul 1276 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1198 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.1265 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England
- b.Apr 1281 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.31 May 1326 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England (as a prisoner)
- b.1172 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.22 Sep 1247
- b.~ 1193 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d.<28 Mar 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1174 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.02 Nov 1247
- b.1248 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d.19 MAR 1309/10 in St Augustine Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1174 in Winchester, Hamptonshire, England d.25 Apr 1264 in Buckley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1223 in Winchester, Hamptonshire, England d.BEF 12 MAR 1280/81
- b.~ 1208 in Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland d.>21 Nov 1245 in England
- b.< 1296 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.27 Oct 1361 in Berkeley Church, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
- b.< 1132 in Rohan, Morbihan, Bretagne, France d.1190 in North Molton, Devonshire, England
- b.1182 in North Molton, Devonshire, England d.<14 May 1238 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1150 in of Ashby, Leicestershire & Tong, Shropshire, England
- b.1232 in Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England d.<25 Jun 1279 in Ashton Cantelou, Warwickshire, England
- b.1156 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England d.<04 Apr 1211 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1187 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England d.28 JAN 1231/32
- b.~ 1158 in Halton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.< 1199
- b.<25 Mar 1280 in Harringworth, Northumberland, England d.06 Dec 1314 in Church of Portbury, Somerset, England
- b.1179 in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England d.1251 in Calne, Wiltshire, England
- b.1216 in Ashton Cantelou, Warwickshire, England d.25 Sep 1254 in Calstone Wellington, Calne, Wiltshire, England
- b.1179 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England d.1260
- b.1250 in Calne, Wiltshire, England d.BEF 7 JAN 1298/99 in Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1197 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales d.02 May 1230 in Hanged by Llewelyn, Prince of Wales after intrigues w/ his wife
- b.1220 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.<28 Jul 1265
- b.1194 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.1330 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.03 Jun 1368 in Berkeley Castle (of wounds received at Poitiers in 1356)
- b.> 1308 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.05 May 1337 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
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