Roger II "Junior" de Berkeley 
Roger II "Junior" de was born about 1073 in Berkeley, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. Roger II "Junior" de's father was Roger I "Senior" de Berkeley and his mother was Rissa. His paternal grandfather was William de Berkeley. He had a brother named Alexander de. He was the older of the two children. He died before September 29th, 1131 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England.General Notes
HOLDERS of the CASTLE of BERKELEY (II)
Roger de Berkeley, styled Junior, brother of Eusatce of Nympesfield, both being not improbably sons of the above Roger, Senior. He is said to have begun building of the Castle of Berkeley in 1117 (Lord Berkeley wrote to the then editor in 1924, expressing his opinion that the castle was not begun till about 45 years later). He d. bef. Michaelmas, 1131. [Complete Peerage II:124, XIV:86]
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1117 - Founded Berkeley Castle [Plantagenet Ancestry, Turton]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1010 in England
- b.~ 1040 in Normandy, France d.1093 in Berkeley, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (as a monk)
- b.~ 1073 in Berkeley, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.<29 Sep 1131 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1044 in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
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He had a biological son named Roger III de.
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Children
Roger III de Berkeley , of Dursley, Sir
Roger III de was born about 1105 in Berkeley, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. He died in 1170 in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England.
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