Rohesia de Verdon 
Rohesia was born about 1200. Rohesia's father was Nicholas de Verdun , of Alton, Sir and her mother was Joan FitzPiers. Her paternal grandparents were Bertram de Verdun , Seneschal of Ireland and Rohese; her maternal grandparents were Piers (Peter) FitzHerbert , Lord of Bladen and Mistress or Wife. She had a sister named Aline de. She was the older of the two children.General Notes
Roesia de Verdon m. Theobald Le Botiller, of the noble family of Butler, of Ireland, but being so great an heiress, retained her maiden name after marriage, which her husband adopted. At the time of her father's decease, she appears to have been a widow. This lady, who founded the abbey of Grace Dieu, for Cistercian Monks, at Beldon, Leicestershire, d. in 1248, leaving issue, John, her heir; Humphrey, rector of Alveton, d. at Paris, 1285; Nicholas, who had the manor of Clumore, in Ireland, d. s.p.; Theobald, ancestor of the Verdons, Lords of Darlaston and Biddulph, co. Stafford; Maud, m. to John Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel. Roesia was s. by her eldest son, John de Verdon (alias Le Botiller). [Sir Bernard Burke, History of the Colonial Gentry, London, 1891-5, Vol. I, p. 234]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1080 in Verdun, Vessey Parish, Manche, Normandy, France d.> 1115
- b.~ 1115 in Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England d.~ 1145
- b.~ 1145 in Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England d.1192 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1100 in St Pierre-de-Semily, St Lo, Manche, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1120 in St Pierre-de-Semily, St Lo, Manche, Normandy, France d.> 1145
- b.1169 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England d.1231 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1147 in Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1200 d.10 FEB 1245/46
- b.< 1106 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.< 1155
- b.< 1144 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.<Jun 1204
- b.~ 1087 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England d.> 1157
- b.~ 1163 in Blewleveny Castle, Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.<06 Jun 1235
- b.1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Shot while hunting in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1142 in Bwlch y Dinas, Brecknockshire, Wales d.> 1219 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales
- b.< 1093 in Aberhonwy, Brecon, Wales d.> 1143 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1183 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales
- b.1163 in England
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‌Rohesia and Theobald were married in a religious ceremony in 1225. They had four sons and two daughters, named Humphrey, Nicolas, Theobald III, John de Verdon, Matilda and daughter.
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Children
Matilda le Boteler
Matilda was born about 1225 in of Lincoln, Lincolnshire. She died on November 27th, 1283.
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