Thomas De Berkeley 
Thomas was born in 1170 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. Thomas' father was Maurice FitzHarding and his mother was Alice De Berkeley. His paternal grandparents were Robert FitzHarding and Eve FitzEstmond; his maternal grandfather is Roger De Berkeley and his maternal grandmother was Hawise De Paganet De Beaumont. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Maurice, William, Henry, Richard, Maud, Alice and Robert. He was the fourth youngest of the eight children. He died at the age of 73 on November 29th, 1243 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. He was buried in St Augustines, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> The /Observer/
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Lord of Berkeley
Thomas Fitz-Harding de Berkeley was a Magna Charta Baron, but not one of t
he Sureties. He was born about 1170. He received livery of his brothers' l
ands, but not until 1223 did he gain possession of Berkeley Castle. He sus
tained many suits of law and by his prudent conduct greatly improved his e
state. In 1168 he entertained at Bristol, Dermot Mac Murrough, King of Lei
nster, with 60 of his men at the time he came over into England to solic
it succours from Henry II, who was thereby afterwards enabled to acquire t
he Kingdom of Ireland, which has ever since remained to the English crow
n. Ireland a free state now.
Thomas de Berkeley married Joan, daughter of Ralph de Someri of Dudley Cou
nty, Worcester, by Margaret, sister of William le Mareschal, Earl of Pembr
oke. Ralph de Someri was son of Hawise de Paganel and John de Someri. Hawi
se was the daughter of Sir Gervase Paganel and his wife Isabella de Bellom
ont, daughter of Robt, de Bellomont, son of Robert de Bellomont and Isab
el de Vermandois, daughter of Hugh, the Great, First Crusader, son of Hen
ry I, King of France and his wife Anne of Russia. Thomas de Berkeley di
ed Nov. 29, 1243, aged about 73.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 280)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1030 d.1068
- b.~ 1060 d.> 1125 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1095 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.05 Feb 1171 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1073
- b.1120 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d.16 Jun 1190 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1099 in Gloucestershire, England d.12 Mar 1170 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1170 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d.29 Nov 1243 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1073 in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1105 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.17 Jun 1190 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1022 in Pontaudemer, Eure, France d.1094
- b.1049 in Beaumont, Normandy, France d.05 Jun 1118 in Preaux, France
- b.1014 in Meulan, France d.1081
- b.1104 in Meulan, Normandy, France d.05 Apr 1168 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- b.1053 in France d.18 Oct 1101 in Tarsus
- b.1085 in Valois, Bretagne, France d.13 Feb 1131 in Sussex, England
- b.1065 in France d.1120
- b.~ 1129 in Leicestershire, England d.24 Apr 1197
- b.1078 in England
- b.1100 in Norfolk, England d.> 1168
- b.~ 1015 in Poitiers, Poitou, France d.20 Feb 1071
- b.1075 in England
- b.~ 1035 in Conches, Normandy d.1076
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‌Thomas and Joan were married in a religious ceremony in 1217 in England. They had a son named Maurice.
Family Notes
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REFNM21773
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Children
Maurice De Berkeley
Maurice was born about 1218 in Berkeley, Gloucester, England. He died on April 4th, 1281.
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