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Alice Berkeley
- Preferred Name: Alice Berkeley[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- Alternate Name: Alice Berkeley
- Gender: F
- FSID: LYDV-1XC
- Relationship (J,M&L): in 28th Great-grandparent
- Death: ABT 12 MAR 1169 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- Alt. Birth: 1135
- Birth: ABT 1133 in Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.8842 LONG: E2.1446
- Burial: in Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, Bristol, England at LATI: N1.4517 LONG: E2.6004
- Alt. Death: 1190
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Baroness of Berkeley
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Alice de Berkeley
BIRTH 1135
Dursley, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England
DEATH 1200 (aged 64–65)
Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
BURIAL
Bristol Cathedral
Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
MEMORIAL ID 83630214 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 53
Alice de Berkeley was first daughter, of her husband Maurice's dispossed predecessor, Roger de Berkeley, fuedal Lord of Dursley and Hawise Paynel
Alice de Berkeley married Maurice I "the make peace" fitz Robert, Lord of Berkeley, son of Robert I "the Devout" fitz Harding, Lord of Berkeley and Prioress Eva of Bristol, in 1153, She married Maurice, upon the insistence of king Henry II of England as a way to reconcile Roger de Berkely and the new Lord of Berkeley, Robert Fitz Harding. They agreed that the heiress of the ousted lord should be given in marriage to the heir of the new baron.
Alice founded the religious house called Magdalen's, near Bristol, and was it patroness. She died at an "extreame old age" and was buried beside her husband between the stalls of the Abbot and the Prior of the Abbey of St. Augustine in Bristol now known as Bristol Cathedral
Family Members
Spouse
Photo
Maurice FitzRobert FitzHarding
1130–1190
Children
Maud Berkeley
1160–1209
Photo
Thomas Berkeley
1170–1243
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#AliceBerkeleyMMaurice as of 5/27/2016
ALICE de Berkeley (-after 1190). The marriage contract between “Mauricius filius Rodbert
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.20, 29, 36, 45; PUBLICATION B7G2, VOL 1, P.77, 125; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== Founded the religious house called Magda ===
Founded the religious house called Magdalen's, near Bristol, and was its patroness. Married her husband at the instigation of King Henry II. Died on March 12, 1700, she was buried beside her husband, between the stalls of the abbot and the Prior. Was said to have died of extreme old age
=== !#21> Complete Peerage-v2-p125, (FHL 942 ===
!#21> Complete Peerage-v2-p125, (FHL 942 D22cok); !AF: BAPT-END> AFN:V9V499; !KIN> 1st dau; DEATH> extremely old;
=== Source: Please cite original sources. ===
Source: Please cite original sources.
Compiled by: J. K. Loren
=== [Berley2.FTW] She was the daughter of L ===
[Berley2.FTW] She was the daughter of Lord Roger de Berkeley, Feudal Lord of Dursley, formerly the "Fermer" of Berkeley. They had six sons. She died at an extremely old age.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Roger de Berkeley, b. ABT 1105 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. AFT 1197 in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
Mother: Eve de Valletort, b. 1098 in Bristol, England
Family 1: Maurice FitzRobert FitzHarding, b. ABT 1120 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d. 16 JUN 1190 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- m. ABT 1153 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Anglo-Saxon England
- m. 1153 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Maud Berkeley, b. ABT 1160 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England d. 1189 in Brentford, Middlesex, England
- Thomas de Berkeley, b. 1167 in Gloucestershire, England d. 29 NOV 1243 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alice DeBerkeley -
Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members., Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2743641295
- Title: Maurice FitzHarding & Berkeley in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QY-147R?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-FQ7%3A352086701%2C352530501
Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QY-147R?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-FQ7%3A352086701%2C352530501 : 20 May 2014), F > Fithian, Daniel (1798) - Fitzner, Daniel (1798) > image 983 of 1167; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QY-147R;
Note: Maurice FitzHarding (1120-1190 married Alice de Berkeley in 1153 and had children according to research before 1961
Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research
- Title: Web: International, Find A Grave Index
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/70699/records/4080196;
- Title: Alice de Berkeley (1135-1200), "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TQNY : 11 June 2020), Alice de Berkeley, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TQNY;
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83630214/alice-de_berkeley
Alice de Berkeley
BIRTH 1135 Dursley, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England
DEATH 1200 (aged 64–65) Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
BURIAL Bristol Cathedral
Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
MEMORIAL ID 83630214
Alice de Berkeley was first daughter, of her husband Maurice's dispossed predecessor, Roger de Berkeley, fuedal Lord of Dursley and Hawise Paynel. Alice de Berkeley married Maurice I "the make peace" fitz Robert, Lord of Berkeley, son of Robert I "the Devout" fitz Harding, Lord of Berkeley and Prioress Eva of Bristol, in 1153.
- Title: Ancestry Family Trees
Author: Ancestry Family Tree
- Title: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/60526/records/595597;
- Title: Alice de Berkeley in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p395.htm#i11838
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p395.htm#i11838;
Note: Alice de Berkeley died; Extreme old age. She was born circa 1130 at of Dursley, Gloucestershire, England.2 She married Maurice de Berkeley, son of Robert 'the Devout' FitzHarding and Alice, between 1153 and 1154 at of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.2,3
Family: Maurice de Berkeley b. c 1120, d. 16 Jun 1190
Children:
Sir Robert de Berkeley, Justice Itinerant4,3 b. c 1165, d. 13 May 1220
Sir Thomas de Berkeley+2 b. c 1170, d. 29 Nov 1243
Maud de Berkeley+ b. c 1170
Citations:
[S3342] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 125/6; Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 101; Wallop Family, p. 87.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 325.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 38.
[S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 101.
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