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Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley

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Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley

English noble and rebel

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Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley, The Magnanimous, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a peer. He rebelled against King Edward II and the Despencers. His epithet, and that of each previous and subsequent head of his family, was coined by John Smyth of Nibley, steward of the Berkeley estates, the biographer of the family and author of Lives of the Berkeleys.

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Occupation: aristocrat
Born: April 1271
Died: May 31, 1326

Family

Eve la Zouchespouse Isabel de Clarespouse Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeleychild Isabel of Berkeleychild John de Berkeleychild Eudo de Berkeleychild Peter de Berkeleychild Milicent de Berkeleychild Sir Maurice de Berkeleychild Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeleyfather Joan de Ferrersmother

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Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley, The Magnanimous, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a peer. He rebelled against King Edward II and the Despencers. His epithet, and that of each previous and subsequent head of his family, was coined by John Smyth of Nibley, steward of the Berkeley estates, the biographer of the family and author of Lives of the Berkeleys.

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Occupation: aristocrat
Born: April 1271
Died: May 31, 1326

Family

Eve la Zouchespouse Isabel de Clarespouse Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeleychild Isabel of Berkeleychild John de Berkeleychild Eudo de Berkeleychild Peter de Berkeleychild Milicent de Berkeleychild Sir Maurice de Berkeleychild Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeleyfather Joan de Ferrersmother