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Maurice de Berkeley 2nd Baron Berkeley
d. 1326
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31 May 1326
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Maurice the Magnanimous, second Baron Berkeley, ended his days a prisoner of Edward II in Wallingford Castle, dying there in 1326. Within the year the wheel had turned entirely: his son and grandson held that same king prisoner at Berkeley Castle, where Edward was murdered. Maurice had married Eve la Zouche in 1289, and this line descends through their younger son of Stoke Gifford.
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✓ MAURICE de BERKELEY, 2nd Baron BERKELEY 'the Magnanimous' (1271-1326); m. 1289 EVE LA ZOUCHE; father of Sir Maurice of Stoke Gifford (our line) and of Thomas 3rd Baron, jailer of Edward II. Source: Landed Families of Britain and Ireland no.583 (Berkeley of Stoke Gifford) + CP 'Berkeley'; web-confirmed & read 7 Aug 2026; contested rungs note-only.