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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, spent his last years a prisoner of Edward the Second in Wallingford Castle and died there; within months his son and grandson would hold that same king prisoner, and murder him, at Berkeley.
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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.