Margaret de Mortimer

1304 - 1337  (33 years)

• Name	Margaret de Mortimer  [1]
  Birth	2 May 1304  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1324	Norfolk, England   [1]
  	After Margaret's father's fall from grace involving the removal of Edward II from the throne, Margaret was arrested and jailed in 1322, then sent to Sholdham Priory
  Death	5 May 1337  [1]
  Burial	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  	(Bristol Cathedral )
  Person ID	I7171	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer,   b. 25 Apr 1287, Thornbury, Herefordshire, England d. 29 Nov 1330, London, England (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville,   b. 2 Feb 1285, Ludlow, Shropshire, England d. 19 Oct 1356, England (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1301  [2]
  Family ID	F8974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	3rd Lord Berkeley Sir Thomas de Berkeley,   b. 1296, England d. 27 Oct 1361, Gloucestershire, England (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	May 1319  [1, 3]
  	Margaret's marriage to Thomas de Berkeley was arranged specifically to connect their family with an important Marcher Lord family. The marriage required papal dispensation dated 28 Aug 1329 as they were related by 4th degree.
  Children	1. 4th Lord Berkeley Maurice Berkeley,   b. 1330, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 1363 (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - After Margaret's father's fall from grace involving the removal of Edward II from the throne, Margaret was arrested and jailed in 1322, then sent to Sholdham Priory - 1324 - Norfolk, England Burial - - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Burials

  Tomb-BERKELEY Margaret (Effigy) Tomb of Margaret de Mortimer Berkeley - Bristol Cathedral + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27841448/margaret-berkeley

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Margaret de Mortimer de Berkeley 1304-1337. Lady Margaret de Mortimer Berkeley - Eldest daughter and eldest of twelve children of Roger de Mortimer and Joan de Geneville. Her paternal grandparents were Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer and Margaret de Fiennes. Her maternal grandparents were Piers de Geneville, of Trim Castle and Ludlow, and Jeanne of Lusignan. Wife of Thomas de Berkeley, married May 1319, and mother of Maurice, Thomas, Roger, Alphonsus and Joan. Her marriage to Thomas de Berkeley ("Thomas the Rich") was arranged specifically to connect their family with an important Marcher Lord family. After her father's fall from grace involving the removal of Edward II from the throne, Margaret was arrested and jailed in 1322, then sent to Sholdham Priory in 1324. Margaret's eldest son, Maurice Lord Berkeley, would marry Elizabeth le Despenser, whose father was brutally and publicly executed by none other than Margaret's father. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27841448/margaret-berkeley [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 2946.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LJV. [S625] Virginia Historical Genealogies, Berkeley-Ligon Chart. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48234/VAHistGenealogies-005722-344/252090?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return Virginia Historical Genealogies Berkeley-Ligon Chart