Individual Details

Theobald de Verdun

(8 Sep 1278 - 27 Jul 1316)

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Sir Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Lord Verdun1
M, #106932, b. 8 September 1278, d. 27 July 1316
Last Edited=27 Jan 2016
Consanguinity Index=0.8%
Sir Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Lord Verdun was born on 8 September 1278.2 He was the son of Theobald Verdun, 1st Lord Verdun and Margery de Bohun.3 He married, firstly, Maud de Mortimer, daughter of Sir Edmund de Mortimer, 1st Lord Mortimer and Margaret de Fiennes, on 29 July 1302 at Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.2 He married, secondly, Elizabeth de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre, on 4 February 1315/16.2 He died on 27 July 1316 at age 37 at Alton Castle, Alton, Staffordshire, England.2
He gained the title of 2nd Lord Verdun.1 He lived at Alton, Staffordshire, England.4
Child of Sir Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Lord Verdun

Isabel Verdun+1

Children of Sir Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Lord Verdun and Maud de Mortimer

Elizabeth de Verdun+5 d. 1360
Joan de Verdun+ b. bt 9 Aug 1303 - 11 Aug 1303, d. 2 Oct 1334
Margery de Verdun+6 b. 10 Aug 1310, d. b 12 Oct 1363

Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 308. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/2, page 251.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/2, page 250.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 83. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 425.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 196.
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Elizabeth de Clare1
F, #104851, b. 16 September 1295, d. 4 November 1360
Last Edited=13 Nov 2014
Consanguinity Index=0.06%
Elizabeth de Clare
by Joseph Freeman 2
Elizabeth de Clare was born on 16 September 1295.3 She was the daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre.4,1 She married, firstly, John de Burgh, son of Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster and Margaret (?), on 30 September 1308 at Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.1 She married, secondly, Sir Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Lord Verdun, son of Theobald Verdun, 1st Lord Verdun and Margery de Bohun, on 4 February 1315/16.5 She married, thirdly, Roger d'Amorie, 1st Lord d'Amorie, son of Gilbert d'Amorie, in 1317.6 She died on 4 November 1360 at age 65.1 Her will was proven (by probate) on 3 December 1360.4

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From FindAGrave

Birth: Sep. 8, 1278
Cheadle
Staffordshire, England
Death: Jul. 27, 1316
Alton
Staffordshire, England

Knight, 2nd Lord Verdun of Alton, Staffordshire, of Weobley Herefordshire, of Franham Verdon, Buckinghamshire and of Wilsford, Wiltshire. Hereditary Constable of Ireland, Justiciar of Ireland, hereditary patron of Croxden Abbey.

Second but eldest surviving son of Thebaud de Verdun and Margery de Bohun. Grandson of John de Verdun and Margery de Lacy, daughter of Gilbert. Grandson of Humphrey de Bohun and Eleanor de Brewes.

Husband of Maud de Mortimer, married 29 July 1302 at Wigmore, Herefordshire. Maud was the daughter of Sir Edmund de Mortimer, 1st Lord Mortimer, a descendant of King John and Margaret de Fiennes, daughter of William and descendant of King Henry II. Her maritagium included the Castle and Manor of Dunamase in Ireland. They had four daughters:
* Joan, wife of Sir Thomas de Furnival
* Elizabeth, wife of Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh
* Margery, wife of Sir John Crophill
* Katherine

Theobald was knighted by the King in Northumberland on 24 June 1298. He fought in the second line at Falkirk July of 1298. Summoned to Parliament 1299 to 1315 as Theobaldo de Verdun junior, where as he became Lord Verdun.

Maud died at Alton, Staffordshire on the 17th or 18th of Sept 1312 after childbirth and buried at Croxden Abbey.

Theobald married again, to Elizabeth de Clare, the daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Joan of England the daughter of King Edward I. She was the widow of John de Burgh, who died in a skirmish on the 18th of June 1313. They had one daughter, Isabel, who would marry Henry de Ferrers.

Theobald would die estate at Alton, Staffordshire. His widow would remarry Sir Roger D'Amory by 1317.

Family links:
Parents:
Thebaud de Verdun (1248 - 1309)

Spouses:
Matilda Maud de Mortimer Verdun (1285 - 1312)*
Elizabeth de Clare (1295 - 1360)*

Children:
Joan De Verdun (1303 - 1334)*
Elizabeth de Verdun Burghersh (1306 - 1360)*
Isabel de Verdun (1315 - 1349)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Croxden Abbey
Croxden
East Staffordshire Borough
Staffordshire, England

Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren
Record added: Apr 23, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 68807235

Events

Birth8 Sep 1278Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
Title (Nobility)24 Jun 1298Knight
Marriage4 Feb 1315Elizabeth de Clare
Death27 Jul 1316Alton, Staffordshire, England
BurialCroxden Abbey, Croxden, East Staffordshire Borough, Staffordshire, England
Title (Nobility)2nd Lord Verdun of Alton, Staffordshire, of Weobley Herefordshire, of Franham Verdon, Buckinghamshire and of Wilsford, Wiltshire
Title (Nobility)Hereditary Constable of Ireland, Justiciar of Ireland

Families

SpouseElizabeth de Clare (1295 - 1360)
ChildIsabel de Verdun (1315 - 1349)
FatherTheobald de Verdun (1248 - 1309)
MotherMargery de Bohun (1265 - 1280)

Endnotes