Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 1628-1690

Paternal Family Tree: Berkeley

Before 1628 [his father] Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 28] and [his mother] Penelope Godolphin Viscountess Fitzhardinge were married. They were second cousins.

Before 15th June 1628 Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge was born to Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 28] and Penelope Godolphin Viscountess Fitzhardinge. On 15th June 1628 Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge was baptised.

On 1st January 1648 Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 19] and Anne Lee Viscountess Fitzhardinge [aged 25] were married.

In 1661 Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 32] was elected MP Wells.

On 1st July 1663 [his brother] Charles Berkeley 1st Earl Falmouth [aged 33] was created 1st Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry, 1st Baron Berkeley of Rathdowne in Wicklow with a remainder to his father who subsequently succeeded.

In 1664 [his brother] Charles Berkeley 1st Earl Falmouth [aged 33] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Bagot Countess Falmouth and Dorset [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry.

On 17th March 1664 [his brother] Charles Berkeley 1st Earl Falmouth [aged 34] was created 1st Earl Falmouth, 1st Baron Botetourt Langport in Somerset. [his sister-in-law] Mary Bagot Countess Falmouth and Dorset [aged 19] by marriage Countess Falmouth.

On 12th June 1668 [his father] Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 68] died. He was buried at Church of St Mary, Bruton [Map]. His son Maurice [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry. [his wife] Anne Lee Viscountess Fitzhardinge [aged 45] by marriage Viscountess Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry.

In 1681 Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 52] was elected MP Bath.

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On 13th June 1690 Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 61] died. His brother John [aged 40] succeeded 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry, 2nd Baronet Berkeley of Bruton in Somerset. Barbara Villiers Viscountess Fitzhardinge [aged 36] by marriage Viscountess Fitzhardinge of Berehaven in Kerry.

Before 23rd November 1704 [his former wife] Anne Lee Viscountess Fitzhardinge [aged 81] died.

Royal Ancestors of Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 1628-1690

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 14 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 1628-1690

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Berkeley 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Berkeley of Stoke Gifford 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Coningsby

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coningsby

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Ferriby

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Berkeley 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Blount 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Keble

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Keble Baroness Mountjoy

Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Lygon of Madresfield Court

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lygon 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Lygon 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Greville

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Greville

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Lygon 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Denys

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Denys

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Denys 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Berkeley 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Meade 3rd Baroness Berkeley

father: Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Killigrew

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Killigrew

Grandmother: Elizabeth Killigrew

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Saunders

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Saunders

Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Godolphin

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Godolphin

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Godolphin

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Godolphin

Grandfather: William Godolphin

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Killigrew

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Killigrew

mother: Penelope Godolphin Viscountess Fitzhardinge