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Maud Le Vavasour

Female 1176 - 1226  (49 years)

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  • Name Maud Le Vavasour
    Birth 24 Jun 1176  Hazelwood, North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female
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    Death 1226  Whittington, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Whittington, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • St John the Baptist
    Person ID I1214  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Family Theobald FitzWalter,   b. Abt 1165, Dereham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1205, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    Marriage 1189 
    Children 
     1. Theobald Le Botiller,   b. 1201, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1230, Poitiers, Departement de la Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

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      Maud le Vavasour

      Birth: Jun. 24, 1176
      Hazelwood
      North Yorkshire, England
      Death: 1226
      Whittington
      Shropshire, England

      Maud le Vavasour was born on June 24, 1176 in Yorkshire, England to Robert le Vavasour, High Sheriff of Lancashire and his first wife a daughter of Adam fitzPeter. She had a half brother Sir John le Vavasour who married Alice Cockfield. Maud's paternal grandparents were William le Vavasour, Lord of Hazelwood, and Justiciar of England, and Matilda Perry. Her maternal grandfather was Adam fitz Peter of Birkin.
      Maud married first married Theobald Walter, son of Hervey Walter and his wife Maud de Valoignes, in 1189. He died between August 4, 1205 and February 14, 1206, and was buried at Woney. They had one son, Theobald le Botiller.
      Maud next marriage to Fulk FitzWarin on October 1 1207, would end up being a legend for all time.
      The story goes that Fulk had a violent quarrel with King John of England, he sought refuge in the woods and became an outlaw. Maud accompanied him. The legendary figures of Robin Hood and Maid Marian are said to be based on Fulk and Maud.
      By Fulk, Maud had a son and a daughter:
      Sir Fulk FitzWarin (1208-14 May 1264), married firstly, Clarice d 'Auberville, by whom he had a daughter, Mabel FitzWarin (1248- 1296), who in turn married firstly John de Crevequer, and secondly, Sir John Tregoze, Baron Tregoze (1245- 1300), son of Robert II Tregoze, Lord of Ewyas Harold, and Juliane de Cantelou, and had issue.
      I descend through Mable and John Tregoz daughter Sibyl de Tregoz
      Hawise FitzWarin (born 3 February 1210), married firstly William Pantulf, by whom she had issue, and secondly, Hubert Huse.
      Maud le Vavasour died sometime before 1226. She had numerous descendants including the Earls of Ormond, the Earls of Arundel, Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn and the British Royal Family.
      Other descendants perhaps not as famous
      Catherine Grandison Montagu
      Benjamin Franklin Dollar
      Ethel Dollar Brown
      Louis Brown

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Fulk Fitzwarin (1160 - 1219)*

      Children:
      Theobald le Botiller (1201 - 1230)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      St. John the Baptist
      Whittington
      Shropshire, England

      Maintained by: A.D.L
      Originally Created by: Mad
      Record added: Aug 20, 2010
      Find A Grave Memorial# 57359607
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