Rohese de Verdun

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The ruins of Castle Roche, the construction of which is said to have begun by Rohese de Verdun

Rohese de Verdon (also Rose de Verdon or Verdun ) († 1246 or before February 22, 1247) was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman.

Life

Rohese de Verdon was the only child of the Anglo-Irish nobleman Nicholas de Verdon , a younger son of Bertram de Verdon . After September 4, 1225 she was married to Theobald le Botiller , a son of Theobald fitz Walter and his wife Maud le Vavasour . As the likely heir of her father, Rohesa kept the name de Verdon after the marriage, which her children also received. Her husband died in July 1230 during Henry III's campaign in France. in Poitou . After her father's death in 1231, she inherited his estates in England and Ireland. In Ireland, Rohese is said to have started construction of Castle Roche in County Louth in 1236 . In 1233 she was able to settle the dispute with the de Lacy family , which her father Nicholas de Verdon had started around 1210 over the dowry of his sister Lescelina's marriage to Hugh de Lacy . In 1245 she finally concluded an agreement with Hugh de Lacy. After this he received £ 200 in exchange for giving up half of the Verdon estates in Louth that he claimed. The fiefs that he had previously given to his followers were allowed to keep them, provided they became vassals of Rohese.

After 1235, Rohese founded the Augustinian priory Grace Dieu Priory near Thringstone in Leicestershire . She died in late 1246 or early 1247.

progeny

She had several children with her husband Theobald le Botiller, including:

  • Maud le Botiller
  1. ∞ John Fitzalan II († 1267)
  2. ∞ Richard de Amundeville († 1283)

Her son John de Verdon eventually became her heir.

literature

  • AJ Otway-Ruthven: The partition of the de Verdon lands in Ireland in 1332 . In: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy , 66C (1967-68), pp. 401-445
  • Dennis Murphy: The de Verdons of Louth . In: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Fifth Series, Vol. 5, 1895, pp. 317-328

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dennis Murphy: The de Verdons of Louth . In: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , Fifth Series, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec., 1895), p. 321
  2. ^ Brendan Smith: Colonization and Conquest in Medieval Ireland: The English in Louth, 1170-1330 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2006, ISBN 0-521-02662-8 , p. 49
  3. ↑ House of Augustinian nuns: The priory of Grace Dieu. A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2. Eds. WG Hoskins, and RA McKinley. London: Victoria County History, 1954. pp. 27-28. British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol2/pp27-28 .
  4. ↑ Dennis Murphy: The de Verdons of Louth . In: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , Fifth Series, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec., 1895), p. 322
personal data
SURNAME Rohese de Verdun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rohese de Verdon; Rose de Verdon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Irish nobles
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH between October 1246 and February 22, 1247