Hugh II Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk

Male 1182 - 1225  (~ 43 years)


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  • Name Hugh II Bigod 
    Suffix 3rd Earl of Norfolk 
    Born ca 1182  Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Feb 1225  Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Thetford Priory, Thetford, Norfolk England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Wikipedia
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Bigod,_3rd_Earl_of_Norfolk

      He was a member of the powerful early Norman Bigod family and was for a short time the 3rd Earl of Norfolk. Born ca. 1182, Hugh the eldest son of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk by his wife Ida de Tosny.

      In 1215 he was one of the twenty-five sureties of Magna Carta of King John. He succeeded to his father?s estates (including Framlingham Castle) in 1221.

      In late 1206 or early 1207, Hugh married Maud Marshal (1192 -27 March 1248), daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1147-1219), Marshal of England, by his wife Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke. They had four, or possibly five, children:

      1. Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (c.?1209-1270), died without progeny.

      2. Hugh Bigod (1211-1266), Justiciar of England. Married Joan de Stuteville, by whom he had issue.

      3. Isabel Bigod (c. 1212-1250), married twice: Firstly to Gilbert de Lacy, by whom she had children; Secondly to John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, by whom she had children, including Maud FitzJohn, and Joan FitzJohn who married Theobald le Botiller, and from whom descended the Irish Earls of Ormond.

      4. Ralph Bigod (born c. 1215)

      Hugh died on 18 Feb 1225. Very soon after Hugh's death, his widow Maud remarried William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey.


    Person ID I36210  Master File
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2016 

    Father Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk,   b. ca 1144/1150, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1221, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Ida de Tosny, Countess of Norfolk 
    Family ID F14945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maude Marshal, Countess of Norfolk, Countess of Surrey,   b. 1192, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1248, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Children 
     1. Isabel Bigod,   b. ca 1210, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ca 1250, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years)
    Last Modified 29 Sep 2016 
    Family ID F14936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart