Maud de Charworth was a wealthy heiress, the only daughter of Welsh baron Patrick de Charworth. At the age of just one Maud inherited the manor of Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire, Southwest Wales when her father and his older brother died whilst in the Holy Land.
Maud, due to her young age, became the ward of Edward I's queen Eleanor. Her marriage in 1291 was granted to the king's brother, Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, who gave Maud in marriage to his son Henry of Lancaster and it was on this day in 1296/7 that the pair were married.
Maud gave birth to seven children. Her eldest was her son Henry of Grosmont, whose daughter Blanche would become the first wife of John of Gaunt. Their sixth child their daughter Eleanor was my 20x great grandmother via her marriage to Richard Fitzalan.
Maud, due to her young age, became the ward of Edward I's queen Eleanor. Her marriage in 1291 was granted to the king's brother, Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, who gave Maud in marriage to his son Henry of Lancaster and it was on this day in 1296/7 that the pair were married.
Maud gave birth to seven children. Her eldest was her son Henry of Grosmont, whose daughter Blanche would become the first wife of John of Gaunt. Their sixth child their daughter Eleanor was my 20x great grandmother via her marriage to Richard Fitzalan.
Kidwelly Castle, seen here, may have been the birth place of Maud, was held by the in the 12th century by Maurice de Londres. The castle was lost to the Welsh during the uprising in the 13th century and then granted to Hawise de Londres and then to the Charworths on Hawise's marriage to Maud's father. In the mid 14th century the castle and the Charworth lands landed into the lap of John of Gaunt.
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