Judge and administrator.
Events
Date of Birth: about 1132-1137.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Hagger (p. 34) notes that Bertram was a minor at the time of his father's death in 1152/3, but had achieved his majority by 1158/9.
Date of Death: 1192.
Place of Death: Jaffa.
The date and place are given by Rhodes (ODNB) and by Hagger (p. 57), who notes that the authority for this is Roger of Howden (Gesta vol. 2, pp.149-150).
Date of Death: 24 August 1192.
Place of Death: Acre.
The date and place are given by Hagger (p. 57), citing the Croxden Chronicle (s.a. 1192).
Relationships
Father: Norman de Verdun.
This relationship is given by Rhodes (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 765), and by Dace (p. 79). Hagger (p. 208) cites a charter giving this relationship.
Mother: Luceline, daughter of Geoffrey of Clinton.
This relationship is given by Rhodes (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 765), and by Hagger (pp. 46-7), who also cites a charter giving this relationship (p. 208).
Spouse: Maud, daughter of Robert de Ferrers, earl of Derby.
This relationship is given by Rhodes (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 765), and by Hagger (pp. 36-38).
Spouse: Rohese.
This relationship is given by Rhodes (ODNB). Hagger (p. 208) cites charters giving this relationship.
Children (by Rohese):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Thomas de Verdon (died in 1199) married Eustachia Basset.
Nicholas de Verdon married Clementia.
Bertram married Sibylla.
Robert.
Lesceline married Hugh de Lacy, later earl of Ulster.
Agnes married Robert fitzWilliam.
(possibly) Henry de Verdun married Hawisa of Gresley.
(possibly) Milo de Verdun.
References
Cawley, Charles. “Bertram de Verdun” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Crouch, David. “Clinton, Geoffrey of (d. c. 1133)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).
Dace, Richard. "Lesser Barons and Greater Knights: The Middling Group within the English Nobility c. 1086 - c. 1265" in The Haskins Society Journal: Studies in Medieval History Volume 10 (2001) pp. 57 - 80.
Gesta regis Henrici secundii benedicti abbatis: The Chronicle of the Reigns of Henry II. and Richard I. A.D. 1100-1192; known commonly under the name of Benedict of Peterborough (William Stubbs, ed.) Volume II (London, 1867).
Hagger, Mark S. The Fortunes of a Norman Family: The de Verduns in England, Ireland and Wales, 1066-1316 (Four Courts Press, 2001).
Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).
Rhodes, W.E. “Verdon, Bertram de (d. 1192)”, rev. B. Smith, in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).