Maud Vavasour
1176-1224
my great (25 times) grandmother
The book by Maurine Keen, “The Outlaws of Medieval Legend”, includes a chapter on the story of the Romance of Fulke Fitzwarin (b: 1169), and several chapters on the Robin Hood ballads. Fulke was married to Maude le Vavasour. The true-life story of Maude's relationship with Fulke Fitzwarin is very similar to, and probably the basis for, the legend of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. Maude’s parents were Sir Robert le Vavasour (Sheriff of Nottingham) and Julian De Ros.
note: Fulk was Maude's 2nd marriage. My lineage directly descends from Maud's first marriage to Theobald Le Botiller.
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