Roger IV de Berkeley Lord of Dursley
- Born: Abt 1126, Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
- Marriage: Helena Fitz Robert 899,1585
- Died: 1191 about age 65
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information: 962,962
The marriage agreement that married Maurice to Alice, and his sister Helena to Alice's brother Roger was devised by Prince Henry and Stephen, King of England. The double marriage took place at Robert Fitz Harding's house in Baldwin-street in the presence of Henry and Stephen.
~Menoirs Historic and Topographic of Bristol and It's Neighborhoods, Vol. I, p. 466
According to Dursley and it's neighborhood [p. 6], by John Henry Blunt, part of the agreement brokered by Prince Henry with Robert Fitz Harding and Roger de Berkeley was that Robert Fitz Harding needed to give his son-in-law Dursley Castle, and he was to built a new castle at Berkley for the Fitz Hardings.
• Background Information: 1585
Isabella, daughter of Roger de Berkeley, of Dursley, married Thomas de Rochford, Vice Sheriff of the County of Gloucester from 5th to 6th John, for William Earl Marshal. Isabella's mother was Elena Fitz Harding. Thomas de Rochford died in 1205, leaving an infant heiress, Alice de Rochford.
~Transaction of the Britol and Gloucestershire Archaelology Society for 1892-93, Vol. XVII, pp. 100-101
Roger married Helena Fitz Robert, daughter of Robert "the Devout" Fitz Harding and Prioress Eve of Bristol 899.,1585 (Helena Fitz Robert was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England and died 12 Jan 10 John.)
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