Maud le Vavasour, Baroness Butler

Maud 'Matilda' le Vavasour
Born1176
Yorkshire, England
Died1225
TitleBaroness Butler
Spouse(s)Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler
Fulk FitzWarin
ChildrenTheobald le Botiller
Maud le Botiller
Beatrice le Botiller
Sir Fulk FitzWarin
Hawise FitzWarin
Parent(s)Robert le Vavasor – High Sheriff of Lancashire
grand-daughter of Adam FitzPeter of Birkin

Maud 'Matilda' le Vavasour, Baroness Butler[1] (c. 24 June 1176 – 1225) was an Anglo-Norman heiress and the wife of Fulk FitzWarin, a medieval landed gentleman who was forced to become an outlaw in the early 13th century, who is allegedly linked to the tale of Robin Hood and its origins.[2]

By her first marriage to Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler, Maud was the ancestress of the Butler Earls of Ormond.

  1. ^ "Calendar of documents, relating to Ireland". 1875.
  2. ^ Rudolf Kiessmann (1895). Untersuchungen über die Motive der Robin-hood-balladen (in German). University of Michigan. E. Karras.