Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex

- 1216

• Name	Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  General Information	He was the 2ed Earl of Essex.  [1]
  History	Geoffrey de Say, attempted to recover the Mandeville estates from him in February 1213, but failed. On 4 November 1213, he succeeded as the Earl of Essex upon the death of his father. In April of 1215, he joined the barons against King John. On 16 December 1215, he and his brother, William, were excommunicated by the Pope.  [3, 4]
  Married	(1) Maud, the daughter of Robert FitzWalter of Woodham and Gunnor de Valoines. [Maud married Geoffrey de Mandeville Earl of Essex and Gloucester] She died about 1212. She was buried in Dunmow Priory.  [3]
  Married	(2) Isabelle de Clare, Countess of Gloucester, the daughter of William FitzRobert Earl of Gloucester and Bristol and Hawise de Beaumont. She was born before 1176. On 29 August 1189 Isabelle, married first, John Lackland, King of England, at age 21, son of Henry II Curt Mantel, King of England and Eleanor of Aquitain, Dutchess of Aquitaine, in Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, England. She and the King were divorced in 1199. John divorced her on the ground of consanguinity, her grandfather, Robert, being an illegitimate son of Henry I. [Isabelle married second Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex and Gloucester] It appears that this marriage was forced upon Geoffrey. By it he became the Earl of Gloucester, however for this honor, he had to pay 20,000 marks. In September 1217 Isabelle married third, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, son of Walter de Burgh.5 She died 14 October 1217. She was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.  [3, 4, 5]
  Death	23 Feb 1216	London, England   [3, 4]
  	Cause: killed at a tournament
  Burial	Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London, England   [3, 4]
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  1. Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex   d. 23 Feb 1216, London, England   2. William de Mandeville, Earl of Essex   d. 8 Jan 1226   3. Henry de Mandeville, Dean of Wolverhampton   4. Maud FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, Countess of Essex   d. 27 Aug 1236 ▻ Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford,  m. Abt 1197 ;   Roger de Daunteseye
  Person ID	I22329
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex,   b. Abt 1162   d. 14 Oct 1213 (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Beatrice de Say, Countess Essex,   b. Abt 1160, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England d. 19 Apr 1197, Downham Market, Norfolk, England (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	Before 25 Jan 1184
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years and 1 month - She : ~ 24 years and 1 month.
  Family ID	F1793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 23 Feb 1216 - London, England Burial - - Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S304] Wikipedia, Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S1444] Cokayne, George E. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland Volume V (L-M), (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1926). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968).