John Fitz Geoffrey

1205 - 1258  (53 years)

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• Name	John Fitz Geoffrey  [1]
  Born	1205
  	FitzGeoffrey-66
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	8062
  Died	23 Nov 1258
  Person ID	I8062	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	Isabel le Bigod,   b. Abt 1213
  Children	+ 1. Joan Fitz John,   b. 1250,   d. Bef 26 May 1303  (Age < 53 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F2387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John FitzGeoffrey Arms of Eustace FitzJohn, Lord Vesci.svg Arms of John FitzGeoffrey. Quarterly, or and gules, a border vair.[1] Born 1205? Shere, Surrey, Kingdom of England Died 23 November 1258 Spouse(s) Isabel Bigod Father Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex Mother Aveline de Clare John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland (1205? in Shere, Surrey, England - 23 November 1258) was an English nobleman. John Fitz Geoffrey was the son of Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex and Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and his wife Maud de Saint-Hilaire. He was appointed Justiciar of Ireland, serving from 1245 to 1255.[2] He was not entitled to succeed his half-brother as Earl of Essex in 1227, the Earldom having devolved from his father's first wife. He was the second husband of Isabel Bigod, daughter of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and his wife Maud Marshal of Pembroke. They had six children, one being Maud who married William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. Children Note: The males took the FitzJohn surname ("fitz" means "son of"). John FitzJohn of Shere (?-1275). Married Margary, daughter of Philip Basset of Wycombe (?-1271). Richard FitzJohn of Shere (?-1297). Lord FitzJohn 1290. Married as her first husband, Emma (?-1332). Maud FitzJohn (? - 16/18 April 1301). Married firstly to Gerard de Furnival, Lord of Hallamshire (?-1261). Married secondly to William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, son of William de Beauchamp of Elmley, Worcestershire and his wife Isabel Mauduit. Had issue. Isabel. Married Robert de Vipont, Lord of Westmorland (?-1264). Had issue. Aveline (1229-1274). Married Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster (1230-1271). Had issue, including Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster who in turn married Margaret de Burgh, by whom he had ten children. Joan (? - 4 April 1303). Married Theobald le Botiller. Had issue, from whom descend the Butler Earls of Ormond.

  
  

• Sources

  [S808] Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families Vol 1, Douglas Richardson, (Date: 2011;).