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Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b. ca. 1162), d. 1213, was a prominent part of the government of England during the reign of Richard I and John. // Events June 3 - Thomas Becket consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Events September 12 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester defeats Peter II of Aragon, the king of Aragon at the Battle of Muret. ...
Richard I (September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. ...
John (December 24, 1166–October 18/19, 1216) reigned as King of England from April 6, 1199, until his death. ...
The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers.
He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother Simon was at various times sheriff of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. Geoffrey, too, got his start in this way, as sheriff of Northamptonshire for the last five years of Henry II's reign. Jump to: navigation, search Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France. ...
Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say. He was the son of William de Say, 3rd Baron de Say, and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was to prove unexpectedly important. Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex (d. ...
In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance. Events Abbeville receives its commercial charter. ...
When Richard I left on crusade, he appointed Geoffrey one of the five judges of the king's court, and thus a principal advisor to Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham, who was chief justiciar was one of the regents during the king's absence. Later that year, Geoffrey's wife's cousin William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex died, leaving no direct heirs. His inheritance was disputed between Geoffrey and his in-laws, and Geoffrey used his political influence to eventually obtain it for himself. Hugh de Puiset (c. ...
Arms of the Bishop of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the officer of the Church of England responsible for the diocese of Durham, one of the oldest in the country. ...
William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex (d. ...
On July 11, 1198 King Richard appointed Geoffrey 'Chief Justiciar', which at that time effectively made him the king's principal minister. He continued in this capacity after the accession of king John. On his coronation day the new king also recognized Geoffrey as Earl of Essex.
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Children of Beatrice: (note that his sons by this marriage took the de Mandeville surname) Roger de Clare ( before 1116 - 1173) was a Norman nobleman. ...
The titles of Earl of Hertford and Marquess of Hertford have been created several times in the peerages of England and Great Britain. ...
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- Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex.
- William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex.
- Henry, Dean of Wolverhampton.
- Maud Fitzgeoffrey, who married Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford.
Children of Aveline: Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176 - 1220) was an English nobleman. ...
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- John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland.
- Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.
- Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.
Geoffrey's first two sons died without issue. Apparently the earldom was associated with their mother's Mandeville heritage, for the earldom was inherited by the husband of their sister instead of their half-brother. |
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