Maud FITZJOHN

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• Name	Maud FITZJOHN
  Gender	Female
  Died	?
  Person ID	I43356	Main
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	John FITZGEOFFREY,   d. ?
  Mother	Isabel BIGOD,   b. 1212,   d. 1250  (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F30546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Earl William BEAUCHAMP,   b. 1237,   d. 1298  (Age 61 years)
  Children	+ 1. Guy BEAUCHAMP,   b. 1272,   d. 12 Aug 1315  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2019
  Family ID	F30545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Maud FitzJohn, Countess of Warwick (died 16/18 April 1301) was an English noblewoman and the eldest daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere. Her second husband was William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, a celebrated soldier. Through her daughter, Isabella, Maud was the maternal grandmother of Hugh the younger Despenser, the unpopular favourite of King Edward II of England, whowas executed in 1326. Maud was born in Shere, Surrey, England on an unknown date, the eldest daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, Justiciar of Ireland, and Isabel Bigod, a descendant of Strongbow and Aoife of Leinster. Maud had two brothers, Richard FitzJohn of Shere and John FitzJohn of Shere, and three younger sisters, Aveline FitzJohn, Joan FitzJohn, and Isabel FitzJohn. She also had a half-brother, Walterde Lacy, and two half-sisters, Margery de Lacy, and Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville, from her mother's first marriage to Gilbert de Lacy of Ewyas Lacy. The chronicle of Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshirenames Matilda uxor Guidono comitis Warwici as the eldest daughter of Johanni Fitz-Geffrey and Isabella Bygod.[1] Her paternal grandparents were Geoffrey Fitzpeter, 1st Earl of Essex and Aveline de Clare, and her maternal grandparents were Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and Maud Marshal. Maud married her first husband, Gerald de Furnivalle, Lord Hallamshire on an unknown date. Sometime after his death in 1261, Maud married her second husband, the celebrated soldier, William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. Upon their marriage, Maud was styled as Countess of Warwick. Together William and Maud had at least two children:[2] * Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (1270/1271- 28 July 1315), on 28 February 1310, he married as her second husband, heiress Alice de Toeni, by whom he had seven children. * Isabella de Beauchamp (died before 30 May 1306), married firstly in 1281 Sir Patrick de Chaworth, Lord of Kidwelly, by whom she had a daughter, Maud Chaworth; she married secondly in 1286, Hugh le Despenser, Lord Despenser by whom she had four children including Hugh Despenser the younger, the unpopular favourite of King Edward II, who was executed in 1326, shortly after his father. Maud died between 16 and 18 April 1301. She was buried at the house of the Friars Minor in Worcester.