John FITZGEOFFREY

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• Name	John FITZGEOFFREY
  Gender	Male
  Died	?
  Person ID	I43363	Main
  Last Modified	15 May 2019

  
  

  Family	Isabel BIGOD,   b. 1212,   d. 1250  (Age 38 years)
  Children	+ 1. Maud FITZJOHN,   d. ?
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F30546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere and Justiciar of Ireland (1205? in Shere, Surrey, England – 23 November 1258) was an Irish nobleman. John FitzGeoffrey was the s/o Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex and Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford and his wife Maud de Saint-Hilaire. He was Justiciar of Ireland. 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 HughBigod, 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. Note: The males took the FitzJohn surname ("fitz" mean "s/o "). 1. John FitzJohn of Shere (?–1275). Married Margary, daughter of Philip Basset of Wycombe (?–1271). 2. Richard FitzJohn of Shere (?–1297). Lord FitzJohn 1290. Married as her first husband, Emma (?-1332). 3. Maud FitzJohn (? – 16/18 April 1301). Married firstly to Gerard de Furnivalle, Lord of Hallamshire (?–1261). Married secondly to William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, s/o William de Beauchamp of Elmley, Worcestershire and his wife Isabel Mauduit. Had issue. 4. Isabel. Married Robert de Vespont, Lord of Westmoreland (?–1264). Had issue. 5. Aveline (?–1274). Married Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster (?–1271). Had issue, including Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster who in turn married Margaret de Burgh, by whom he had ten children. 6. Joan (? – 4 April 1303). Married Theobald le Botiller of Thurles, Nenagh (1242–1285). Had issue, from whom descend the Butler Earls of Ormond.