Geoffrey de Geneville Lord Geneville

✓ Geoffrey de Geneville [Lord Geneville], grandfather of Joan, Countess of March; held lands in Ireland 'by the courtesy after the death of Maud his wife' and had licence to surrender them to Roger de Mortimer and Joan (1308); became a Dominican friar at Trim, where he d. 21 Oct 1314 (CP VIII p.434 and n.(a); see CP 'Geneville'). Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. VIII (1932), 'March' pp.433-443 and notes (page images supplied by Aynsley, read 2 Nov 2026). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] ||2 Nov 2026 - CP V 'Geneville' READ|| Sir Geoffrey de Geneville or Geynville (Joinville), Seigneur de Vaucouleurs in Champagne, younger son of Simon, Seigneur de Joinville, by his 2nd wife Beatrix of Auxonne; b. in or after 1226; came to England after 1251 (his half-sister's husband Piers of Savoy probably made the match); m. Maud de Lacy; livery of Trim 1254; marshal of the army in Flanders 1297; at the treaty of Montreuil 1299; envoy to Rome 1300; summoned to Parliament 1298/9-1306, whereby LORD GENEVILLE; entered the Friars Preachers at Trim 1308, d. 21 Oct 1314. Their elder son Geoffrey d.s.p. before 1283; Piers, 2nd son, d. before 8 June 1292. Brother of Jean de Joinville, the biographer of Saint Louis. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. V (1926), 'Geneville' pp.628-634 (article by G. W. Watson, partly from his 'The Families of Lacy, Geneva, Joinville and La Marche', The Genealogist n.s. xxi), read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text).