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Piers de Geneville

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✓ as named: Piers de Joinville (Geneville), father of Joan, Countess of March (CP I p.339). His own parentage (son of Geoffrey de Geneville, Justiciar of Ireland) is standard but not read today. TOP - nothing further wired. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. I (1910), 'Audley' pp.337-342 (archive.org djvu text, 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 VIII 'March' READ|| Piers de Geneville, son of Geoffrey de Geneville (Joan, Countess of March, was 'da. of Piers, and granddaughter of Geoffrey de Geneville'); m. Jehanne de Lusignan, widow of Bernard-Ezy I d'Albret. TOP removed. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. VIII (1932), 'March' pp.433-443 and notes (page images supplied by Aynsley, read 2 Nov 2026). ||2 Nov 2026 - CP V|| Sir Piers de Geneville of Ludlow and Walterstone, 2nd son and heir apparent of Geoffrey and Maud de Lacy (his elder brother Geoffrey d.s.p. before 11 Oct 1283); received Ludlow, Ewyas and their English fees from his parents, Acton Burnell 11 Oct 1283; d. shortly before 8 June 1292. Daughters Joan (heir), Maud and Beatrice (the last two nuns at Acornbury). 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).

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