Simon de Joinville Seigneur de Joinville

✓ Simon, Seigneur de Joinville, Seneschal of Champagne (d. about Apr 1233); by his 2nd wife Beatrix of Auxonne father of Jean, Sire de Joinville (b. 1225, the friend and biographer of Saint Louis) and of Geoffrey de Geneville (b. in or after 1226), Lord Geneville in England. Son of Geoffroy IV de Joinville (CP V p.629 n.(f)); the Joinvilles descend from Estienne de Vaux-sur-Saint-Urbain, first half of the 11th century (Delaborde, 1894). 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). [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|| Mother wired: Helvide de Dampierre (charter 1191 of his brother Geoffroy V with the consent of 'his mother Helvide de Dampierre and his brothers ... Robert and Simon'). Simon m. (1) [1205/09] Ermengarde de Montclair, (2) before 1224 Beatrix d'Auxonne; d. May 1233. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), read 2 Nov 2026: 'Champagne Nobility - Dampierre, Joinville, Ramerupt' (chamdampjo).