Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex

1178 - 1225  (~ 47 years)

• Name	Aveline de Clare
  Suffix	Countess of Essex
  Born	ca 1178
  Gender	Female
  Died	1225	Norfolk, England
  Buried	Shouldham Priory Shouldham, Norfolk, England
  	Grave location and biography: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2381929&GRid=150286184&
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aveline_de_Clare,_Countess_of_Essex She was a daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and his wife, Matilda de St. Hilaire. Aveline married twice. Her first husband, William de Montchaney, died in 1204. She was married by 29 May 1205, to Geoffrey Fitz Peter (Piers), Earl of Essex, as his second wife. She was widowed a second time on 14 October 1213. King John granted the royal right over her remarriage to her step-brother, William, Earl of Arundel, along with the guardianship of her children by William de Montchesney/Munchanesy, on 7 May 1204. Soon after her second marriage she paid the crown for the wardship of John de Wahulle and custody of his land. In her second widowhood, Countess Aveline made gifts to Holy Trinity, London, for the soul of Geoffrey Fitz Peter (Piers), part of whose body was buried there. She was buried in Shouldham Priory, founded by Geoffrey fitz Peter in 1198, alongside the rest of her husband's body. By her first husband,William de Montchaney: 1. William de Montchaney died without heirs before 1213 2. Warin de Montchaney (b. 1192, d. July 1255); inherited Dec. 1213 3. Alice de Montchaney, married (1) John de Wahulle, (2) William de Breauté By her second husband, Geoffrey Fitz Peter (Piers): 1. John Fitz Geoffrey (d. 1258), Lord of Shere 2. Hawise Fitz Geoffrey 3. Cecily Fitz Geoffrey
  Person ID	I36238	Master File
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford,   b. 1116, Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England ,   d. 1173, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Maude (Matilda) de St. Hilaire,   b. 1132, Buckenham, Norfolk, England ,   d. 1193, Buckenham, Norfolk, England  (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F14954	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex,   b. ca 1162, Essex, England ,   d. 14 Oct 1213, Essex, England  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Children	1. John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere,   b. ca 1205, Surrey, England ,   d. 23 Nov 1258, Norfolk, England  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F14953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart