Maude Fitzjohn, Countess of Warwick

1238 - 1301  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Maude Fitzjohn
  Suffix	Countess of Warwick
  Born	ca 1238	Surrey, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	16/18 April 1301	Worcestershire, England
  Buried	Greyfriars, Worcester, Worcestershire, England
  	Grave location and biography: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63441253
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_FitzJohn,_Countess_of_Warwick She was an English noblewoman and the eldest daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere. Her second husband was William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, a celebrated soldier. Maud was born in Shere, Surrey, England in about 1238, the eldest daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, Justiciar of Ireland, and Isabel B Maud had two brothers, Richard FitzJohn of Shere and John FitzJohn of Shere, and three younger sisters, Aveline FitzJohn, Joan FitzJohn, and Isabel FitzJohn. She also had a half-brother, Walter de Lacy, and two half-sisters, Margery de Lacy, and Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville, from her mother's first marriage to Gilbert de Lacy of Ewyas Lacy. The chronicle of Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire names Matilda uxor Guidono comitis Warwici as the eldest daughter of Johanni Fitz-Geffrey and Isabella Bygod.[1] Her paternal grandparents were Geoffrey Fitzpeter, 1st Earl of Essex and Aveline de Clare, and her maternal grandparents were Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and Maud Marshal. Maud married her first husband, Gerald de Furnivalle, Lord Hallamshire on an unknown date. Sometime after his death in 1261, Maud married her second husband, the celebrated soldier, William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. Upon their marriage, Maud was styled as Countess of Warwick. Together William and Maud had at least two children: 1. Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (1270/1271- 28 July 1315), on 28 February 1310, he married as her second husband, heiress Alice de Toeni, by whom he had seven children. 2. Isabella de Beauchamp (died before 30 May 1306), married firstly in 1281 Sir Patrick de Chaworth, Lord of Kidwelly, by whom she had a daughter, Maud Chaworth; she married secondly in 1286, Hugh le Despenser, Lord Despenser by whom she had four children including Hugh Despenser the younger, the unpopular favourite of King Edward II, who was executed in 1326, shortly after his father. Maud died between 16 and 18 April 1301. She was buried at the house of the Friars Minor in Worcester.
  Person ID	I36207	Master File
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere,   b. ca 1205, Surrey, England ,   d. 23 Nov 1258, Norfolk, England  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Isabel Bigod,   b. ca 1210, Norfolk, England ,   d. ca 1250, Norfolk, England  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Family ID	F14935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick ,   b. ca 1237, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England ,   d. ca 1298, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Children	1. Isabella de Beauchamp, Baroness Despenser,   b. ca 1263, Warwickshire, England ,   d. Bef 30 May 1306, Worcestershire, England  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F14934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart