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Family of William + of BEAUCHAMP and Maud + FITZJOHN

Husband: William + of BEAUCHAMP (1237-1298)
Wife: Maud + FITZJOHN (1237-1301)
Children: Isabel + of BEAUCHAMP (1252-1306)
Guy + of BEAUCHAMP (1272-1315)
Marriage 1270 Worcestershire, England

Husband: William + of BEAUCHAMP

Name: William + of BEAUCHAMP
Sex: Male
Father: William + of BEAUCHAMP (1210-1269)
Mother: Isabel + MAUDUIT (1214-1268)
Birth 1237 Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
Title frm 1267 to 1298 (age 29-61) Earl of Warwick
Occupation Earl of Warwick
Death 9 Jun 1298 (age 60-61) Elmley, Worcestershire, England
Burial Friar's Manor in Worcester

Wife: Maud + FITZJOHN

Name: Maud + FITZJOHN
Sex: Female
Father: John + FITZGEOFFREY (1213-1258)
Mother: Isabel + BIGOD (1212-1250)
Birth 1237 Shere, Surrey, England
Occupation Countess of Warwick
Title Countess of Warwick
Death 16 Apr 1301 (age 63-64) Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England

Child 1: Isabel + of BEAUCHAMP

Name: Isabel + of BEAUCHAMP
Sex: Female
Spouse: Patrick + of CHAWORTH (1250-1283)
Birth 1252 Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Occupation Lady Kidwelly
Death 30 May 1306 (age 53-54) Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England

Child 2: Guy + of BEAUCHAMP

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Guy + of BEAUCHAMP

Name: Guy + of BEAUCHAMP
Sex: Male
Spouse: Alice + of TOENI (1284-1324)
Birth 1272 Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
Occupation Earl of Warwick
Death 12 Aug 1315 (age 42-43) Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Cause: rumoured poisoning
Burial Bordesley Abbey, Worcestershire

Note on Husband: William + of BEAUCHAMP

William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick (1237–1298) was an English nobleman and soldier, described as a “vigorous and innovative military commander”.[1] He was active in the field against the Welsh for many years, and at the end of his life campaigned against the Scots.

 

He was a close friend of Edward I of England, and was an important leader in Edward's invasion of Wales in 1277.[2][3] In 1294 he raised the siege of Conwy Castle, where the King had been penned in,[4] crossing the estuary.[5] He was victorious on 5 March 1295 at the battle of Maes Moydog, against the rebel prince of Wales Madog ap Llywelyn.[6] In a night attack on the Welsh infantry, he used cavalry to drive them into compact formations, which were then shot up by his archers, and charged.[7]

 

[edit] FamilyHis father was William de Beauchamp of Elmley Castle, his mother, Isabel Mauduit, sister and heiress of William Mauduit, 8th Earl of Warwick. He had a sister, Sarah, who married Richard Talbot.

 

He married Maud FitzJohn. Their children included:

 

Isabella de Beauchamp,[8] married firstly, Sir Patrick de Chaworth and, secondly, Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester

Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, who married Alice de Toeni, widow of Thomas de Leyburne

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Note on Wife: Maud + FITZJOHN

Maud FitzJohn, Countess of Warwick (died 16/18 April 1301) 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. Through her daughter, Isabella, Maud was the maternal grandmother of Hugh the younger Despenser, the unpopular favourite of King Edward II of England, who was executed in 1326.

 

[edit] FamilyMaud was born in Shere, Surrey, England on an unknown date, the eldest daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, Justiciar of Ireland, and Isabel Bigod, a descendant of Strongbow and Aoife of Leinster. 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.

 

 

Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, the only son of Maud FitzJohn. Here he is shown with the decapitated body of Piers Gaveston[edit] Marriages and issueMaud 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:[2]

 

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.

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.