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Spouses/Children:
Rohese DE VERE
- Ernulf DE MANDEVILLE+
- Geoffrey DE MANDEVILLE, 2nd Earl of Essex
- William DE MANDEVILLE, 3rd Earl of Essex
- Robert DE MANDEVILLE
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Geoffrey DE MANDEVILLE, 1st Earl of Essex
- Born: Between 1100 and 1105, Great Waltham, Essex, England
- Married: Abt 1119
- Died: 14 Sep 1144, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
- Buried: New Temple Church, Holborn, Suffolk, England
 Research Notes:
The Genealogia Fundatoris of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names “Gaufridi filii comitis Essexiæ et iure matris Normanniæ dapifer” as son of “Willielmo de Mandavill” and his wife “Margareta”. The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Gaufr de Manevilla" in Oxfordshire.
King Stephen created him Earl of Essex by charter at Westminster [Jun/Dec] 1140. He deserted the king after the battle of Lincoln in Feb 1141, and obtained another charter of the earldom of Essex from Empress Matilda in [Jun] 1141 which also appointed him hereditary Justice and Sheriff of London, Middlesex, Essex and Hertfordshire. He was charged with treason in [Oct] 1143, arrested at St Albans and forced to surrender his castles of Walden, Pleshey and the Tower. He then revolted, sacked Cambridge and besieged Burwell Castle, Cambridgeshire, in the course of which he was mortally wounded.
The History of the foundation of Walden abbey records the death “XVI Kal Oct 1144” of “Galfridus de Mandavilla…fundator noster”. 1
Marriage Information:
Geoffrey married married Rohese DE VERE, daughter of Aubrey II DE VERE, Sheriff of London, and Adelisa DE CLARE, about 1119. (Rohese DE VERE was born between 1105 and 1110 inHedingham Castle, Essex, England and died after 21 Oct 1166.)
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