Joan de Genenville
- Born: 2 Feb 1285 or 1286, Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England 160,529
- Marriage: Sir Roger de Mortimer Knight, 1st Earl of March before 6 Oct 1306 in England 191,141,160
- Died: 19 Oct 1356, England at age 71 141,160,529
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~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 10:32, 29:32, 39:31. 71:32, 120:33, 176B:31, 263:31, Joan de Geneville, daughter of Sir Piers de Geneville and Jeanne de Lusignan, married Sir Roger de Mortimer, 8th baron de Mortimer & 1st Earl of March . They were parents to Catherine, married to Thomas de Beauchamp; Edmund de Mortimer, eldest son, married to Elizabeth de Badlesmere; Margaret de Mortimer, married to Thomas de Berkeley, lord Berkeley; Joan de Mortimer, married to Sir James Audley, Knight of the Garter; and Blanche de Mortimer, married to Peter de Grandison. 160
~Cockayne's Complete Peerage, (Marcher), Vol. VIII, pp. 441-442, Joan was married to Roger de Mortimer, before 6 Oct. 1306. She was the daughter and heir of Piers de Geneville, and Johanne, daughter of Hugue XII, comté de la Marche and Angoulême and his wife, Johanne, daughter and heir of Raoul, Seigneur de Fougère en Bretagne. Joan was born 2 Feb 1285/6 and died 19 Oct 1356. 141
Information about this person:
• Background Information. 220
Roger de Mortimer married, before 6 Oct 1306, Joan, daughter and heir of Piers de Geneville, by Joan or Johanne, daughter of Hugue XII, comté de la Marche et Angouleme, by Johanne, daughter and eventual coheir of Raoul, Seigneur de Fougeres in Brittany. She was born 2 Feb 1285/6. In December 1332, Joane received the wardship of two-thirds of the lands of her son Edmund, to hold until the heir should be of age. She had surrendered the liberty of Trim on 18 September 1332, and it was restored to her in 1337, and again in 1343 or 1344. In 1347 she was styled Countess of March and Lady of Trim. She died 19 Oct 1356.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (March) Vol. VIII, pp. 433-42, Vol. XIV, p. 466
• Web Reference: Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville.
Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, Countess of March, Baroness Mortimer (2 February 1286 '96 19 October 1356), also known as Jeanne de Joinville, was the daughter of Sir Piers de Geneville and Joan of Lusignan. She inherited the estates of her grandparents, Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, and Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville. She was one of the wealthiest heiresses in the Welsh Marches and County Meath, Ireland. She was the wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, the de facto ruler of England from 1327 to 1330. She succeeded as suo jure 2nd Baroness Geneville on 21 October 1314 upon the death of her grandfather, Geoffrey de Geneville.
As a result of her husband's insurrection against King Edward II of England, she was imprisoned in Skipton Castle for two years. Following the execution of her husband in 1330 for usurping power in England, Joan was once more taken into custody. In 1336, her lands were restored to her after she received a full pardon for her late husband's crimes from Edward II's son and successor, Edward III of England.
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Joan married Sir Roger de Mortimer Knight, 1st Earl of March, son of Sir Edmund de Mortimer Baron, Mortimer, 7th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore and Margaret de Fiennes, before 6 Oct 1306 in England 141,160.,529 (Sir Roger de Mortimer Knight, 1st Earl of March was born on 25 Apr 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England,160 died on 29 Nov 1330 in Elms, Tyburn, Warwickshire, England 141 and was buried on 1 Dec 1330 in Grey Friars, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England 141.)
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