Aveline de Clare

Biography

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Aveline de Clare, daughter of Roger de Clare and Maud St. Hilary, waa born about 1166 in Hereford.

She married, firstly, Sir William de Munchensey, son of Warin de Munchensey and Agnes FitzJohn, before 1186.

They had 2 sons:[1][2][3]

1. William
2. Sir Warin

She married, secondly, Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers, 4th Earl of Essex, Chief Justiciar of England, Constable of the Tower of London, Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Westmorland, Hampshire, & Shropshire, son of Piers de Lutegareshale and Maud de Mandeville, between 7 May 1204 and 29 May 1205.

They had 1 son & 4 daughters:[1][3][4][5][6][7]

1. Sir John
2. Hawise, wife of Sir Reynold de Mohun
3. Cecily, wife of Savary de Bohun
4. Unnamed daughter, wife of William de la Rochelle
5. Maud, wife of Henry d'Oilly, & of Sir William de Cantelowe

Death

She died circa 4 June 1225.[1]

Medilands (updated 9 Mar 2022) Chapter 6-A: Earls of Hertford [1138-1230 (Clare)]

[Child #5 of] ROGER de Clare and MATILDA de Saint-Hilaire:
5. AVELINE (-[22 Nov 1220/4 Jun 1225]). Her parentage and first marriage are indicated by the order dated 23 Dec 1213 under which her son "Guarinus de Munchainesy" paid a fine for "hereditarie" with "W. com Arundell avunculus ipsius Warini" acting as guarantor[882],
William Earl of Arundel being the son of the second husband of Warin’s paternal grandmother.
King John confirmed "custodiam terre et heredum Willelmi de Mutkanes" to "Willelmo com Arundell", as well as "maritagium Aveline que fuit uxor ipsius Willelmi", by charter dated 7 May 1204[883].
"Gaufridus filius Petri comes Essex" donated property to Winchester St Swithin, for the anniversaries of "…Petri de Lutegareshale patris mei…et Mathildis matris mee…et sponsarum mearum Beatricis et Aveline et liberorum meorum" by undated charter[884].
m firstly WILLIAM de Munchensy, son of WARIN de Munchensy & his wife Agnes --- (-before 7 May 1204).
m secondly (before 29 May 1205) as his second wife, GEOFFREY FitzPiers Earl of Essex, son of PETER de Ludgershall & his wife Matilda --- (-14 Oct 1213, bur Shouldham Priory).

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Aveline m. (1) William de Munchanesy of Swanscombe, Kent; Winfarthing, Gooderstone, Norfolk. He d. shortly before 7 May 1204; m. (2) by 29 May 1205, as second wife, Geoffrey Fitz Peter (or Piers). He was an adult in 1184, died 14 Oct. 1213, bur. Shouldam Priory, Earl of Essex (right of first wife), Justiciar of England, 1198-1213. He was son of Piers de Lutegareshale, d. by 1198, and Maud, lady of Costow, co. Wilts. (CP V 122-125; Vera C.M. London, ed., Cartulary of Bradenstock Priory (London 1979), as Wilts. Re. Soc. 35:85).

Also: The American Genealogist 57:32; COMPLETE PEERAGE, Cockayne, Clare, pp. 499-501; AR, ibid.

Aveline de Clare was the daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford. She married Geoffrey FitzPiers, 1st Earl of Essex, son of Piers de Lutegareshale and Maud (?), before 29 May 1205. She died before 4 June 1225.

Children of Aveline de Clare and Geoffrey FitzPiers, 1st Earl of Essex

John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere+ b. c 1205, d. 23 Nov 1258

Cecily Fitzgeoffrey.

Hawise Fitzgeoffrey.

source: http://www.thepeerage.com/p462.htm

AVELINE6 DE CLARE (Roger5, Richard4, Gilbert (FitzRichard)3, Richard Fitz Gilbert2, Gilbert1) of Hereford, daughter of (16) Roger5, Earl of Hertford and (AIX-2) Countess Maud (Matilda) (de ST. HILARY), was born about 1172, and died between 4 April 1225 and 4 Aug. 1225. She married (YE-2) GEOFFREY FITZ PIERS, EARL OF ESSEX of Walden, son of (YE-1) Piers and (YQ-4) Maud (de MANDEVILLE) LUTEGARESHALE, who was born about 1162, and died on 14 Oct. 1213[67]. [13, 72, 104, 1, 37]

Children of: Geoffrey2 FITZ PIERS, Earl of Essex and Aveline de CLARE:

+ 4 i. JOHN3 FITZ GEOFFREY, JUSTICIAR OF IRELAND, b. before 1209 in Shere, Farnbridge, Surrey, England; d. on 23 Nov. 1258; m. between 1230 and 1234 (EG-6) ISABEL LE BIGOD, daughter of (EG-4) Hugh II, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and (YY-6) Maud (Matilda) (MARSHALL), Countess of Norfolk.

+ 5 ii. HAWISE FITZ GEOFFREY, d. before 1243; m. (AAP-6) SIR REYNOLD DE MOHUN II, b. about 1206[2], d. on 20 Jan. 1257/8[2], son of (AAP-5) Reynold I, Earl of Somerset and (GE-3) Alice (de BRIWERE).

Aveline de Clare FitzPeter
BIRTH 1172
Hereford, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
DEATH 4 Jun 1225 (aged 52–53)
BURIAL
Shouldham Priory
Shouldham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
MEMORIAL ID 150286184

Birth: c.1178

She was a daughter of Roger of Clare, Earl of Hertford, and his wife, Matilda de St. Hilaire. Aveline married twice. Her first husband, William de Montchaney, died in 1204. She was remarried by 29 May 1205, to Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 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 Munchanesy, on 7 May 1204. Soon after her second marriage she paid the crown for the ward ship 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, 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 Munchanesy, died without heirs before 1213
•Warin de Munchanesy (b. 1192, d. July 1255); inherited Dec. 1213
•Alice de Munchanesy, married (1) John de Wahulle, (2) William de Breauté

By her second husband:
•John Fitz Geoffrey (d. 1258)
•Hawise
•Cecily
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ABT 1172 - ABT 4 Jun 1225
•BIRTH: ABT 1172, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
•DEATH: ABT 4 Jun 1225, England
•BURIAL: Jun 1225
•EVENT: Alt. Birth: 1170
•EVENT: Alt. Birth: 1172, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
•EVENT: Alt. Death: 1225
Father: Richard De Clare Earl Of Hertford
Mother: Amicia Of Gloucester

Family 1 : Geoffrey IV Fitzpiers 1. Cicely Fitzgeoffrey
2. +Hawise FitzPiers Fitzgeoffrey
3. +John Fitzgeoffrey Justiciar Of Ireland
Family 2 : William (Warin) De Munchensy •MARRIAGE: ABT 1189, Goodenstone, Norfolk, England
1. William De Munchensy
2. +Warin De Munchensy
3. Hawise De Munchensy

Daughter of Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, Earl of Hertford.

Family Members
Parents
Roger de Clare
1116–1173
Maud Saint Hilary Aubigney
1132–1193

Spouses
Geoffrey FitzPiers
1162–1213 (m. 1205)
William de Munchensy
unknown–1204

Siblings
Eleanor de Clare de Grey
unknown–1184
James de Clare
Mabel De Clare De Mowbray
1138–1204
Richard de Clare
1153–1217

Half Siblings
William d' Aubigney
unknown–1221

Children
John FitzGeoffrey
1205–1258
Hawise FitzGeoffrey
1210–1247