Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex

Abt 1178 - 1225  (47 years)

• Name	Aveline de Clare
  Birth	Abt 1178  [7]
  Miscellaneous	7 May 1204 (26 years)  [7]
  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 Montchesney/Munchanesy, on 7 May 1204.
  Land/House	say 1206 (28 years)
  Soon after her second marriage she paid the crown for the wardship of John de Wahulle and custody of his land.
  Death	Before 4 Jun 1225  [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Before 4 Jun 1225	Shouldham Priory, Shouldham, Norfolk, England Shouldham Priory was surrendered in 1538 during the Dissolution  of the Monasteries under Henry VIII.  Nothing remains of the Priory.   [7]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford,   b. Abt 1153   d. 30 Oct 1217 to 28 Nov 1217  (Age 64 years) ▻ Amicia of Gloucester, Countess of Gloucester,  m. Abt 1180   2. John de Clare   3. Mabel de Clare + 4. Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex,   b. Abt 1178   d. Before 4 Jun 1225  (Age 47 years) ▻ William de Munchensi, Baron Munchensi;   Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex,  m. Before 29 May 1205
  Half siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of William d'Aubeney and Maude de St. Hilaire)
  + 1. William de Albini, Earl of Arundel,   b. Abt 1165, Arundel, Sussex, England d. Mar 1220/21  (Age 56 years) ▻ Mabel of Chester > 2. Maud d'Aubeney   d. 6 Feb 1215, England ▻ William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Halfdan   (11 x Great Grandfather)  Aveline  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2302	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Clare,   b. After 1115   d. 1173 (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Maude de St. Hilaire,   b. 1132, Buckenham, Norfolk County, England d. 1173 (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F1796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	William de Munchensi, Baron Munchensi   d. 1204
  Marriage	yes date unknown  [2, 3, 7]
  Children	2 sons and 1 daughter
  1. William de Munchensy   d. Before 1213  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   2. Warin de Munchensi, Lord of Swanscombe,   b. 1192   d. Jul 1255 (Age 63 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Joan Marshal >   3. Alice de Munchensi  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ John de Wahulle  m. yes date unknown;   William de Breauté  m. yes date unknow
  Family ID	F1795	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2021

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex,   b. Abt 1162   d. 14 Oct 1213 (Age 51 years)  Other Partners: Beatrice de Say, Countess Essex  m. Before 25 Jan 1184
  Marriage	Before 29 May 1205  [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 27 years and 5 months - He : ~ 43 years and 5 months.
  Children	1 son and 2 daughters
  +   1. Sir John FitzGeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland,   b. 1205, Shere, Surrey, England d. 23 Nov 1258 (Age 53 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Isabel de Bigod  m. Aft 1230     2. Cecily FitzGeoffrey   d. Before 29 Jun 1253  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   3. Hawise FitzGeoffrey, Lady of Steatley   d. Before 8 Aug 1247  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Sir Reynold de Mohun
  Family ID	F1792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex(Abt 1178 – 1225) 2Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Clare(1115 – 1173) 4Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Clare(Abt 1084 – 1136) 8Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Lord of Clare(Abt 1066 – 1117) 16Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare(1035 – 1090) 17Rohese Giffard 9Adeliza de Claremont 18Hugh I, Count of Claremont( – 1103) 19Margaret of Montdidier 5Alice de Keveliock(Abt 1086 – ) 10Hugh de Keveliock, Earl of Chester(1147 – 1181) 20Ranulf IV de Briquessart, Earl of Chester(1099 – 1153) 21Maud FitzRobert(Abt 1120 – 1189) 11Bertrade d'Évreux de Montfort(1155 – 1189) 22Simon de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux( – 1180) 23Maud 3Maude de St. Hilaire(1132 – 1173) 6James de St. Hilaire du Harcorurt, Lord of Field Dalling 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Aveline 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Burial - Before 4 Jun 1225 - Shouldham Priory, Shouldham, Norfolk, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1380] Beran, Evelyn. Email: 1998-11-05 "Ancestors of Thomas Trowbridge" , (Email message from eberan (at)ITIS.COM, 5 November 1998). [S1444] Cokayne, George E. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland Volume V (L-M), (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1926). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Aveline Fitz Peter, Countess of Essex. [S304] Wikipedia, Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex.