Sir Geoffrey de Geneville sn de Vaucouleurs 
Sir Geoffrey de Geneville was born about 1226 in Dublin, Ireland. Sir Geoffrey de Geneville's father was Simon de sn de Geneville & Champaigne and his mother was Beatrice de Auxonne de Burgundy. His paternal grandfather was Geoffroy sn de Geneville; his maternal grandparents were Etienne III de Auxonne Ct de Auxonne and Beatrix de Thiers. He was an only child. He died on October 21st, 1314 in Trim, Ireland.General Notes
Sir Geoffrey de Genevill, in the 38th Henry III [1254], had livery of the castle of Trim, in Ireland. In four years afterwards he received a military summons to march against the Welsh, and in the 44th of the same king [1260], then being one of the barons marchers, he had command to repair to the castle of Wales, and to reside there. In the 10th Edward I [1282], he was in the expedition made against the Welsh, and in fifteen years subsequently, he was in the wars of Gascony. For all which services he was summoned to parliament as a baron, 6 February, 1299, and from that period to 3 November, 1306. He m. Maud, dau. and heir of Gilbert de Lacey, son of Walter de Lacey, Lord of Meath, and had issue, Geoffrey, Peter, and Simon. His lordship d. in 1307, and was s. by his son, Peter de Genevill, 2nd baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 228, Genevill, Baron Genevill]
NOTE: Burke, in Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, says Peter de Genevill was his father.
Sir Geoffrey de Geneville and Maud were married in a religious ceremony in 1253 in Meath, Ireland. They had five sons named Geoffrey, Gautier, Jehan, Simon and Sir Piers de Geneville.
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Geoffrey de Geneville
Geoffrey was born about 1252 in of Trim, Meath, Ireland. He died before October 11th, 1283.
Sir Piers de Geneville Lord Trim
Sir Piers de Geneville was born in Dublin, Ireland. He died in June 1292 in Lusignan, Vienne, France.
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