Maude de Lacy married thrice. As Richard de Clare died 1262(at the age of 40 and when she was 39) and Nicholas de Seagrave died before 1295 (when she was 72)and Geoffrey de Greneville in 1314 (at the age of 86, 25 years after his wife's death), we can assume that she married Richard first, and after his death she married Nicholas and afrer his death she finally married Geoffrey. Maude had his first daughter from Richard in 1240 (she was 17 y.o.) her last son from Richard in 1252 (when she was 29 Y.O.). But now how it came that her sons from her 2nd and 3dh husband where born before Richard's death? in 1244 she had Piers from Geoffrey, in 1256 she had John fron Nicholas and in 1270 (at the age of 47!) she had Eleanor. What's wrong?

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