Maud de Mandeville, Countess of Essex

Maud fitzGeoffrey de Mandeville was Countess de Essex sup iure (in her own right)--daughter of Geoffrey FitzPiers and Beatrice de Saye. Her first name was also listed as Mathilda.

Married (1) Henry de Bohun

3 children:

--Humphrey

--Henry

--Ralph

m (2) Roger de Daunteseye (divorced, divorce revoked)

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MATILDA (-27 Aug 1236). The History of the foundation of Walden abbey names “Galfridus…Willielmus cognomina Mandavilla…et Matildis, Humfrido de Bohun comiti Herefordiæ maritata” as children of “domino Galfrido filio Petri” & his wife[641]. Henry III King of England ordered custody of "tocius terre que fuit H. comitis Herefordie", except the property of "Matildi comitisse Herefordie…manerio de Wokesie…dotem suam…[et] maritagio suo in manerio de Witehurst" given by "G. filius Petri pater ipsius comitisse…H. comiti Herefordie", dated 26 Jul 1220[642]. She succeeded her brother, William de Mandeville Earl of Essex, in 1227 as Ctss of Essex, suo iure. "Roger of Dauntsey and Matilda countess of Hereford, sister and heiress of William de Mandeville formerly earl of Essex" made a fine "for Matilda´s relief and for having seisin of the lands formerly of the same W. earl of Essex", saving "to Reymund de Burgh and Christiana his wife, the dower of Christiana…from the lands formerly of William earl of Essex", dated 29 Oct 1227[643]. An order dated 22 Feb 1228 records a fine paid by "Rogerus de Antese et Matildis comitissa Herefordie uxor eius" in respect of a debt of "W. comes Essexie frater ipsius comitisse"[644]. Her divorce [from her second husband] by a church council convened at St Alban's, mandated by the Pope, was recorded by Matthew of Paris[645]. The Annals of Dunstable record that “comitissa Herfordiæ” died in 1236[646]. m firstly HENRY de Bohun Earl of Hereford, son of HUMPHREY de Bohun, hereditary Constable of England & his wife Margaret of Huntingdon (-1 Jun 1220, bur Llanthony Priory, Gloucester). m secondly (before 22 Feb 1228, divorced St Alban's 1231 [before 24 Apr 1233], divorce revoked before Jul 1236[647]) ROGER de Daunteseye of Dauntsey, Wiltshire (-after Aug 1238).

Countess of Essex