Family Tree Zippro/Muse » Geoffrey FitzPiers 1st Earl of Essex (1162-1213)

Personal data Geoffrey FitzPiers 1st Earl of Essex 

  • He was born on October 14, 1162 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England.
  • He was christened after October 14, 1162 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England.
  • Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on May 13, 1933.
  • Title: 1st Earl of Essex
  • Title: 1st Earl of Essex
  • Occupations:
    • from 1190 till 1213 CHIEF JUSTICIER OF ENGLAND in England.
    • from 1190 till 1213 Chief Justicier of England.
    • Constable of the Tower of London in London, England, United Kingdom.
    • Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Westmorland, Hampshire, & Shropshire,.
    • Sheriff of Northampton.
    • Sheriff of Essex.
    • Sheriff of Hertfordshire.
    • Sheriff of Bedfordshire.
    • Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.
    • Sheriff of Westmorland.
    • Sheriff of Hampshire.
    • Sheriff of Shropshire.
    • Constable of the Tower of London.
  • (Title of Nobility ) on May 27, 1199 in Essex, England: 1st Earl of Essex.
  • (Title of Nobility ) on May 27, 1199 in Essex, England: 1st Earl of Essex.
  • (AFN ) : 8XJS-D7.
  • (Fact ) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fitz_Peter,_1st_Earl_of_Essex.
  • (Fact ) : https://www.geni.com/people/Geoffrey-FitzPiers-Earl-of-Essex/6000000003146938428.
  • (Fact ) : https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63276113/geoffrey-fitzpiers.
  • He died on October 14, 1213 in Shouldham, Norfolk, England, he was 51 years old.
  • He is buried after October 14, 1213 in Shouldham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
  • A child of Piers de Lutegareshale and Maude de Mandeville
  • This information was last updated on September 9, 2021.

Household of Geoffrey FitzPiers 1st Earl of Essex

He is married to Beatrice de Saye.

They got married on January 25, 1185 at Walden, Essex, England, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Henry de Mandeville  ± 1178-> 1205
  2. Geoffrey de Mandeville  ± 1183-1216
  3. William de Mandeville  ± 1187-1227
  4. Maud de Mandeville  ± 1190-1236 

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Christening day May 13, 1933

  • The temperature on May 13, 1933 was between 0.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • February 25 » Launch of the USSRanger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy.
    • March 10 » The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area leaving around 108 people dead.
    • March 13 » Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after the three-day national "bank holiday" mandated by the Franklin D. Roosevelt's Emergency Banking Act.
    • May 8 » Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
    • May 12 » The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which restricts agricultural production through government purchase of livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to farmers when they remove land from planting, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • November 17 » The United States recognizes the Soviet Union.

Day of death October 14, 1213



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