Geoffrey de Mandeville
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Geoffrey de Mandeville is the name of several important medieval English barons:
- Geoffrey de Mandeville (11th century)Geoffrey de Mandeville (11th century)Geoffrey de Mandeville may have been Constable of the Tower of London. His surname comes from the town of Manneville or Magna Villa near Valognes in Manche on the Cotentin Peninsula...
, (d. c. 1100) was one of the great magnates of the reign of William the Conqueror - Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of EssexGeoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of EssexGeoffrey de Mandeville II, 1st Earl of Essex was one of the prominent players during the reign of King Stephen of England. His biographer, the 19th-century historian J. H...
(d. 1144), changed sides several times during the reign of King Stephen; son of William de Mandeville and grandson of the Geoffrey de Mandeville above - Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of EssexGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of EssexGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex was an English nobleman. He was the son of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex and Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex. He inherited the Earldom of Essex from his father after his elder brother was disinherited. He died childless and was succeeded by...
(d. 1160) was one of three sons of the 1st Earl - Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of EssexGeoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of EssexGeoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex and 6th Earl of Gloucester was an English peer and member of the House of Lords...
, opponent of King John of England