Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex

- 1216

• Name	Geoffrey de Mandeville
  Suffix	2nd Earl of Essex
  Gender	Male
  Political	15 Jun 1215	Runnymeade, Surrey
  	Magna Carta
  	Mandeville was one of the twenty-five sureties for John I in the Magna Carta.
  		Magna Carta The Magna Carta gives early expression to the doctrine that became the Rule of Law. It was occasioned by John's arbitrary and capricious abuse of the English nobility: predatory practices involving inheritances, military service, and hostage taking, as well as confiscatory taxation, fees and fines. With the debacle at Bouvines, England's barons were empowered to move. Broken, John sued for peace but then appealed his concessions to Rome. "As a political tool," writes historian Thomas Asbridge, "it was defunct within three months, and by the end of the year its terms were regarded null and void by all parties." The Greatest Knight, 332. The majority of the Barons declared for Prince Louis of France who, in turn, began deploying an Anglo-French military force. The Royalists, however, were able to prevail, greatly assisted by the death of John and the accession of his nine-year-old heir, Henry III.
  Died	23 Feb 1216	London, England
  Buried	Priory of Holy Trinity, Aldgate Without, London
  Person ID	I11519	Dickinson
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Geoffrey FitzPeter, 1st Earl of Essex,   d. 14 Oct 1213
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Beatrice de Say,   d. Before 19 Apr 1197
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1185  [1]
  Family ID	F4562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel FitzRobert, Ctss of Gloucester and Kent,   b. Bef 1176,   d. ca. Oct 1217  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	Jan 1214
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F6134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Political - Magna Carta - 15 Jun 1215 - Runnymeade, Surrey Died - 23 Feb 1216 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S421] The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones, Thomas Asbridge, (New York: HarperCollins, 2014), 216.