Younger son of Simon de Joinville, seigneur of Joinville in Champagne by his second wife, Beatrix, daughter of Eitienne III, Count of Bergundy and Auxonne. Geoffrey was born in or after 1226.
Geoffrey married Maud de Lacy,the daughter of Gilbert de Lacy and Isabel le Bigod. They married before 08 August 1252 and had nine sons and two daughters:
* Geoffrey de Geneville d 1283
* Sir Peter de Geneville d by 1292 with issue including Joan de Geneville
* Walter de Geneville slain in Flemish wars
* John de Geneville liv 1319
* Simon de Geneville liv 1347
* Nicholas de Geneville d by 1336
* Peter de Geneville, the 2nd liv 1294
* William de Geneville d by 1309
* Joan, wife of Gerald FitzMaurice & Johanni I of Ober-Salm
* Katherine, Prioress of Acornbury
Geoffrey arrived in England after March 1251, and had livery of Maud's inheritances from her grandfather, Sir Walter de Lacy, in Meath in 1252. In 1254, they received livery of Trim Castle and a moiety of 40 'marcates' of land, and received a grant of 50 livres tournois by the French king for services. He was in Gascony with Edward Longshanks in 1255, and summoned to serve the king against the Welsh in 1260, 1276 and 1282, accompanied Edward to the Holy Land, and granted all their lands in England and Wales to their son, Peter in 1283.
Maud died in 1304, Geoffrey obtained permission to surrender her lands in Ireland to Roger de Mortimer and his wife, Joan, Geoffrey's granddaughter through Peter, possibly the eldest surviving son. Geoffrey then entered the House of Friars Preachers, the Blackfriary, at Trim, where he was buried.
Younger son of Simon de Joinville, seigneur of Joinville in Champagne by his second wife, Beatrix, daughter of Eitienne III, Count of Bergundy and Auxonne. Geoffrey was born in or after 1226.
Geoffrey married Maud de Lacy,the daughter of Gilbert de Lacy and Isabel le Bigod. They married before 08 August 1252 and had nine sons and two daughters:
* Geoffrey de Geneville d 1283
* Sir Peter de Geneville d by 1292 with issue including Joan de Geneville
* Walter de Geneville slain in Flemish wars
* John de Geneville liv 1319
* Simon de Geneville liv 1347
* Nicholas de Geneville d by 1336
* Peter de Geneville, the 2nd liv 1294
* William de Geneville d by 1309
* Joan, wife of Gerald FitzMaurice & Johanni I of Ober-Salm
* Katherine, Prioress of Acornbury
Geoffrey arrived in England after March 1251, and had livery of Maud's inheritances from her grandfather, Sir Walter de Lacy, in Meath in 1252. In 1254, they received livery of Trim Castle and a moiety of 40 'marcates' of land, and received a grant of 50 livres tournois by the French king for services. He was in Gascony with Edward Longshanks in 1255, and summoned to serve the king against the Welsh in 1260, 1276 and 1282, accompanied Edward to the Holy Land, and granted all their lands in England and Wales to their son, Peter in 1283.
Maud died in 1304, Geoffrey obtained permission to surrender her lands in Ireland to Roger de Mortimer and his wife, Joan, Geoffrey's granddaughter through Peter, possibly the eldest surviving son. Geoffrey then entered the House of Friars Preachers, the Blackfriary, at Trim, where he was buried.
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