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Lady Isabel Duchess of Sussex and Bigod 1212–1258 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1212

Birth Location: Thetford, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 1258

Death Location: Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk, England

Father: Sir Norfolk

Mother: Lady Norfolk

Spouse(s): Sir Ireland, Sir Ireland, John FitzGeoffrey

Children(s): Lady Fitzjohn, Maud Warwick

Lady Isabel Duchess of Sussex and Bigod was born in 1212 in Thetford, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Sir Hugh Bigod Earl Of Norfolk And Lady Maud Marshal Countess Of Norfolk. Lady Isabel Duchess of Sussex and Bigod married John Fitzgeoffrey, Sir Geoffrey Fitzpiers Lord Of Shere Justiciar Of Ireland, Sir John Fitzgeoffrey Lord Of Shere Justiciar Of Ireland, and had children including Lady Aveline Fitzjohn, Maud Fitzjohn Countess Of Warwick. Lady Isabel Duchess of Sussex and Bigod passed away in 1258 in Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Isabel Duchess of Sussex and Bigod was born in 1212 in Thetford, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Sir Hugh Bigod Earl Of Norfolk And Lady Maud Marshal Countess Of Norfolk.
  • Lady Isabel Duchess of Sussex and Bigod married John Fitzgeoffrey, Sir Geoffrey Fitzpiers Lord Of Shere Justiciar Of Ireland, Sir John Fitzgeoffrey Lord Of Shere Justiciar Of Ireland, and had children including Lady Aveline Fitzjohn, Maud Fitzjohn Countess Of Warwick.
  • Lady Isabel Duchess of Sussex and Bigod passed away in 1258 in Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk, England.

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Lady Bigod's Ancestors

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Lady Bigod
1212–1258
Birth Place: Thetford, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Sir Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk
1182–1225
Thetford, Norfolk, England
Lady (Maud Marshal, Countess of) Norfolk
1192–1248
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Grandparents
Roger (Bigod, 2nd Earl of) Norfolk
1144–1221
Ida (de) Tosny
1150–1204
William (Marshal, 1st Earl of) Pembroke
1146–1219
Isabel (de) Clare
1172–1220
Great-Grandparents
Hugh Norfolk
1095–1175
Juliane Norfolk
1116–1194
Raoul Tosny
1140–1162
Margaret Beaumont
1125–1185
John {FitzGilbert}
1110–1165
Sybilla Salisbury
1126–1176
Earl Pembroke
1130–1176
Aoife MacMurrough
1145–1188
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Bigod's Descendants

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Lady (Isabel Duchess of Sussex and) Bigod (1212–1258) m. Sir (John FitzGeoffrey Lord of Shere, Justiciar of) Ireland (1205–Aft. 23 Nov 1258) m. Sir (Geoffrey FitzPiers, Lord of Shere, Justiciar of) Ireland (1162–23 Nov 1213) m. John FitzGeoffrey (1205–23 Nov 1258)
  1. 1. Lady (Aveline) Fitzjohn 1235–1274 m. Sir (Walter de [Burgh] Stewart, 1st Earl of) Ulster 1232–1271
    1. 1. Lady (Egidia [Burgh]) Stewart 1270–1327 m. James (Stewart V High Steward of) Scotland 1243–1309
      1. 1. Sir (Walter VI High Steward of) Scotland 1298–1327 m. Lady (Isabel De Graham) Stewart 1298–1325 m. Marjorie Bruce 1296–1317 m. Lady (Marjorie) Bruce 1296–1317
        1. 1. John (Stewart, Robert 2rd King of Scots, High Steward of) Scotland 1316–1390 m. Lady (Elizabeth Mure of Mure or Muir) Clan 1320–1355
        2. 2. Lady (Egidia Stewart) Douglas –1406
  2. 2. Maud (FitzJohn, Countess of) Warwick 1247–1301 m. William (de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of) Warwick 1237–1298
    1. 1. Isabella (de) Beauchamp 1263–1306 m. Sir (Patrick de Chaworth, Lord of) Kidwelly 1250–1283
      1. 1. Maud Chaworth 1282–1322 m. Sir (Henry of Lancaster, 3rd Earl of) Lancaster 1281–1345
        1. 1. Maud (of Lancaster, Countess of) Ulster 1310–1377 m. William (de Burgh, Leiutenant of Ireland, 3rd Earl of Ulster {Murdered at age) 20} 1312–1333

Lady Bigod's Timeline

2 Records

1212
1212
Birth of Lady Isabel Duchess of Sussex and Bigod in Thetford, Lincolnshire, England
Thetford, Lincolnshire, England
1258
1258
Age 46
Death of Lady Isabel Duchess of Sussex and Bigod in Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1212
    Event Place: Thetford, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1258
    Event Place: Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk, England

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