Joan De Geneville

1286 - 1356  (70 years)

• Name	Joan De Geneville
  Birth	02 Feb 1286	Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England
  Gender	Female
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  Death	19 Oct 1356	England
  Burial	Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
  	Wigmore Abbey
  Person ID	I1448	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Roger Mortimer,   b. 25 Apr 1287, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d. 29 Nov 1330, Tyburn, Staffordshire, England (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	1301
  Children	1. Katherine Mortimer,   b. Aft 1301   d. 04 Aug 1369 (Age < 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 02 Feb 1286 - Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England Death - 19 Oct 1356 - England Burial - - Wigmore, Herefordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com Joan Geneville Birth: Feb. 2, 1285 Ludlow Shropshire, England Death: Oct. 19, 1356, England This memorial is dedicated to my ancestor Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, Countess of March. She was the wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, lover of Isabella of France, Queen consort of King Edward II of England. She succeeded to the title of suo jure 2nd Baroness Geneville on October 21, 1314 upon the death of her grandfather, Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville. She is also known as Jeanne de Joinville Joan was born on February 2, 1286 at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. She was the eldest child of Sir Piers de Geneville, of Trim Castle and Ludlow, and Jeanne of Lusignan. She had two younger sisters, Matilda and Beatrice who both became nuns at Aconbury Priory. When her father died in Ireland shortly before June 1292, Joan became one of the wealthiest and most eligible heiresses in the Welsh Marches, with estates that included the town and castle of Ludlow, and much land in Shropshire, as well as a generous portion of County Meath in Ireland. She was due to inherit these upon the death of her grandfather, but in 1308, Baron Geneville conveyed most of his Irish estates to Joan and her husband Roger Mortimer. The baron died on October 21, 1314 at the House of the Friars Preachers at Trim, and Joan subsequently succeeded him, becoming the suo jure 2nd Baroness Geneville. In 1301, Joan married Roger Mortimer, the son of Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Wigmore and Margaret de Fiennes. He was on the Council of Ordainers, which was commissioned with the purpose to restrict the power of King Edward II and reform his household. Together Roger and Joan had twelve children. One of them being Edmund. Following her husband's execution, as the wife of a traitor, Joan was imprisoned in Hampshire and her children taken into custody. Her lands were only restored to her in 1336 after King Edward III granted her a full pardon for her husband's crimes. Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville, the widowed Countess of March, died on October 19, 1356 at the age of seventy. She was buried at Wigmore Abbey beside her husband. The Abbey was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and only the ruins remain to this day. Joan's numerous direct descendants include the current British Royal Family, and Sarah Ferguson; she was also the ancestress of Sir Winston Churchill, George Washington, Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary Boleyn. Family links: Spouse: Roger Mortimer (1287 - 1330)* Children: Katherine Mortimer Beauchamp (____ - 1369)* Margaret de Mortimer Berkeley (1304 - 1337)* Edmund Mortimer (1306 - 1331)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Wigmore Abbey Wigmore Herefordshire, England Maintained by: A.D.L Originally Created by: Mad Record added: Aug 24, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 57615348 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------