Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, Countess of March, Baroness
Mortimer (2 February 1286 â€" 19 October 1356), also known as Jeanne
de Joinville, was the daughter of Sir Piers de Geneville and Joan of
Lusignan. She inherited the estates of her grandparents, Geoffrey de
Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, and Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville.
She was one of the wealthiest heiresses in the Welsh Marches and
County Meath, Ireland. She was the wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of
March, the de facto ruler of England from 1327 to 1330. She succeeded
as suo jure 2nd Baroness Geneville on 21 October 1314 upon the death
of her grandfather, Geoffrey de Geneville.Joan de Geneville, 2nd
Baroness Geneville, Countess of March, Baroness Mortimer (2 February
1286 â€" 19 October 1356), also known as Jeanne de Joinville, was the
daughter of Sir Piers de Geneville and Joan of Lusignan. She inherited
the estates of her grandparents, Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron
Geneville, and Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville. She was one of the
wealthiest heiresses in the Welsh Marches and County Meath, Ireland.
She was the wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, the de facto
ruler of England from 1327 to 1330. She succeeded as suo jure 2nd
Baroness Geneville on 21 October 1314 upon the death of her
grandfather, Geoffrey de Geneville.As a result of her husband's
insurrection against King Edward II of England, she was imprisoned in
Skipton Castle for two years. Following the execution of her husband
in 1330 for usurping power in England, Joan was once more taken into
custody. In 1336, her lands were restored to her after she received a
full pardon for her late husband's crimes from Edward II's son and
successor, Edward III of England.Joan was born on 2 February 1286 at
Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. She was the eldest child of Sir Piers de
Geneville, of Trim Castle and Ludlow, whose father Sir Geoffrey de
Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, was Justiciar of Ireland. Her mother
Jeanne of Lusignan was part of one of the most illustrious French
families, daughter of Hugh XII of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and of
Angoulême, and sister of Yolanda of Lusignan, the suo jure Countess
of La Marche. Joan had two younger sisters, Matilda and Beatrice who
both became nuns at Aconbury Priory. She also had two half-sisters
from her mother's first marriage to Bernard Ezi III, Lord of Albret:
Mathe, Dame d'Albret (died 1283), and Isabelle, Dame d'Albret (died 1
December 1294), wife of Bernard VI, Count of Armagnac. Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville Top Movies & Young Movies