Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
Geoffrey Fitz Peter | |
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| Chief Justiciar of England | |
| In office 11 July 1198 – 14 October 1213 | |
| Monarchs | Richard I John |
| Preceded by | Hubert Walter |
| Succeeded by | Peter des Roches |
| Justiciar of England | |
| In office 1189 – 11 July 1198 | |
| Monarch | Richard I |
| Sheriff of Northamptonshire | |
| In office 1184–1189 | |
| Monarch | Henry II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1162 |
| Died | 14 October 1213 |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Beatrice de Say (2) Aveline de Clare |
| Children | Geoffrey de Mandeville William de Mandeville Henry, Dean of Wolverhampton Maud Fitzgeoffrey John Fitzgeoffrey Cecily Fitzgeoffrey Hawise Fitzgeoffrey |
| Occupation | Earl of Essex |
| Profession | Noble |
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex (c. 1162–1213) was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers, for he was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale (born 1134, Cherhill, Wiltshire, died 14 January 1179, Pleshy, Essex), a forester of Ludgershall and Maud de Manderville (born 1138, Rycott, Oxford, England).