December 25, 1230—Sir Gilbert de Lacy, of Ewyas Lacy died in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. He was the son of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim Castle and Ludlow Castle, and Margaret de Braose. Gilbert married Isabel Bigod (granddaughter of William the Marshall) about 1225 in Trim, Meath, Ireland. Gilbert and Isabels chief residence was Ewyas Lacy in Herefordshire; however, they spent the last two years of their marriage on his fathers estates in Ireland, where their youngest child, Maud was born, and Gilbert would shortly afterwards die. Together they had three children: -Walter de Lacy (died early 1241) -Margery de Lacy (1228, Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire- 1256), married before 14 May 1244 John de Verdun, Lord of Westmeath by whom she had issue. -Maud de Lacy (1230, Dublin, Ireland- 11 April 1304 Trim Castle, Ireland), married firstly Pierre de Geneve, by whom she had issue; in 1252, she married secondly Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, Seigneur de Vaucouleurs, by whom she had two sons, Geoffrey de Geneville, and Sir Piers de Geneville, father of Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville. Gilbert died on 25 December 1230 at Trim Castle, in County Meath, Ireland leaving Isabel a widow at the age of eighteen with three small children.
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