Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex
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Who was Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex?
Geoffrey de Mandeville II, 1st Earl of Essex was a prominent figure during the reign of King Stephen of England. His biographer, the 19th-century historian J. H. Round, called him "the most perfect and typical presentment of the feudal and anarchic spirit that stamps the reign of Stephen." That characterization was disputed in the later 20th century.
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