4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, III

4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, III

Male 1180 - 1230  (50 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, III4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, III was born in 1180 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England (son of Earl of Clare Richard de Clare and Countess of Hertford and Gloucesterde Mellent Caen Amice FitzWilliam); died on 25 Oct 1230 in St Laurent, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 1215; Magna Carta Baron
    • _MILT: Between 1215 and 1217, England; First Barons' War, fighting at Lincoln under the baronial banner

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Tewksberry Abbey

    Gilbert married Countess of Cornwall Isabel Marshall on 9 Oct 1217. Isabel (daughter of 1st Earl of Pembroke William Marshall, the Elder and 4th Countess of Pembroke Isabella de Clare) was born on 9 Oct 1200 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    de Clare was taken prisoner in 1217 by William Marshal, whose daughter Isabel he later married on her 17th birthday atTewkesbury Abbey

    Children:
    1. Eighth Earl of Clare, Sixth Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester Richard de Clare, IV was born on 4 Aug 1222 in England; died on 14 Jul 1262 in Waltham, Kent, England; was buried in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. Isabel de Clare was born on 8 Nov 1226 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 10 Jul 1264 in Cleveland Port, Yorkshire, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Earl of Clare Richard de ClareEarl of Clare Richard de Clare was born in 1153 in Tonbridge, Kent, England (son of 2nd Earl of Hertford Roger de Clare and Countess Arundel Matilda 'Maud' de St Hilary); died in 1217 in Oxfordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott
    • Title: 3rd Earl of Hertford 4th Earl of Gloucester jure uxoris
    • Occupation: 1215; Magna Carta Baron

    Richard married Countess of Hertford and Gloucesterde Mellent Caen Amice FitzWilliam in 1179 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. Amice was born in 1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 1 Jan 1224 in Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Countess of Hertford and Gloucesterde Mellent Caen Amice FitzWilliam was born in 1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 1 Jan 1224 in Devon, England.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Sometime before 1198, Earl Richard and his wife Amice were ordered to separate by the Pope on grounds of consanguinity. They separated for a time because of this order but apparently reconciled their marriage with the Pope later on

    Children:
    1. 1. 4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, III was born in 1180 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 25 Oct 1230 in St Laurent, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  2nd Earl of Hertford Roger de Clare was born in 1116 in Tonbridge, Kent, England (son of Lord of Clare Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and Alice de Meschines 'Adeliza' de Gernon); died in 1173 in Oxfordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Good Earl of Hertford
    • Occupation: Assisted Henry II in Constitutions of Clarendon
    • Religion: founder of Little Marcis Nunnery

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Tonbridge Castle

    Died:
    Oxford Castle

    Roger married Countess Arundel Matilda 'Maud' de St Hilary in 1153 in Norfolk, England. Matilda was born in 1132 in Walsingham, Norfolk, England; died on 24 Dec 1193 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England; was buried in Carbrooke, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Countess Arundel Matilda 'Maud' de St Hilary was born in 1132 in Walsingham, Norfolk, England; died on 24 Dec 1193 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England; was buried in Carbrooke, Norfolk, England.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Field Dalling Manor

    Buried:
    Saint Peter And Saint Paul

    Children:
    1. 2. Earl of Clare Richard de Clare was born in 1153 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in 1217 in Oxfordshire, England.
    2. Lady Munchensy Eveline de Clare was born in 1160 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died on 4 Jun 1225 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Lord of Clare Richard FitzGilbert de Clare was born in 1094 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England (son of Lord of Clare and Tunbridge Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, II and Adelize 'Alice' de Clermont); died on 15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Lawrence Hood
    • Occupation: Marcher Lord in Wales
    • Religion: Founder of Tonbridge Priory in Kent
    • Title: Lord of Tonbridge and Lord of Cardigan

    Notes:

    Died:
    Ambushed and killed by the men of Gwent under Iorwerth ab Owain and his brother Morgan, grandsons of Caradog ap Gruffydd, in a woody tract called "the ill-way of Coed Grano"

    Richard married Alice de Meschines 'Adeliza' de Gernon in 1115 in Livry, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. Alice was born in 1094 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1128 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Alice de Meschines 'Adeliza' de Gernon was born in 1094 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1128 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _MILT: After Richard's death, Adelize took refuge in Cardigan Castle, which was successfully defended by Robert fitz Martin. She was rescued by Miles of Gloucester who led an expedition to bring her to safety in England

    Children:
    1. 4. 2nd Earl of Hertford Roger de Clare was born in 1116 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in 1173 in Oxfordshire, England.