Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Red Earl
• Religion: In April 1264, Gilbert de Clare led the massacre of the Jews at Canterbury
• Title: Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford
• _MILT: During Edward's invasion of Wales in 1282, de Clare was made commander of the southern army invading Wales. However, de Clare's army faced disaster after being heavily defeated at the Battle of Llandeilo Fawr. Following this defeat, de Clare was relieved

Notes:

Buried:
Tewksberry Abbey

Died:
Monmouth Castle

Lord married Princess of England Joan of Acre Plantagenet on 30 Apr 1290 in Westminster, London, England. Joan (daughter of King of England Edward Plantagenet, I and Queen Consort of England Eleanor Castile) was born in 1272 in Israel; died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England; was buried in Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan Eleanor de Clare was born on 3 Oct 1292 in Glamorgan, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1337 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.
2. Elizabeth de Clare was born on 16 Sep 1295 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 4 Nov 1360 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Aldersgate Street Chapel, London, England.
3. Countess of Cornwall Margaret de Clare was born on 12 Oct 1292 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 9 Apr 1342 in Badlesmere, Kent, England; was buried in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott

Notes:

Buried:
Tewksberry Abbey

Died:
at John de Griol's Manor of Asbenfield

Richard married Maud de Lacy on 2 Feb 1238. Maud (daughter of 2nd Earl of Lincoln John de Lacy and Countess of Lincoln Margaret de Quincy) was born on 25 Jan 1223 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died on 10 Mar 1289 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Lawrence Hood

Notes:

Buried:
Beaulieu Abbey (with her infant son)

Died:
liver failure, contracted while in childbirth

Notes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: He was excommunicated by the Pope for being one of those appointed to prohibit Oto, the pope's prelate, from establishing anything derogatory to the king's crown and dignity
• Occupation: 1215; He was one of twenty-five barons charged with overseeing the observance of Magna Carta

Notes:

Buried:
(Cisterian Abbey of Stanlaw)

John married Countess of Lincoln Margaret de Quincy. Margaret (daughter of Robert de Quincy and 1st Countess of Lincoln Hawise de Kevelioc) was born in 1208; died in Mar 1266; was buried in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Church of the Hospitallers

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]

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: regarded by many as the greatest knight and soldier in the realm - on his deathbed he recalled besting 500 knights during his tourneying career
• Religion: Fulfilling the vow he had made while on crusade, he was invested into the order of the Knights Templar on his deathbed
• _ELEC: Lord Marshal of England
• _MILT: William was one of the few English earls to remain loyal to the king through the First Barons' War

Notes:

Died:
Caversham Manor

William married 4th Countess of Pembroke Isabella de Clare in Aug 1189 in Tower of London, London, England. Isabella (daughter of 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, and Justiciar of Ireland Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and Princess of Leinster Aoife 'Eve' MacMurrough) was born in Feb 1172 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 14 May 1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: the good, the fair, the wise, the courteous lady of high degree

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: constable of Chester
• _MILT: Under the banner of Richard the Lionheart, Roger assisted at the siege of Acon, in 1192 and shared in the subsequent triumphs of that chivalrous monarch.
• Residence: 1199, Yorkshire, England; Pontefract Castle

Notes:

Died:
He died in exile in France where he had gone disguised as a beggar to escape King John's wrath after the latter had declared him an outlaw, following his alliance with Llywelyn the Great

Roger married Lady of Hay Matilda de Clere in 1192 in England. Matilda was born in 1175 in Kent, England; died in 1213. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Maud
• _MILT: She was also said to have been extremely tall and often donned armour while leading troops into battle

Notes:

Birth:
Tunbridge Castle

Died:
She would incur the wrath and enmity of the King who caused her to be starved to death in the dungeon of Corfe Castle along with her eldest son

Robert married 1st Countess of Lincoln Hawise de Kevelioc. Hawise (daughter of 5th Earl of Chester Sir Hugh de Kevelioc and Bertrade de Montfort) was born in 1180 in Chester, Cheshire, England; died on 3 Mar 1243. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott