Earl of Clare Richard de Clare
1153 - 1217 (64 years)
1. Earl 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]
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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- 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.
2. 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
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Tonbridge Castle
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Oxford CastleRoger 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]
3. 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:
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Field Dalling Manor
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Saint Peter And Saint PaulChildren:
- 1. Earl of Clare Richard de Clare was born in 1153 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in 1217 in Oxfordshire, England.
- Lady Munchensy Eveline de Clare was born in 1160 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died on 4 Jun 1225 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.
Generation: 3
4. 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
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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]
5. 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
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- 2. 2nd Earl of Hertford Roger de Clare was born in 1116 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in 1173 in Oxfordshire, England.
Generation: 4
8. Lord of Clare and Tunbridge Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, II was born about 1065 in Clare, Suffolk, England (son of Lord of Clare, Bienfaite, Orbec and Tonbridge Richard FitzGilbert and Rohese Giffard); died on 17 Nov 1114 in Wales. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: Founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk
- _MILT: It has been hinted that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II
- Residence: 1110, Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales; King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes and gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle
Gilbert married Adelize 'Alice' de Clermont before 1090. Adelize (daughter of Count of Clermont, Roucy, and Montdidier Hugh de Creil and Margaret de Montdidier de Rouci) was born in 1058 in Northamptonshire, England; died in 1117 in Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Adelize 'Alice' de Clermont was born in 1058 in Northamptonshire, England (daughter of Count of Clermont, Roucy, and Montdidier Hugh de Creil and Margaret de Montdidier de Rouci); died in 1117 in Clare, Suffolk, England. Children:
- 1st Earl of Pembroke Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare was born on 21 Sep 1100 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died on 6 Jan 1148; was buried in Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.
- Alice de Clare was born on 1 Jan 1091 in Essex, England; died in 1163 in Tendring, Essex, England; was buried in St. Osyth, Essex, England.
- 4. Lord of Clare Richard FitzGilbert de Clare was born in 1094 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.