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Family: 1st Earl of Cornwall Piers Gaveston / Countess of Cornwall Margaret de Clare (F1355)

• Male 1st Earl of Cornwall Piers Gaveston

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1284	France
  Death	19 Jun 1312
  Burial
  Marriage	Oct 1307  [1]
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  Female Countess of Cornwall Margaret de Clare

  
  

  Birth	12 Oct 1292	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Death	9 Apr 1342	Badlesmere, Kent, England
  Burial		Tonbridge, Kent, England
  Other Spouse	1st Earl of Gloucester Hugh de Audley | F5198
  Marriage	28 Apr 1317
  Father	7th Earl of Gloucester Lord Gilbert de Clare, IV | F8952 Group Sheet
  Mother	Princess of England Joan of Acre Plantagenet | F8952 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: this marriage was arranged by the King "to strengthen Piers and surround him with friends." Gaveston celebrated the marriage with a lavish tournament at Wallingford Castle. The marriage of such a high-born heiress to a foreigner did not please the English

  
  

• Sources

  [S395] Wikipedia: Margaret de Clare, Margaret de Clare. Margaret de Clare, Countess of Gloucester, Countess of Cornwall (12 October 1293 – 9 April 1342) was an English noblewoman, heiress, and the second-eldest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and his wife Joan of Acre, making her a granddaughter of King Edward I of England. Her two husbands were Piers Gaveston and Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_de_Clare