Earl of Clare Richard de Clare

1153 - 1217  (64 years)

• Name	Richard de Clare  [1]
  Title	Earl of Clare
  Birth	1153	Tonbridge, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Kinfolk of Note	Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott
  Occupation	1215
  	Magna Carta Baron
  		(Historic) Magna Carta The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment in medieval Latin, using standard abbreviations of the period, authenticated with the Great Seal of King John. The original wax seal was lost over the centuries. -- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
  		Magna Carta Signing
  Title	3rd Earl of Hertford 4th Earl of Gloucester jure uxoris
  Death	1217	Oxfordshire, England
  Person ID	I8075	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	2nd Earl of Hertford Roger de Clare,   b. 1116, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 1173, Oxfordshire, England (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Countess Arundel Matilda 'Maud' de St Hilary,   b. 1132, Walsingham, Norfolk, England d. 24 Dec 1193, Buckenham, Norfolk, England (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1153	Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F7494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess of Hertford and Gloucesterde Mellent Caen Amice FitzWilliam,   b. 1160, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 1 Jan 1224, Devon, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1179	Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
  	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. 4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, III,   b. 1180, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d. 25 Oct 1230, St Laurent, Gironde, Aquitaine, France (Age 50 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1153 - Tonbridge, Kent, England Marriage - 1179 - Hertford, Hertfordshire, England Death - 1217 - Oxfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  (Historic) Magna Carta The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment in medieval Latin, using standard abbreviations of the period, authenticated with the Great Seal of King John. The original wax seal was lost over the centuries. -- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

  
  

  Places

  Magna Carta Signing

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.