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Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Earl of Hertford

Male 1115 - 1153  (38 years)


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  1. 1.  Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Earl of Hertford was born in 1115 (son of Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Clare and Alice de Keveliock); died in 1153.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died without issue.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Clare was born about 1084 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England (son of Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Lord of Clare and Adeliza de Claremont); died on 15 Apr 1136; was buried in Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: According to Burke (1866) "Richard de Clare, being one of those, who by power of the sword entered Wales, there planted himself and became lord of vast territories, as also of divers castles in those parts, but requiring other matters of moment from the king, in which he was unsuccessful, he reared the standard of revolt, and soon after fell in an engagement with the Welsh."
    • Title(s): Abt 1117; He succeeded as the 3rd Lord of Clare around 1117.
    • Religion: 1124; He removed the monks out of Castle Clare into the church of St. Augustine at Stoke, and bestowed on them a little wood, called Stoke-Ho in 1124.
    • Religion: say 1130, Tonbridge Priory, Tonbridge, Kent, England; He was the founder of the Priory of Tonbridge in Kent.
    • Last Full Review: 5 May 2020

    Notes:

    Title: According to Cokayne (1913) "He is often supposed to have been created the EARL OF HERTFORD by King Stephen, if not by Henry I. There appears, however, to be no ground for this belief"

    Died:
    He being surprised and slain by the Welsh, near Abergavenny.

    Richard married Alice de Keveliock in say 1098. Alice (daughter of Hugh de Keveliock, Earl of Chester and Bertrade d'Évreux de Montfort) was born about 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alice de Keveliock was born about 1086 (daughter of Hugh de Keveliock, Earl of Chester and Bertrade d'Évreux de Montfort).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Miscellaneous: 1136

    Notes:

    Name:
    Her name was also spelt Adeliz de Keveliock and Alice de Meschines.

    Miscellaneous:
    When her husband was killed she was rescued from the
    Welsh by Miles of Gloucester.

    Children:
    1. 1. Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Earl of Hertford was born in 1115; died in 1153.
    2. Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Clare was born after 1115; died in 1173.
    3. Alice de Tonbridge de Clare died after 1148.
    4. Rohese de Clare
    5. Robert FitzRichard died in 1134; was buried in St Neots Priory, Cambridgeshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Lord of Clare was born about 1066 (son of Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare and Rohese Giffard); died between 1114 and 1117.

    Notes:

    Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as 1070, 4 years after his birth.

    Name:
    He was the 2ed Earl of Clare and the Lord of Tunbridge.

    Gilbert married Adeliza de Claremont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Adeliza de Claremont (daughter of Hugh I, Count of Claremont and Margaret of Montdidier).
    Children:
    1. Baldwin FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Bourne died in 1154.
    2. Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke was born about 1100; died on 6 Jan 1147; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.
    3. 2. Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Clare was born about 1084 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 15 Apr 1136; was buried in Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
    4. Harvey de Clare
    5. Walter de Clare
    6. Alice de Clare died in 1163.
    7. Rohese de Clare died in 1149 in England.

  3. 6.  Hugh de Keveliock, Earl of Chester was born in 1147 in Cyfeiliog Region, Wales (son of Ranulf IV "des Gernons" de Briquessart, Earl of Chester and Maud FitzRobert); died on 30 Jun 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Chester, Cheshire, England.

    Hugh married Bertrade d'Évreux de Montfort in 1169. Bertrade (daughter of Simon de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux and Maud) was born in 1155 in England; died on 2 Jul 1189 in Évreux, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Bertrade d'Évreux de Montfort was born in 1155 in England (daughter of Simon de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux and Maud); died on 2 Jul 1189 in Évreux, Normandy, France.
    Children:
    1. Amicia de Meschines
    2. Matilda of Chester de Keveliock was born in 1171; died on 6 Jan 1233.
    3. Hawise of Chester, Countess of Lincoln was born in 1180; died in 1242/43.
    4. Ranulph III, Earl of Chester and Lincoln died in 1232.
    5. 3. Alice de Keveliock was born about 1086.
    6. Agnes de Keveliock, Lady of Chartley was born in Chester, Cheshire, England; died on 2 Nov 1247.
    7. Mabel of Chester was born about 1173 in Cheshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare was born in 1035 (son of Gilbert Crispin, Count of Brionne); died in 1090.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: 1066

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was also the Lord of Bienfaite, Orbec and Tonbridge.

    Military:
    He was present at the Battle of Hastings.

    Richard married Rohese Giffard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Rohese Giffard (daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville).
    Children:
    1. 4. Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Lord of Clare was born about 1066; died between 1114 and 1117.
    2. Walter de Clare, Lord of Nether Gwent died on 10 Mar 1137.
    3. Roger FitzRichard de Clare died in 1130.
    4. Richard FitzRichard de Clare, Abbot of Ely died in 1100.
    5. Robert FitzRichard de Clare, Baron of Baynard died in 1134.
    6. Adelize de Clare
    7. Rohese de Clare was born in 1067 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in 1121 in Rycote, Oxfordshire, England.

  3. 10.  Hugh I, Count of Claremont died between 1101 and 1103.

    Hugh married Margaret of Montdidier about 1080. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Margaret of Montdidier (daughter of Hildouin III, Count of Montdidier and Roucy and Alice of Roucy).

    Notes:

    Name:
    She was also known as Margaret de Roucy.

    Children:
    1. 5. Adeliza de Claremont

  5. 12.  Ranulf IV "des Gernons" de Briquessart, Earl of Chester was born in 1099 in Gernon, Normandy, France (son of Ranulph de Meschines, Earl of Chester and Lacy); died on 16 Dec 1153.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): say 1140

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was also the Vicount d'Avranches et Bayeux.

    Title(s):
    His full title was Earl of Chester, and Viscount of Bayeux and Avranche.

    Ranulf married Maud FitzRobert about 1141. Maud (daughter of Robert of Caen "the Counsul", Earl of Gloucester and Maud FitzHamon) was born about 1120; died on 29 Jul 1189 in Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Maud FitzRobert was born about 1120 (daughter of Robert of Caen "the Counsul", Earl of Gloucester and Maud FitzHamon); died on 29 Jul 1189 in Chester, Cheshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 6. Hugh de Keveliock, Earl of Chester was born in 1147 in Cyfeiliog Region, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Chester, Cheshire, England.
    2. Joanna de Meschines

  7. 14.  Simon de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux (son of Amauri III de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux and Agnes de Garlende); died in 11 Mar 1180 or 12 Mar 1180; was buried in Évreux Cathedral, Évreux, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: 1159; While a vassal of both the King of France and the King of England, when the two went to war in 1159, he sided with Henry II of England. He handed his castles over to Henry thus causing Louis II to make a truce. In 1175, he joined the revolt of the "young king", but was captured. In 1177 he attended the treaty of Ivry.

    Simon married Maud. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Maud
    Children:
    1. Amauri de Montfort, Comte d'Évreux died in 1191.
    2. Simon de Montfort, Comte d'Évreux died on 18 Jul 1187.
    3. 7. Bertrade d'Évreux de Montfort was born in 1155 in England; died on 2 Jul 1189 in Évreux, Normandy, France.


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