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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John de Clare (son of Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Clare and Maude de St. Hilaire).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Clare was born after 1115 (son of Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Clare and Alice de Keveliock); died in 1173.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 1153; He became the second Earl of Hertford and Clare succeeding his brother, Gilbert.

    Roger married Maude de St. Hilaire. Maude (daughter of James de St. Hilaire du Harcorurt, Lord of Field Dalling and Aveline) was born in 1132 in Buckenham, Norfolk County, England; died in 1173; was buried in Carbrooke Preceptory, Great Carbrooke, Norfolk County, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Maude de St. Hilaire was born in 1132 in Buckenham, Norfolk County, England (daughter of James de St. Hilaire du Harcorurt, Lord of Field Dalling and Aveline); died in 1173; was buried in Carbrooke Preceptory, Great Carbrooke, Norfolk County, England.
    Children:
    1. Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford was born about 1153; died in 30 Oct 1217 to 28 Nov 1217.
    2. 1. John de Clare
    3. Mabel de Clare
    4. Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex was born about 1178; died before 4 Jun 1225; was buried in Shouldham Priory, Shouldham, Norfolk, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Earl of Hertford was born in 1115; died in 1153.
    2. 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.

  3. 6.  James de St. Hilaire du Harcorurt, Lord of Field Dalling

    James married Aveline. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Aveline
    Children:
    1. 3. Maude de St. Hilaire was born in 1132 in Buckenham, Norfolk County, England; died in 1173; was buried in Carbrooke Preceptory, Great Carbrooke, Norfolk County, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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. 9.  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. 4. 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. 10.  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. 11.  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. 5. 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.