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4. | Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke was born about 1100 (son of Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Lord of Clare and Adeliza de Claremont); died on 6 Jan 1147; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales. Other Events and Attributes:
- Land/House: From 1138 to 1147, Chepstow Castle, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
- Title(s): 1138
Notes:
Death: von Redlich (1941) gives his death year as 1148
Land/House:
Chepstow Castle was held by Gilbert "Strongbow" FitzGilbert de Clare from 1138 to 1147, followed by his son Richard and then William Marshall.
Title(s):
He was created the first Earl of Pembroke.
Gilbert married Isabel de Beaumont. Isabel (daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester) was born about 1104; died after 1174. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Dairmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster and High King of Ireland was born in 1110 in Ireland (son of Donnchad macMurchada, King of Dublin and Orlaith ingen O'Braenain); died on 1 Jan 1171. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reign: From 1135 to 1171; King of Leinster
- Reign: From 1162 to 1171; High King of Ireland
Notes:
Name:
Dairmait Mac Murchada was allied with Murtough MacLochlainn who was acknowledged as High King of Ireland in 1162. However, Murtough was overthrown in 1166 by Rory O'Connor and his Tiernan O'Rourke invaded Leinster, and Dairmait Mac Murchada fled to England in search of allies. King Henry II accepted Dairmait's allegiance, and gave him permission to recruit among his subjects for an expedition to Ireland. Dairmait struck a bargain with Richard FitzGilbert "Strongbow" deClare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, who invaded Ireland, married Dairmait's daughter Aoife, and became King of Leinster when Dairmait died in 1171. King Henry II, fearful that Strongbow would set up an independent kingdom, came to Ireland to assert his authority over the lands that had been occupied. The King granted Leinster to Strongbow, Meath to Hugh de Lacy; and most of the Irish Kings quickly recognised Henry as their overlord. The Norse towns were of vital military and economic importance. King Henry annexed Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork and Limerick; and left garrisons in all of them. Thus, Dairmait Mac Murchada is remembered for having brought the English to Ireland and is generally held in low esteem in Irish History.
Dairmait married Mor ingen Muirchertaig. Mor (daughter of Muirchertach Ua Tuathail) died in 1164. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Adeliza de Claremont (daughter of Hugh I, Count of Claremont and Margaret of Montdidier). Children:
- Baldwin FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Bourne died in 1154.
- 4. Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke was born about 1100; died on 6 Jan 1147; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.
- 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.
- Harvey de Clare
- Walter de Clare
- Alice de Clare died in 1163.
- Rohese de Clare died in 1149 in England.
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10. | Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester was born about 1049 in Hastings, Sussex, England (son of Roger de Beaumont, Siegneur of Beaumont and Adeline de Meulan); died on 5 Jun 1118; was buried in Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was also Seigneur de Beaumont, Pont-Audemer, and Brionne; and Comte de Meulan.
- Military: 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England
- Title(s): Dec 1066
- Title(s): 1081
- Miscellaneous: 1098
- Military: 1104
Notes:
Military:
He was a companion of William the Conqueror at Hastings and distinguished himself in battle.
Title(s):
He was created the first Earl of Leicester.
Title(s):
He succeeded as the Comte de Meulan.
Miscellaneous:
After William I died, Robert supported William Rufus with whom he sided against Robert "Courtheuse" in 1098. When William Rufus died, he became a leading adviser to Henry I. When Ives de Grandmesnil died on Crusade, Robert obtained his estates which he had mortgaged to him. He therefore held about one quarter of the town of Leicester.
Military:
He was among the barons who joined with Henry I on his arrival in Normandy, and was part of the King's army at Tenchebrai on 28 September 1106. His castle at Meulan was besieged by Louis VI and carried by storm. He retaliated the next year with a plundering raid on Paris.
Robert married Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester in 1096, and was divorced in 1115. Isabel (daughter of Hugh Magnus de Crépi, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess de Vermandois and Valois) was born in 1081 in Vermandois, Normandie, France; died in Jul 1147 in Church of St. Nicholas of Meulan, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester was born in 1081 in Vermandois, Normandie, France (daughter of Hugh Magnus de Crépi, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess de Vermandois and Valois); died in Jul 1147 in Church of St. Nicholas of Meulan, Meulan-en-Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France. Notes:
Death: Weis (1982) and von Redlich (1941) give her death date as 13 February 1131.
Children:
- Waleran IV, Count of Meulan, Earl of Worcester was born about 1104 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; died on 10 Apr 1166 in Les Préaux, Normandy, France; was buried in Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France.
- Sir Robert "la Bossu" de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester was born in 1104; died on 5 Apr 1168; was buried in St. Mary de Pré, France (not found).
- Hugh, Earl of Bedford
- Adeline
- Aubrée
- 5. Isabel de Beaumont was born about 1104; died after 1174.
- Maud de Beaumont died after 1189.
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