Isabelle de Clare

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• Married: 20 Jan 1214; (2) Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex and Gloucester, the son of Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex and Beatrice de Say. Geoffrey married first, Maud, daughter of Robert FitzWauter of Woodham and Gunnor de Valoines. Geoffrey de Say, attempted to recover the Mandeville estates from him in February 1213, but failed. He became the Earl of Essex on 4 November 1213. [Geoffrey married second Isabelle de Clare Countess of Gloucester] It appears that this marriage was forced upon Geoffrey. By it he became the Earl of Gloucester, however for this honor, he had to pay 20,000 marks. In April of 1215, he joined the barons against King John. On 16 December 1215, he and his brother, William, were excommunicated by the Pope. He was killed at a tournament 23 February 1216 in London, England. He was buried in Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London, England.
• Married: Sep 1217; (3) Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, the son of Walter de Burgh. Hubert married first, Beatrice de Warenne,, daughter of William de Warenne and Beatrice le Pierrepont. [Hubert married second, Isabelle de Clare Countess of Gloucester] On 19 June 1221 Hubert, married third, Margaret of Scotland, daughter of William I "the Lion" King of Scotland and Ermengarde de Beaumont. He died 12 May 1243 in Banstead, Surrey, England. He was buried in Black Friars Church, Holborn, London, England.

Isabelle married John "Lackland", King of England on 29 Aug 1189 in Marlborough Castle, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, and was divorced in 1199. John (son of Henry II "Curt Mantel", King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine) was born on 24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried after 19 Oct 1216 in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Divorced:
John divorced her on the ground of consanguinity; her grandfather, Robert, being an illegitimate son of Henry I.

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• Title(s): say 1160

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Name:
He was also the Lord of Tewkesbury and Glamorgan.

Title(s):
William FitzRobert was the 2ed Earl of Gloucester. He was also the Lord of the manor of Glamorgan and Cardiff Castle.

William married Hawise de Beaumont on 1145 to 1149. Hawise (daughter of Sir Robert "la Bossu" de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Amice de Montfort) was born in 1136; died on 24 Apr 1197. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
The couple had four children, of whom only two daughters had descendants. The title of Count of Gloucester went by marriage to the Clare family.

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• Title(s): 1122

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Weis (1982) states he married Mable, the daughter of Robert FitzHammond.

Title(s):
He was created the Earl of Gloucester.

Robert married Maud FitzHamon. Maud (daughter of Robert FitzHamon, Count of Gloucester and Sybil de Montgomery) died in 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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Birth:
He was a twin.

History:
The twin brothers, Waleran and Robert, were brought up in the court of Henry I, and in November of 1119, the accompanied the King when he interviewed Pope Calixtus at Gisors. The twins astonished the Cardinals by their learning. At the king's death, they were both at his bedside.

In 1118, he succeeded as the Earl of Leicester after his father's death.

In 1122, he was knighted.

After the death of Henry I, Robert supported Stephen, and ended up at war with Roger de Tosny for a number of years. He returned to England with Stephen.

In 1155, he was appointed Justiciar by King Henry II and served until his death.

Robert married Amice de Montfort after Nov 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 1169, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England; After the death of her husband, Robert, Earl of Leicester, she entered the convent of Nuneaton.

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• General Information: He was the first King of England to use and grant a coat of arms.
• Reign: From 1100 to 1135; King of England
• Title(s): 1106; He succeeded as Duke of Normandy in 1106 having captured his brother Robert and deposing him.

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Birth: Sewell gives his birth as about September 1068.

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Title(s):
He succeeded as Duke of Normandy having captured his brother Robert and deposing him.

Died:
He died from the effects of a purgative given for indigestion after eating too many lampreys.

Henry married Sibyl Corbet. Sibyl (daughter of Robert FitzCorbet) was born about 1070; died about 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): say 1180

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Title(s):
His full title was Lord of Glamorgan, Creully, and Torigini in Normandy.

Robert married Sybil de Montgomery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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

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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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Death: Weis (1982) and von Redlich (1941) give her death date as 13 February 1131.

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• History: birth to death

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Name:
Gael is in Brittany.

History:
He was also the Lord of Montfort and Gael in Brittany.

Ralph was deprived of his English earldoms after the rebellion of 1075.

Died:
He died while on crusade.

Ralph married Emma in 1075. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]