Rose de Clare

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was the 6th Earl of Clare, Hertford, and Gloucester.

In 1215, Richard de Clare was one of the 25 Sureties of the Magna Charta.

Richard married Amicia of Gloucester, Countess of Gloucester about 1180. Amicia (daughter of William FitzRobert, Earl of Gloucester and Hawise de Beaumont) died on 1 Jan 1224/25. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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]

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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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• 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

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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]

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• Miscellaneous: 1136

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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.

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

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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.