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Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Clare

Male Abt 1084 - 1136  (52 years)


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  1. 1.  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]

    Children:
    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: 2

  1. 2.  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. 3.  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. 1. 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  Rohese Giffard (daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville).
    Children:
    1. 2. 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. 6.  Hugh I, Count of Claremont died between 1101 and 1103.

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


  4. 7.  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. 3. Adeliza de Claremont


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Gilbert Crispin, Count of Brionne (son of Godfrey of Brionne & Eu); died in 1040.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Offices Held: 1040

    Notes:

    Offices Held:
    He was the chief tutor of Duke William of Normandy for a brief period.

    Children:
    1. 4. Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare was born in 1035; died in 1090.
    2. Baldwin FitzGilbert died in 1090.

  2. 10.  Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville (son of Osbern de Bolbec, Lord of Longueville and Wevie de Crepon); died in 1084.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: 1066

    Notes:

    Military:
    He was present at the Battle of Hastings.

    Children:
    1. 5. Rohese Giffard
    2. Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham died in 1102.

  3. 14.  Hildouin III, Count of Montdidier and Roucy was born about 1010 (son of Hildouin II, Count of Montdidier, Seigneur de Rameru and Montdidier and Adelaise); died about 1062.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: His full titles were Count of Montdidier and Roucy, Seigneur de Rameru, Count of Rameru, and Seigneur d'Arcis and de Breteuil.
    • Title(s): 1031; In 1031 he became the Count of Montdidier and Roucy.
    • Title(s): 1061; In 1061 he became the Seigneur de Rameru.
    • Title(s): 1068; He was created the Count of Rameru in 1068.

    Hildouin married Alice of Roucy in 1031. Alice (daughter of Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy and Beatrix of Hainaut) was born about 1014 in France; died in 1062/63. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Alice of Roucy was born about 1014 in France (daughter of Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy and Beatrix of Hainaut); died in 1062/63.

    Notes:

    Name:
    She was the heiress of Roucy. Her name was also spelt Alix de Roucy.

    Children:
    1. Felicie de Roucy died on 24 Apr 1123.
    2. Adelheid de Roucy
    3. 7. Margaret of Montdidier
    4. Beatrix de Montdidier died after 2 Sep 1129.
    5. Beatrice de Montdidie
    6. Margaret de Roucy
    7. Adela of Rameru and Montdidier died on 1068 to 1069 in France.
    8. Hildouin IV, Count de Montdidier et Roucy died in 1063.


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