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Sir Gilbert "the Red" de Clare, Earl of Clare

Male 1243 - 1295  (52 years)


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  • Name Gilbert de Clare 
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth 2 Sep 1243  Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset), England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    History birth to death 
    • He was the 9th Earl of Clare. He was also the Earl of Hertford and Gloucester. [1]
    • On 14 May 1264, he was knighted. [1]
    Death 7 Dec 1295  Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Siblings 7 Siblings 
    Person ID I2883  | Boudreau Line
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2020 

    Father Sir Richard de Clare, Earl of Clare, Hertford, and Gloucester,   b. 4 Aug 1222   d. 15 Jul 1262, Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England (not found) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Maud de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln   d. by 10 Mar 1288/89 
    Marriage 25 Jan 1237 
    Age at Marriage He : 14 years and 5 months - She : ??. 
    Family ID F2271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alice de Lusignan  [1
    Marriage 1253  [1, 3
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 9 years and 3 months - She : ??. 
    Divorce 1271  [3
    Children 
     1. Isabella de Clare,   b. 10 Mar 1263
     2. Joan de Clare,   b. Abt 1368   d. After 1322
    Family ID F2270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2020 

    Family 2 Joan Plantagenent, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford,   b. 1272, Acre, Holy Land Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)  [1
    Marriage 30 Apr 1290  Westminster Abbey, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Age at Marriage He : 46 years and 7 months - She : ~ 18 years and 4 months. 
    Children 
     1. Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester ,   b. 10 May 1291   d. 24 Jun 1314, Bannockburn, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     2. Eleanor de Clare,   b. Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1337, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +3. Margaret de Clare,   b. Oct 1292   d. 9 Apr 1342 (Age 49 years)
     4. Elizabeth de Clare,   b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1360 (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F2268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Sep 1243 - Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset), England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Apr 1290 - Westminster Abbey, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Eleanor de Clare - Oct 1292 - Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Elizabeth de Clare - 16 Sep 1295 - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Dec 1295 - Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).

    2. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------.

    3. [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html).

    4. [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).

    5. [S64] Langston, Aileen Lewers and J. Orton Buck Jr. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume II, (Cottonport, Louisiana:Order of the Crown of Charlemagne , 1974 ).

    6. [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975).