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Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare

Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare

Male Abt 1180 - 1230  (50 years)

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  • Name Gilbert de Clare 
    • He was also the Earl of Gloucester and Hereford. [1]
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth Abt 1180  Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    History birth to death 
    • He was the 7th Earl of Clare. He was also the Earl of Hertford and Gloucester. [1]
    • In 1215, Richard de Clare was one of the 25 Sureties of the Magna Charta. [1, 4]
    Death 25 Oct 1230  Penros, Brittany, France (not found) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Siblings 4 Siblings 
    Person ID I3554  | Roy Line, Boudreau Line
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2020 

    Father Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford,   b. Abt 1153   d. 30 Oct 1217 to 28 Nov 1217 (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Amicia of Gloucester, Countess of Gloucester   d. 1 Jan 1224/25 
    Marriage Abt 1180 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 27 years - She : ??. 
    Family ID F2941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Isabel Marshal,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke Castle, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wale Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1240, Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire., England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [1
    Marriage 9 Oct 1217  Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 37 years and 10 months - She : 17 years. 
    Children 
     1. Amicia de Clare,   b. 27 May 1220   d. 21 Jan 1284 (Age 63 years)
    +2. 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)
    +3. Isabel de Clare,   b. 8 Nov 1226
     4. Sir William de Clare,   b. 18 May 1228   d. 1258 (Age 29 years)
     5. Father Gilbert de Clare, a priest,   b. 12 Sep 1229
     6. Agnes de Clare
    Family ID F2932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1180 - Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Oct 1217 - Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Arms of Gilbert de Clare
    Arms of Gilbert de Clare

  • 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. [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).

    4. [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).

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