Gilbert Fitz Richard de , Earl Hertford CLARE

Birth:

Bef 1066

Clare, Suffolk, England

Death:

Bef 1117

of Tonbridge, Kent, England & Cardigan, Wales

Burial:

Lord of Tunbridge, founded Priory of Clare, Lord of Cardigan

Father:

Richard FitzGilbert 1st Earl de CLARE

Mother:

Rohese GIFFARD

Sources:

The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by WalterLee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 153-1, 154-1
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 66-25
GEDCOM File : ~AT1255.ged

Notes:

                   Gilbert de Tonebruge, who resided at Tonebruge and inherited all hisfather's lands in England, joined in the rebellion of Robert de Mowbray,Earl of Northumberland, but observing the king (William Rufus) upon thepoint of falling into an ambuscade, he relented, sought pardon, and savedhis royal master. We find him subsequently, however, again in rebellionin the same reign and fortifying and losing his castle at Tunbridge. Hem. in 1113, Adeliza, dau. of the Earl of Cleremont, and had issue,Richard, his successor, Gilbert, Walter, Hervey, and Baldwin. Gilbert deTonebruge, who was a munificent benefactor to the church, was s. by hiseldest son, Richard de Clare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare,Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]


Gilbert m. Adeliza, dau, of the Earl of Claremont, and was father ofRichard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and Gilbert de Clare, created Earl ofPembroke. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 230, Giffard,Earls of Buckingham]

Adeliza de CLAREMONT

Birth:

Abt 1072

Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, France

Father:

Hugh de Creil Count of CLERMONT

Mother:

Margaret de ROUCY

Sources:

Notes:

                   There seems to be a serious error in line 246b-24 of Ancestral Roots,which has this Adeliza marrying Robert de Condet d. 1141, after hermarriage to Gilbert Fitz Richard.  This does not agree with any otherlines, which have Robert de Condet's wife as Adeliza dau. of Ranulph leMeschin, Earl of Chester.  The error in generation 24 is shown in thenext generation of this line (246b-25) which has Adeliza dau. of Ranulphmarrying first Richard Fitz Gilbert and then Robert de Condet.  I believethis (generation 25) is correct.

Children

Marriage

Baldwin FitzGilbert de , Lord of Bourne CLARE

Birth:

1088

Clare, Suffolk, England

Death:

1154

Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Marr:

Notes:

                   Lord of Deeping & Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire.

Hawise de CLARE

Birth:

Abt 1089

Clare, Suffolk, England

Death:

Marr:

Richard FitzGilbert de , Earl of Hertford CLARE

Birth:

1090

Hertford, Hertfordshire & Clare, Suffolk, England

Death:

15 Apr 1136

Slain by Welsh near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales

Adeliza Alice de MESCHINES

Marr:

Abt 1115

Notes:

                   Richard de Clare first bore the title of Earl of Hertford and, being oneof those who, by power of the sword, entered Wales, there planted himselfand became lord of vast territories as also of divers castles in thoseparts, but requiring other matters of moment from the king, in which hewas unsuccessful, he reared the standard of revolt and soon after fell inan engagement with the Welsh. His lordship in 1124 removed the monks outof his castle at Clare into the church of St. Augustine at Stoke, andbestowed upon them a little wood, called Stoke-Ho, with a doe every yearout of his part at Hunedene. He m. Alice, sister of Ranulph, 2nd Earl ofChester, and had issue, Gilbert, his successor, with two other sons, anda dau. Alice who m. Cadwalader-ap-Griffith, Prince of North Wales. Hislordship d. 1139 and was s. by his eldest son, Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earlof Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford,Earls of Gloucester]

Agnes de CLARE

Birth:

Abt 1091

Clare, Suffolk, England

Death:

Marr:

Alice de CLARE

Birth:

Abt 1093

Clare, Suffolk, England

Death:

Abt 1163

Aubrey II de , Sheriff of London VERE

Marr:

Abt 1108

Suffolk, England

Notes:

                   Alice, daughter of Gilbert FitzRichard, Lord of Clare and Tunbridge, andsister of Gilbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke.  [Burke's Peerage]

Margaret de CLARE

Birth:

1097

Clare, Suffolk, England

Death:

Aft 1185

Marr:

Gilbert de , 1st Earl of Pembroke CLARE

Birth:

21 Sep 1100

Tunbridge, Kent, England

Death:

6 Jan 1147/48

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Isabel Elizabeth de BEAUMONT

Marr:

Bef 1130

Tunbridge, Kent, England

Notes:

                   Earldom of Pembroke: Those who were created Earls of Pembroke before therise of the Herberts from the 15th century on were predominantly closerelatives of the reigning mocharch.  This was not so in the first andhistorically most important case, however, Gilbert Fitz Gilbert or deClare was made Earl of Pembroke in 1138 by King Stephen, his elderbrother Richard Fitz Gilbert or de Clare being father of theAlice/Adelaide who married William de Percy.  In the period of unrest andindecisive civil war known as the Anarchy, when followers of Stephen,Henry I's nephew, struggled with the Empress Maud, Henry I's daughter,Gilbert Earl of Pembroke sided with each one.  He already held Chepstow,on the Welsh-English borders.  In 1144 he pushed far into South Wales andestablished himself at Carmarthen.  [Burke's Peerage]

Rohesia de CLARE

Birth:

Abt 1110

Clare, Suffolk, England

Death:

1149

England

Marr:

FCID:6415:649

Gilbert Fitz Richard de , Earl Hertford Clare - Adeliza de Claremont

Gilbert Fitz Richard de , Earl Hertford Clare was born at Clare, Suffolk, England Bef 1066. His parents were Richard FitzGilbert 1st Earl de Clare and Rohese Giffard.

He married Adeliza de Claremont . Adeliza de Claremont was born at Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, France Abt 1072 daughter of Hugh de Creil Count of Clermont and Margaret de Roucy .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Baldwin FitzGilbert de , Lord of Bourne Clare born 1088.
Hawise de Clare born Abt 1089.
Richard FitzGilbert de , Earl of Hertford Clare born 1090.
Agnes de Clare born Abt 1091.
Alice de Clare born Abt 1093.
Margaret de Clare born 1097.
Gilbert de , 1st Earl of Pembroke Clare born 21 Sep 1100.
Rohesia de Clare born Abt 1110.

Gilbert Fitz Richard de , Earl Hertford Clare died Bef 1117 at of Tonbridge, Kent, England & Cardigan, Wales .