Richard de , Earl Hertford & Gloucester CLARE
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Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, who in the 7th Richard I gave1,000 to the king for livery of the lands of his mother's inheritancewith his proportion of those sometime belonging to Giffard, Earl ofBuckingham. His lordship m. Amicia, 2nd dau. and co-heiress (with hersisters Mabell, wife of the Earl of Evereux, in Normandy, and Isabel, thedivorced wife of King John) of William, Earl of Gloucester, by whom hehad issue, Gilbert, his successor, and Joan, m. to Rhys-Grig, Prince ofSouth Wales. This earl, who was one of the twenty-five barons appointedto enforce Magna Carta, d. in 1218, and was s. by his son, Gilbert deClare, 5th Earl of Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare,Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
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Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, who, after the decease ofGeoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, the 2nd wife of Isabel, thedivorced wife of King John, and in her right Earl of Gloucester, and herown decease, s. p., as also the decease of Almarick D'Evereux, son of theEarl of Evereux by Mabell, the other co-heiress, who likewise succeededto the Earldom of Gloucester, became Earl of Gloucester, in right of hismother, Amicia, the other co-heiress. This nobleman was amongst theprincipal barons who took up arms against King John, and was appointedone of the twenty-five chosen to enforce the observance of Magna Carta.In the ensuing reign, still opposing the arbitrary proceedings of thecrown, he fought on the side of the barons at Lincoln, and was takenprisoner there by William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke; but he soonafterwards made his peace. His lordship m. Isabel (who m. after hisdecease, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, brother of King Henry III), one ofthe daus., and eventually co-heiress of William Mareschal, Earl ofPembroke, by whom he had issue, Richard, his successor; William; Amicia,m. to Baldwin de Redvers, 4th Earl of Devon; Agnes; Isabel, m. to Robertde Brus. The earl d. in 1229 and was s. by his eldest son, Richard deClare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage,London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls ofGloucester]
He married Amice of Gloucester 1182 . Amice of Gloucester was born at Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England 1160 daughter of William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of Gloucester and Hawise de Beaumont .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Maud de Clare
born Abt 1176.
Gilbert de , Earl Gloucester & Hertford Clare
born Abt 1180.
Joan de Clare
born Abt 1180.
Richard de , Earl Hertford & Gloucester Clare died Abt 28 Nov 1217 .
Amice of Gloucester died 1 Jan 1224/25 at England .