Gilbert DE CLARE

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• Also Known As: 1138, 1st Earl of Pembroke

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Gilbert, surnamed Strongbow, who was created Earl of Pembroke by King Stephen in the third year of his reign; obtained the dominion of Striguil (now Chepstow) by which name the title of his earldom was sometimes denominated.

Family/Spouse: Isabel DE BEAUMONT. Isabel (daughter of Sir Robert I DE BEAUMONT and Isabel DE VERMANDOIS) was born about 1096 in Leicester, England; died about 1147. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard Strongbow DE CLARE was born about 1130 in Tunbridge, Kent, England; died on 20 Apr 1176 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland; was buried in Holy Trinity (Christ Church Cathedrall), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.
2. Baldwin DE CLARE was born about 1114.
3. Basilia DE CLARE was born about 1116.
4. Agnes DE CLARE was born about 1112.

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• Also Known As: 2nd Earl of Clare, Suffolk, Tunbridge, Kent, and Cardigan, Wales

Gilbert married Adeliza DE CLERMONT. Adeliza (daughter of Count of Mouchy and Creil Hugh DE CLERMONT-EN-BEAUVAISIS and Margaret DE RAMERU) was born before 1072 in Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Adelaide De Clermont-en-Beauvaisis

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• Also Known As: "De Tonbridge" "De Clare"
• Death: Bef Apr 1088

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Richard was the founder of the House of Clare. He acompanied his kinsman, William the Conqueror, into England and participated in the spoils of conquest. He became possessed of 38 lordships in Surrey, 35 in Essex, 3 in Cambridgeshire, 95 in Sufolk, and some in Wiltshire and Devonshire. One was the manor of Westley in Suffolk and another was that of Clare, on the borders and in the count of Suffolk, which subsequently became his chief seat and his descendants were known as the Earls of Clare although never so created. The manor of Westley descended to Gilbert de Clare, his grandson, who was created by King Stephen, in 1138, Earl of Pembroke, and who married Elizabeth, sister of Waleran, Earl of Muellent, and on his death in 1149 this manor passed to his son, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, the celebrated "Strongbow", famous in the conquest of Ireland, who married Eva, daugahter of Dermod McMorrough, of Leinster, one of the kings of that country. This Richard de Clare, "Strongbow", was appointed Justice of Ireland by King Henry II of England and died in 1126, leaving an only daughter and heiress, Isbel de Clare. "His only son, about 17, frightened by the numbers and cries of the Irish in battle, ran away, and when afterwards informed of his father's victory returned to congratulate him. But "Strongbow" unbraided him for his cowardice and caused him to be executed by cutting him through the middle with a sword. Such in former times was the detestation of cowardice and dastardliness."

Richard married Rohese GIFFARD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: "Creil" "Mouchy"
• Fact: Count of Clermont in Beauvaisis

Hugh married Margaret DE RAMERU about 1080. Margaret (daughter of Hilduin III or IV DE RAMERU and Alice DE ROUCY) was born about 1050 in Montdidier, Somme, France; died about 1110. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Marguerite