Sir Gilbert DE CLARE, Knt.

1243 - 1295  (52 years)

• Name	Gilbert DE CLARE  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Gilbert De Clare 'the red', Knt., Baron of Clare, Suffolk, 9th Earl of Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford, son and heir of Richard de Clare and Maude de Lacy. He was born at Christ Church, co Hants on 2 Sep 1243. He was married first to Alice De Lusignan, daughter of Hughes XI de Lusignam and Yolande de Bretagne. They had two daughters, and were divorced, his wife Alice said to have become hypochondriacal in 1271. At the death of King Henry III on 16 Noc 1272, the Earl took the lead in swearing fealty to Edward I, who was then in Sicily returning from the Crusade. He was Joint Guardian of England during the King's absence. Proposals for his marriage to the King's daughter were made as early as may 1283. Their daughter Margaret is probably the daughter born at Caerphilly Castle in October 1292, her mother having been purified there on 23 November following the birth of a daughter. [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	Knt.
  Birth	02 Sep 1243	Christ Church, Hampshire, England   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	6th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, Earl of Clare   [3, 4]
  Death	07 Dec 1295	Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, England   [3]
  Burial	22 Dec 1295	Abbey Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England   [3]
  Notes	Gilbert was also known as the 7th Earl of Hertford, and the 3rd Earl of Gloucester, commonly called the Red, married Alice, daughter of Guy, Earl of Angoulesme, the King's half-brother, from whom he was divorced. In the battle of Lewes was one of the commanders against King Henry III, the King being taken prisoner; afterwards returned to the Royal party and was one of the chief generals on that side at the battle of Evesham where the barons were vanquished and their leader, Montfort, Earl of Leicester, was slain.
  Person ID	I16189	Main Tree
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Sir Richard DE CLARE,   b. 04 Aug 1222, Gloucestershire, England d. 15 Jul 1262, Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Maud DE LACY,   b. Abt 1223, Lincoln, England d. Between 10 Mar 1288 and 1289 (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	25 Jan 1237/8  [4]
  Family ID	F04449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alice DE LUSIGNAN   d. May 1290
  Marriage	1253  [1, 3, 4]
  Divorce	18 Jul 1271  [3]
  Family ID	F03931	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Joan (of Acre) Of ENGLAND,   b. 1272, Acre, Palestine d. 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Sufolk, England (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	Abt 30 Apr 1290	Westminster Abbey   [3]
  Children	1. Gilbert DE CLARE,   b. Between 10 and 11 May 1291, Winchcombe near Tewkesbury d. 24 Jun 1314, killed in Battle of Bannockburn (Age 130 years)  [Natural]   2. Alianor DE CLARE,   b. Between Oct and Nov 1292, Caephilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 30 Jun 1337, Tewkesbury, Gloucesteshire, England  [Birth]   3. Margaret DE CLARE,   b. Abt 1292   d. 09 Apr 1342 (Age 50 years)  [Birth]   4. Elizabeth DE CLARE,   b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury Abbey d. 04 Nov 1360 (Age 65 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F03371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 02 Sep 1243 - Christ Church, Hampshire, England Burial - 22 Dec 1295 - Abbey Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S02325] Fenwick Allied Ancestry, pg 116. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.