Sir Richard DE CLARE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 6th Earl of Hertford
• Fact: 8th Earl of Clare
• Fact 1: 7th Earl of Gloucester

Notes:

It was believed that Richard died from poison. He was buried in Canterbury "before the altar of St. Edward; his body buried (1) Tonbridge, (2) July 28 1262 Tewkesbury "at this father's right hand", Earl of Gloucester. He was the sixth Earl of Hertford and second Earl of Gloucester, at his father's death was in his minority and his wardship was granted to Hebert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, whose daughter Margaret he afterwards married and whereat Henry III was displeased; they were divorced and he then married Maud, daughter of John Earl of Lincoln. He was his brother William wre poisoned by Waltr de Scotenay, the latter dying but the Earl recovered; it is assumed, however, that he at last died of poison given him at the table of Peter de Savoy, the Queen's uncle.

Family/Spouse: Margaret DE BURGH. Margaret (daughter of Hubert DE BURGH and Margaret Of SCOTLAND) died in Nov 1237. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Maud DE LACY on 25 Jan 1237/8. Maud (daughter of John DE LACY and Margaret DE QUINCY) was born about 1223 in Lincoln, England; died between 10 Mar 1288 and 1289. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabel DE CLARE was born in May 1240 in Tonbridge, England; died in 1271.
2. Sir Gilbert DE CLARE, Knt. was born on 02 Sep 1243 in Christ Church, Hampshire, England; died on 07 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, England; was buried on 22 Dec 1295 in Abbey Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England.
3. Thomas DE CLARE was born about 1248 in Tonbridge, England; died in 1287/8 in Ireland.
4. Robert DE CLARE was born about 1249 in Tonbridge, England; died before Jul 1262.
5. Margaret DE CLARE was born in 1249 in Tonbridge, England; died between 16 Sep 1312 and 1313; was buried in Chertsey Abbey.
6. Roese DE CLARE was born in Tonbridge, England; died after 1316.
7. Bevis DE CLARE was born on 21 Jul 1248 in Tonbridge, England; died in Oct 1294.
8. Maud DE CLARE was born about 1252.
9. Eglentine DE CLARE was born in 1257.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Earl Of Gloucester
• Fact: Earl of Gloucester and Hertford
• Fact: 1215, Member of the "Magna Charta"

Notes:

Gilbert, fifth Earl of Hertford, was first Earl of Gloucester and of Hertford jointly; opposed King John and was, like his father, one of the sureties to secure performance by that King of the Magna Charta; married Isabel, daughter and co-heir of William Mareshal, Earl of Pembroke.

Gilbert married Isabel MARSHALL on 09 Oct 1217. Isabel (daughter of Sir William MARSHALL and Isabel DE CLARE) was born on 09 Oct 1200 in Pembroke Castle; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamstead, England; was buried in Beaulieu, Southampton, england. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 1240

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 6th Earl of Clare, Hertford, and Gloucester
• Name: Richard De Clare The Surety
• Fact: 1215, Magna Charta Surety

Notes:

Richard was in the Magna Charta Surety. Was one of the 25 sureties to secure performance of the Magna Charta by King John.

Richard married Amice Countess of GLOUCESTER. Amice (daughter of William FITZ ROBERT and Hawise DE BEAUMONT) was born in 1160 in Tewkesbury, England; died between 01 Jan 1224 and 1225. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Amice Meullent

Notes:

Daughter of William, Earl of Gloucester and sole heir to all that earldom.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: William the Marshall the Regent
• Fact: 3rd Earl Of Pembroke
• Birth: 1146
• Fact 1: 1216-1219, Regent of the Kingdom

Notes:

William, who maried Isabel, daughter of Richard, Earl of Pembroke, and by her obtained the honor of her title and thus became Earl of Pembroke; on the death of his brother John became Lord Marshal and on the day of the coronation of King John was invested with the sword of the Earldom of Striguil (or Pembroke), being then confirmed in the possession of said inheritance; was prominent temp. Richard I, John and Henry III, was buried in the Temple Church.

William married Isabel DE CLARE in Aug 1189 in London, Middlesex, England. Isabel (daughter of Richard Strongbow DE CLARE and Eva Of LEINSTER) was born about 1173 in Pembroke, Wales; died in 1220; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Chapel Hill, Monmouthshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Heiress of Pembroke, Leinster, Bienfaite and Orbec

Notes:

After her father's death, Isabel was a ward of the King and afterwards married William who, by his marriage, became Earl of Pembroke.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: the Good
• Fact: Earl of Hertford

Notes:

Roger succeeded his brother Gilbert as third Earl of Hertford.

Roger married Maud ST. HILARY. Maud (daughter of James DE SAINT HILARY and Aveline) was born in England; died in 1173 in Norfolk, England; was buried in Priory, Wymondham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: 2nd Lord of Gloucester
• Fact: Lord of the manor of Glamorgan and of Cardiff Castle

Notes:

William, son and heir, Earl of Glouceste, certified to holding a great many knights fees, married Hawyse, daughter of Robert, surnamed Bossu, Earl of Leicester.

William married Hawise DE BEAUMONT in 1150. Hawise (daughter of Sir Robert DE BEAUMONT and Amice DE MONTFORT) was born about 1129 in Leicester, England; died on 24 Apr 1197. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: "De Beaumont"

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• Also Known As: "The Marshall"

John married Sibilla DE SALISBURY about 1143 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Sibilla (daughter of Walter Count Of SALISBURY and Sibyl DE CHAWORTH) was born in Pembroke, Wales; died in 03 Jun. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Sibyl

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Lord of Leicester, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
• Fact: Justiciar of Ireland

Notes:

Richard, son and heir, Earl of Pembroke, who married Eve, daughter of Dermor McMurrough one of the Kings of Ireland, whereby he acquired a large patrimony in that kingdom; constituted Justice of Ireland.

Richard married Eva Of LEINSTER on 26 Aug 1171 in Waterford, Ireland. Eva (daughter of Dairmait MACMURCHADA and More O'TOOLE) was born about 1141 in Ireland; died after 1186. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: "Aoife"