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Gilbert "The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron 1066–1117 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1066

Birth Location: Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 1117

Death Location: Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England

Father: Richard England

Mother: Rohais noblewoman

Spouse(s): Adeliza Clermont

Children(s): Richard Clare, Rohesia Clare, Gilbert Clare, Adeliza Bigod, Baldwin Lincoln

The story of Gilbert "The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron began in 1066 in Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England. Gilbert "The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron married Adeliza De Breteuil De Clermont, and had children including Adeliza Fitzgilbert De Clare Bigod, Baldwin Fitzgilbert De Clare 1St Battle Of Lincoln, Gilbert Fitzgilbert De Clare, Richard Fitz Gilbert De Clare Anglo Norman Earl Of Brionne Hertford 3Rd Lord Of Clare, Rohesia De Clare. Gilbert "The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron passed away in 1117 in Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Gilbert "The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron began in 1066 in Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England.
  • Gilbert "The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron married Adeliza De Breteuil De Clermont, and had children including Adeliza Fitzgilbert De Clare Bigod, Baldwin Fitzgilbert De Clare 1St Battle Of Lincoln, Gilbert Fitzgilbert De Clare, Richard Fitz Gilbert De Clare Anglo Norman Earl Of Brionne Hertford 3Rd Lord Of Clare, Rohesia De Clare.
  • Gilbert "The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron passed away in 1117 in Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard England
1035–1091
Birth Location: Saint-Martin-De-Bienfaite-La-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France
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Rohais noblewoman
1034–1113
Birth Location: Longueville, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
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Spouses(s)

Adeliza Clermont
1058–1117
Birth Location: Clermont, Beauvais, France
AC

Children(s)

Richard Clare
1090–1136
Birth Location: Clare, Suffolk, England
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Rohesia Clare
1090–1149
Birth Location: Clare, Suffolk or Pembroke, Wales, England
RC
Gilbert Clare
1100–1147
Birth Location: Tunbridge, Kent, England
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Adeliza Bigod
1080–1166
Birth Location: Clare, Essex, England
AB
Baldwin Lincoln
1095–1154
Birth Location: Clare, Suffolk, England
BL

Gilbert baron's Ancestors

Self
Gilbert baron
1066–1117
Birth Place: Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Parents
Richard FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England
1035–1091
Saint-Martin-De-Bienfaite-La-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France
Rohais (Rohese Giffard de Bolbec, a Norman) noblewoman
1034–1113
Longueville, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
Grandparents
Gilbert ("Crispin" de Clare, Count of Brionne & Eu,) Norman
1000–1040
Brionne, Eure, Duchy of Normandy, France
Gonnor (de Aunuo,) Countess
1005–1070
Aunou, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Walter (I "Old Walter" Giffard, Norman Lord Longueville, a Christian knight who fought Saracens during the Reconquista, with William the Conqueror Hastings) 1066
1020–1084
Longueville, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
Agnes ("Ermentrude" del Fleitel, Countess of Buckingham and) Longueville
1014–1090
Longueville, Seine Inferiere, Normandie, France
Great-Grandparents
Geoffrey Brionne
–1010
Lasceline Turqueville
–1034
Osbern Bolebec
–1063
Avelina Crépon
–1050
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Rouen
Gunnora Normandy
–1033
Turketil Turqueville
–1024
Adeline sur-Risle
–1030
Thorold Pont-Audemer

Gilbert baron's Descendants

1.
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Gilbert ("The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman) baron (1066–1117) m. Adeliza (de Breteuil, de) Clermont (Abt. 1058–Abt. 1117)
  1. 1. Richard (Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of) Clare 1090–1136 m. Adeliza ('Alice' de Meschines, Countess of Clare and Hertford, Baroness Clare and) Condet 1096–1142
    1. 1. Roger (de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford, 5th Lord of Clare, Tonbridge, and) Cardigan 1117–1173 m. Maud (de Saint) Hilaire 1132–1193
      1. 1. Richard (de Clare, 3rd Earl of) Hertford 1153–1218 m. Armice (FitzWilliam, 4th Countess of) Gloucester 1158–1225
        1. 1. Gilbert (de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 1st Earl of) Gloucester 1182–1230 m. Isabell (Marshall (de) Clare) 1200–1240
        2. 2. Mathilde (de) Clare 1185–1213 m. William (IV de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, 11th Lord) Abergavenny 1172–1210 m. Rhys (Gryg ap) Rhys 1165–1234
      2. 2. Avelina (( Eveline) de) Clare –1225 m. Geoffrey (Fitz Peter (fitzPiers), 1st Earl of Essex, Chief Justiciar of England, Sheriff of) Northamptonshire 1162–1213
        1. 1. Sir (John Fitzgeoffrey (fitzJohn), Lord of Shere, Justiciar of Ireland,) knight 1205–1258 m. Isabel Bigod 1212–1250
    2. 2. Rohese (Fitzrichard de) Clare 1120– m. Gilbert (de Gant (Gaunt), Earl of) Lincoln 1126–1156
      1. 1. Alice (de) Gaunt –1185
    3. 3. Adeliza (de) Clare 1115–1163
    4. 4. Isabel (de) Clare 1084–1121 m. William (de Mortaigne) FitzRichard 1060–1140
      1. 1. Aldhelm (de) Mortaigne 1085–1157 m. Agnes (de) Burgh 1087–1108
        1. 1. William (de Burgh) fitzAldelm 1108–1198 m. Juliana Daisnel 1112–1133
  2. 2. Rohesia (de) Clare 1090–1149 m. Baderon FitzWillaim 1100–1176
    1. 1. Rohese (Rose fitz William de) Monmouth 1145–1180 m. Hugh (de Lacy, 1st Lord Meath & 5th Baron Lacy, an Anglo-Norman landowner, participated in the Norman Invasion of) Ireland 1135–1186
      1. 1. Walter (de Lacy, Lord of) Meath 1172–1241 m. Margaret (de Braose, Lady) Meath 1177–1255
        1. 1. Egidia (de Lacy, Lady of) Connacht 1202–1228 m. Richard (Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught, Lord Connaught, Justiciar of) Ireland 1202–1243
        2. 2. Petronilla (or Pernel de) Lacy 1195–1288 m. Ralph (IV Ranulf de Toeni,) Crusades 1190–1239
        3. 3. Gilbert (de) Lacy 1206–1230 m. Isabel Bigod 1212–1250
      2. 2. Hugh (de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster, 1st) husband –1242 m. Emmeline (de) Riddlesford 1220–1275
    2. 2. Gilbert (Walerand fitzBaderon de) Monmouth –1189 m. Cecilia Walerand 1165–
      1. 1. John (de Monmouth, lord of Monmouth, an Anglo-Norman feudal lord of Breton) ancestry 1182–1257 m. Maud (de) Huntingdon 1186–1228
        1. 1. Joan (Margaret de Monmouth) (Neville) 1201–1247 m. Geoffrey (De) Neville, 1190–1242
        2. 2. John (de Monmouth, a feudal lord in the Welsh) Marches –1257
  3. 3. Gilbert (Fitzgilbert de) Clare 1100–1147 m. Elisabeth (Isabel de Beaumont Le) Roger 1104–1172
    1. 1. Richard ('Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of) Ireland 1130–1176 m. Aoife (Eva McMurrough, Princess on) Leinster 1140–1177
      1. 1. Isabel (de Clare ( Fitzgilbert), Countess de) Strigoil 1172–1220 m. Sir (William “The Flower of Chivalry” Marshall, Anglo-Norman, 1st Earl of Pembroke, helped negotiate the Magna Carta, ruled England as Regent, Knight) Templar 1146–1219
        1. 1. Isabell (Marshall (de) Clare) 1200–1240 m. Gilbert (de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 1st Earl of) Gloucester 1182–1230 m. Richard (Plantagenet 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans) HRE 1209–1272
        2. 2. Sibyl Marshal 1201–1245 m. William (de Ferrers, 5th Earl of) Derby 1193–1254
        3. 3. Matilda d'Aubigney 1160–1216 m. William (de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey, High Sheriff of) Surrey 1166–1240 m. Hugh ("Magna Carta Surety Baron" Bigod, Earl of) Norfolk 1182–1225
        4. 4. Walter (Marshall, 5th Earl of Pembroke, Lord of) Leinster 1196–1245 m. Margaret (De Quincy, Countess of) Lincoln 1208–1266
        5. 5. Eva (Marshal de Clare, Cambro-Norman) noblewoman 1203–1246 m. William (de) Braose 1200–1230
      2. 2. Basilia (de) Clare 1158–1203
  4. 4. Adeliza (FitzGilbert de Clare) Bigod 1080–1166 m. Aubrey (de Vere II, "Albericus regis camerarius" (the king's chamberlain), justiciar under kings Henry I and) Stephen 1085–1141
    1. 1. Alberic (( Aubrey) de Vere, 1st Earl of) Oxford 1115–1194 m. Agnes (Lucia of) Essex 1140–1200
      1. 1. Robert (De Vere, Magna Carta signer for surety; 3rd Earl of) Oxford 1164–1221 m. Isabel (de) Bolebec 1165–1245
        1. 1. Hugh (De Vere, 4th Earl of) Oxford 1184–1263 m. Hawise (de Quincy Countess of) Oxford 1178–1263
    2. 2. Rohese (de Vere, Countess of) Essex 1118–1166 m. Payn (De) Beauchamp 1120–1157 m. Geoffrey (de Mandeville, Earl of) Essex 1092–1144
      1. 1. Simon (de Beauchamp, Baron of) Bedford 1145–1207
      2. 2. Maud (de) Mandeville 1138–1176 m. Piers (de) Lutegareshale –1198 m. Hugh (de Bocland de) Buckland 1135–1175
        1. 1. Geoffrey (Fitz Peter (fitzPiers), 1st Earl of Essex, Chief Justiciar of England, Sheriff of) Northamptonshire 1162–1213 m. Avelina (( Eveline) de) Clare –1225 m. Beatrix (de) Say 1160–1197
        2. 2. Hawise (de Bocland de) Buckland 1157–1233 m. William (de Lanvaley) Lanvallei 1168–1209
      3. 3. Alice (de Lacy (De) Mandeville) 1141–
    3. 3. William (de Vere, Bishop of) Hereford –1198
    4. 4. Juliana (de) Vere 1108–1199 m. Hugh Bigod 1095–1175
      1. 1. Roger (III "Magna Carta Baron" Bigod,) Knight 1144–1221 m. Ida (de Tosny, Countess of Norfolk, a royal ward & mistress of King) Henry 1156–1226
        1. 1. Hugh ("Magna Carta Surety Baron" Bigod, Earl of) Norfolk 1182–1225 m. Matilda d'Aubigney 1160–1216
  5. 5. Baldwin (FitzGilbert de Clare, 1st Battle of) Lincoln 1095–1154 m. Adeline (de Rollos,) Norman 1100–
    1. 1. Roger (Fitz Baldwin de) Clare 1116–1173 m. Maud (de St) Hilaire 1132–1193
      1. 1. Eleanor (De) Clare 1137–1184 m. Richard (House of) Grey 1148–1175
        1. 1. Sir (Henry de Grey,) knight 1161–1219 m. Iseulde (de Bardolf, Heiress of Codnor) Castle 1174–1246

Gilbert baron's Timeline

2 Records

1066
1066
Birth of Gilbert "The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron in Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
1117
1117
Age 51
Death of Gilbert "The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron in Tonbridge, Kent, England or Cardigan, Wales
Tonbridge, Kent, England or Cardigan, Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1066
    Event Place: Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1117
    Event Place: Tonbridge, Kent, England or Cardigan, Wales
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 07; Page: 198
    [2] Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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