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Gilbert 1st Earl of Hertford de Clare 1115 – 1152 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Bef 1115

Birth Location: Tonbridge, Tunbridge, Kent, England

Death Date: 1152

Death Location: Clare, Suffolk, England

Father: Richard Clare

Mother: Adeliza DeMeschines

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Gilbert 1st Earl of Hertford de Clare was born in 1115 in Tonbridge, Tunbridge, Kent, England, the child of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza DeMeschines. Gilbert 1st Earl of Hertford de Clare passed away in 1152 in Clare, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Gilbert 1st Earl of Hertford de Clare was born in 1115 in Tonbridge, Tunbridge, Kent, England, the child of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza DeMeschines.
  • Gilbert 1st Earl of Hertford de Clare passed away in 1152 in Clare, Suffolk, England.

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Gilbert Clare's Ancestors

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Gilbert Clare
1115 – 1152
Birth Place: Tonbridge, Tunbridge, Kent, England
Parents
Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare
1090 – 1136
Hertford, Hertfordshire, , England,
Adeliza DeMeschines
1094 – 1128
Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Grandparents
Gilbert (FitzRichard Royal Sargent "The Marshall" of Pembroke, Kent de) Clare
1065 – 1114
Cheddar, Axbridge, Somersetshire, England
Adelisa (Adelheid Beauvais van) Clermont
1065 – 1117
Beauvais, Oise, Picardie, France
Ranulph (II (Earl of Chester) De) Meschines
Lucia Mercia
1074 – 1136
Mercia, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Gloucester,
1024 – 1089
Rohese Giffard
1034 – 1133
Hugo Clermont-En-Beauvais
1030 – 1101
Margaretha Roucy
1045 – 1103
Thorold Lincoln
1020 – 1079
Alvarissa Malet
1045 – 1079
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Count Brionne
1000 – 1040
GUNNORA AUNOU
1005 – 1050
Walter Giffard
1010 – 1084
Ermengarde Flaitel
1014 – 1133
Renaud Clermont
1010 – 1087
Ermengarde Clermont
1010 –
Hildouin Montdidier
1010 – 1063
Alice Roucy
1014 – 1062
Thorold Lincolnshire
– 1062
William Malet
1023 – 1071
Hesilia Crespin
1018 – 1072

Gilbert Clare's Timeline

2 Records

1115
Bef 1115
Birth of Gilbert 1st Earl of Hertford de Clare in Tonbridge, Tunbridge, Kent, England
Tonbridge, Tunbridge, Kent, England
1152
1152
Age 37
Death of Gilbert 1st Earl of Hertford de Clare in Clare, Suffolk, England
Clare, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Bef 1115
    Event Place: Tonbridge, Tunbridge, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1152
    Event Place: Clare, Suffolk, England

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