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Lord Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford 1274–1314 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Apr 1274

Birth Location: Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England

Death Date: 24 Jun 1314

Death Location: Shap Abbey, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England

Father: Sir Clifford

Mother: Isabel Vieuxpont

Spouse(s): Maud Welles

Children(s): Robert Westmoreland, Idoine Clifford

In 1274, Lord Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford entered the world in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England, born to Sir Roger Lll The Younger De Clifford 1St Baron Clifford And Isabel De Vipont Vieuxpont. Lord Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford married Maud De Clare Baroness De Welles, and had children including Idoine Van Clifford, Robert Ii De Clifford 4Th Baron Of Westmoreland. Lord Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford passed away in 1314 in Shap Abbey, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England.

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Biography

  • In 1274, Lord Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford entered the world in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England, born to Sir Roger Lll The Younger De Clifford 1St Baron Clifford And Isabel De Vipont Vieuxpont.
  • Lord Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford married Maud De Clare Baroness De Welles, and had children including Idoine Van Clifford, Robert Ii De Clifford 4Th Baron Of Westmoreland.
  • Lord Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford passed away in 1314 in Shap Abbey, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Clifford
1243–1282
Birth Location: Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
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Isabel Vieuxpont
1254–1292
Birth Location: Oxfordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Maud Welles
1276–1327
Birth Location: Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, England
MW

Children(s)

Robert Westmoreland
1305–1344
Birth Location: Clifford Castle, Hereford, England
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Idoine Clifford
1300–1365
Birth Location: Clifford, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
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Lord Clifford's Ancestors

Self
Lord Clifford
1274–1314
Birth Place: Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
Parents
Sir Roger lll "The Younger" de Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford
1243–1282
Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
Isabel (de Vipont) Vieuxpont
1254–1292
Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Roger de Clifford, Lord of Kingsbury and) Warwickshire
1221–1285
Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
Hawise Botterell
1215–1260
Tenbury, Worcestershire
Great-Grandparents
Roger Clifford
1168–1232
Sybilde Ewyas
1175–1236
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Clifford
1160–1221
Agnes Cavenby
1145–1220

Lord Clifford's Descendants

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Lord (Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de) Clifford (1 Apr 1274–24 Jun 1314) m. Maud (de Clare, Baroness de) Welles (1276–1 Feb 1327)
  1. 1. Robert (II de Clifford, 4th Baron of) Westmoreland 1305–1344 m. Isabel Berkeley, 1305–1362
    1. 1. Roger (de Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford, 5th Baron of Westmoreland, fought in Flanders and against Spanish fleet) 1350 1333–1389 m. Maud ((Matilda?) de Beauchamp,) Baroness 1335–1402
      1. 1. Philippa (de Clifford) (Ferrers) 1374–1405 m. Sir (William de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of) Groby 1373–1445
        1. 1. Thomas (de Ferrers, 6th Baron Ferrers of) Groby 1394–1459 m. Lady (Elizabeth de Freville, Baroness Ferrers of) Groby 1398–1468
        2. 2. Edmond Ferrers 1415–
        3. 3. John Ferrers 1413–1442
        4. 4. Margaret (Ferrers, Lady of) Powick 1406–1452 m. Sir (John Beauchamp, Knight of the Garter, Baron of) Powick 1410–1475
        5. 5. Anne (de) Ferrers 1408–1469
        6. 6. Elizabeth DeFerrers 1393–1434
        7. 7. Henry (III Ferrers, Lord) Ferrers 1390–1463 m. Elizabeth (Catherine de) Mowbray 1399–1423 m. Isabel (de) Mowbray 1396–1452
        8. 8. Lady (Alice de) Ferrers 1390–1483
      2. 2. Catherine (Clifford, Baroness) Greystoke 1357–1413 m. Lord (Ralph Greystoke, 3rd Baron) Greystoke 1353–1418
        1. 1. Maud ((Matilda) de) Greystoke 1390–1416 m. Eudo (de Welles, Lord of) Gainsby 1387–1421
        2. 2. John (de Greystoke, 4th Baron Greystoke, constable of Roxburgh) Castle 1389–1436 m. Elizabeth (de Ferrers, Lady) Wembley 1393–1434
        3. 3. Thomas (De) Greystoke 1385–1386
        4. 4. Joan Greystoke –1415 m. William Bowes –1465
      3. 3. William Clifford 1375–1417
      4. 4. Thomas (de Clifford, 6th Baron) Clifford 1363–1391
        1. 1. John (de Clifford 7th Baron of Clifford, High Sheriff of) Westmorland 1389–1422 m. Lady (Elizabeth Percy, Countess of) Westmorland 1390–1436
  2. 2. Idoine (van) Clifford 1300–1365 m. Henry (Percy, 2nd Baron) Percy 1301–1352
    1. 1. Henry (de) Percy 1320–1368 m. Mary (Plantagenet of) Lancaster 1320–1362
      1. 1. Henry (de Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 'Percy) Rebellion' 1341–1408 m. Margaret (de) Neville 1329–1372 m. Maud (Lucy de) Umfraville 1350–1398
        1. 1. Isolda (Percy, Lady of) Northumberland 1359–1435 m. Sir (Madocus II Kynaston (Madog ap) Jenkin) 1350–1403
        2. 2. Henry ("le fitz, Hotspur" Percy, K.G., Justice of Chester, North Wales, &) Flintshire 1364–1403 m. Elizabeth (Mortimer de) Camoys 1371–1417
        3. 3. Isolda Percy 1362–1435
        4. 4. Sir (Thomas) Percy 1362–1388 m. Elizabeth (Scrope) Strathbogie 1362–1416
        5. 5. Ralph (de) Percy 1368–1397
        6. 6. Margaret (de Percy of) Northumberland 1368– m. Sir (Alan) Fenwick 1359–1406
        7. 7. Alan Percy 1372–1407
      2. 2. Thomas (de) Percy 1343–1403
    2. 2. Maud (de Percy, Baroness) Neville 1335–1379 m. John (de Neville, 3rd Baron de Raby, Admiral of the King's) Fleet 1328–1388
      1. 1. Sir (Ralph de NEVILLE, K.G., 4th Lord Neville of Raby, 1st Earl of) Westmoreland 1363–1425 m. Joan (Plantagenet de Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland, Lancaster House, Order of the) Garter 1375–1440 m. Margaret (de) Stafford 1382–1396
        1. 1. Eleanor (Neville, Duchess of Norfolk, Countess of) Northumberland 1397–1472 m. Henry Percy 1394–1455 m. Richard (le Despenser 4th Baron) Burghersh 1396–1414 m. Lord (John) Locke 1400–1492
        2. 2. Margaret (de Neville married as 1) la Scrope 2) Cressoner-Lady-Baroness of Bolton; Abbess of) Barkin 1396–1463 m. Richard (le Scrope, 3rd Lord Scrope of Bolton, 100 Years War: Battle of Agincourt) 1415 1394–1420
        3. 3. Edward (George Neville, 3rd Baron of) Bergavenny 1412–1476 m. Lady (Elizabeth de Beauchamp, Baroness) Abergavenny 1415–1448 m. Catherine (Howard De Neville, Baroness of) Abergavenny 1414–1478
        4. 4. Cecily ("Proud Cis" de Neville, Duchess of York &) Cornwall, 1415–1495 m. Sir (Richard II Plantagenet, K.G., 3rd Duke of York, Prince of Wales, Lord Protector during the madness of King Henry VI, War of the Roses-House of) York 1411–1460
        5. 5. Anne (Neville, Duchess of) Buckingham 1414–1480 m. Sir (Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy, Lord High) Treasurer 1420–1474 m. 1402–1460
        6. 6. Sir (Richard de Neville (Yorkist), K.G., 5th Earl of Salisbur, War of the) Roses 1400–1460 m. Alice (Montagu ( Montacute), 5th Countess of) Salisbury 1400–1462
        7. 7. John (De Neville, accompanied the King to France in 1417 and was present at the sieges of Caen and) Rouen 1387–1420 m. Elizabeth Holland 1388–1424
        8. 8. Elizabeth (de Ferrers, Lady) Wembley 1393–1434 m. John (de Greystoke, 4th Baron Greystoke, constable of Roxburgh) Castle 1389–1436
        9. 9. Philippa (de Neville, Baroness of Dacre and) Gilsland 1386–1458 m. Thomas (de Dacre, 6th) Baron 1387–1458
        10. 10. Sir (Ralph Neville) replace 1392–1458 m. Lady (Elizabeth Percy, Countess of) Westmorland 1390–1436 m. Mary (de) Ferrers 1394–1457
        11. 11. Katherine (de Neville, Duchess of Norfolk, Countess) Beaumont 1400–1478 m. John (de Mowbray, KG, 2nd Duke of Norfolk & Nottingham, 9th Baron Segrave, 8th Baron) Mowbray 1392–1432 m. John (Wydeville) Woodville 1445–1469 m. John (Beaumont, 1st Viscount and 6th Lord Beaumont, Count of Boulogne, Constable and Grand Chamberlain of) England 1409–1460 m. Thomas (Strangeways (ancestors of US President Herbert Hoover vis his mother Hulda Hoover via Col. Dudley) Bradstreet) 1395–1441
        12. 12. William (de Neville, 1st and last Earl of Kent; War of the Roses: Battles of Albans, Northampton,) Towton 1400–1463 m. Joan Fauconberg 1406–1490
      2. 2. Thomas (de Neville, Baron) Furnival 1362–1406 m. Ankaret (le Strange, 7th Baroness Strange of) Blackmere 1361–1413
    3. 3. Margaret (de) Ferrers 1330–1375
    4. 4. Thomas (de Percy, Bishop of) Norwich 1332–1369
    5. 5. Eleanor (de) Percy 1322–1368 m. John Fitzwalter 1317–1361
      1. 1. Alice FitzWalter 1343–1401 m. Aubrey (de Vere, 10th Earl of) Oxford 1338–1400
        1. 1. Richard (de Vere, KG, 11th Earl of Oxford, commander at Battle of) Agincourt 1385–1417 m. Alice (Sergeaux, Countess of) Oxford 1384–1452
        2. 2. Sir (Robert de Vere) Warre 1385–1435

Lord Clifford's Timeline

2 Records

1274
1 Apr 1274
Birth of Lord Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
1314
24 Jun 1314
Age 40
Death of Lord Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford in killed in Battle of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland
killed in Battle of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Apr 1274
    Event Place: Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 04; Page: 526
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Jun 1314
    Event Place: killed in Battle of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 04; Page: 526
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shap Abbey, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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