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Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of Clare 1090–1136 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1090

Birth Location: Clare, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 15 Apr 1136

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

Father: Gilbert baron

Mother: Adeliza Clermont

Spouse(s): Adeliza Condet

Children(s): Roger Cardigan, Rohese Clare, Adeliza Clare, Isabel Clare

In 1090, Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of Clare entered the world in Clare, Suffolk, England, born to Gilbert The Marshal Fitz Richard 2Nd Lord De Clare Lord Of Cardigan A Powerful Anglo Norman Baron And Adeliza De Breteuil De Clermont. Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of Clare married Adeliza Alice De Meschines Countess Of Clare And Hertford Baroness Clare And Condet, and had children including Adeliza De Clare, Isabel De Clare, Roger De Clare 2Nd Earl Of Hertford 5Th Lord Of Clare Tonbridge And Cardigan, Rohese Fitzrichard De Clare. Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of Clare passed away in 1136 in Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England.

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  • In 1090, Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of Clare entered the world in Clare, Suffolk, England, born to Gilbert The Marshal Fitz Richard 2Nd Lord De Clare Lord Of Cardigan A Powerful Anglo Norman Baron And Adeliza De Breteuil De Clermont.
  • Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of Clare married Adeliza Alice De Meschines Countess Of Clare And Hertford Baroness Clare And Condet, and had children including Adeliza De Clare, Isabel De Clare, Roger De Clare 2Nd Earl Of Hertford 5Th Lord Of Clare Tonbridge And Cardigan, Rohese Fitzrichard De Clare.
  • Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of Clare passed away in 1136 in Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England.

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Richard Clare's Ancestors

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Richard Clare
1090–1136
Birth Place: Clare, Suffolk, England
Parents
Gilbert "The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron
1066–1117
Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Adeliza (de Breteuil, de) Clermont
1058–1117
Clermont, Beauvais, France
Grandparents
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
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Norman
1000–1040
Gonnor Countess
1005–1070
Walter 1066
1020–1084
Agnes Longueville
1014–1090
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Geoffrey Brionne
–1010
Lasceline Turqueville
–1034
Osbern Bolebec
–1063
Avelina Crépon
–1050

Richard Clare's Descendants

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Richard (Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of) Clare (1090–15 Apr 1136) m. Adeliza ('Alice' de Meschines, Countess of Clare and Hertford, Baroness Clare and) Condet (1096–Abt. 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
        1. 1. Isabel (de Clare, of Gloucester and Hertford, Lady of Annandale and) Ireby 1226–1264 m. Robert (V "The Competitor" Bruce, 5th Earl of Annadale; justice & Constable of Scotland & England, a regent of) Scotland 1210–1295
        2. 2. Richard (de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of) Gloucester 1222–1262 m. Maud (de Lacy, Countess of) Gloucestershire 1223–1289 m. Margaret ("Megotta" de Burgh, (no) issue) 1227–
        3. 3. William (de) Clare 1228–1258
        4. 4. Armice (de) Clare 1220–1287
        5. 5. Agnes (de) Clare 1218–
      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
        1. 1. John ('Tadody' House of Braose (de Brewes), Lord of Bramber, Anglo-Norman) line 1198–1232 m. Margaret (ferch) Llywelyn 1202–
    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
        1. 1. Maud (Fitzgeoffrey () fitzJohn) 1237–1301 m. William (de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, High Sheriff of) Worcestershire 1237–1298
        2. 2. Aveline (Fitz) John 1246–1274 m. Walter (de Burgh, Earl of) Ulster 1230–1271
        3. 3. Isabel (FitzJohn) (Vipont) 1233–1301
  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
        1. 1. Walter (De) Burgh 1133–1179 m. Alice Burgh 1137–1193

Richard Clare's Timeline

2 Records

1090
1090
Birth of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of Clare in Clare, Suffolk, England
Clare, Suffolk, England
1136
15 Apr 1136
Age 46
Death of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Anglo-Norman, Earl of Brionne & Hertford, 3rd Lord of Clare in ambushed-murdered, Abergavenny Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales
ambushed-murdered, Abergavenny Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1090
    Event Place: Clare, Suffolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Apr 1136
    Event Place: ambushed-murdered, Abergavenny Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 04; Page: 389
    [2] Millennium File
    [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: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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