YourRoots by Genomelink
banner

Sign up to explore more

Create a free account to navigate family trees, view ancestors, and discover connections.

Richard FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England 1035–1091 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1035

Birth Location: Saint-Martin-De-Bienfaite-La-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France

Death Date: 15 Mar 1091

Death Location: St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: Gilbert Norman

Mother: Gonnor Countess

Spouse(s): Rohais noblewoman

Children(s): Gilbert baron, Joanne Clare, Avice Clare, Robert England

The story of Richard FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England began in 1035 in Saint-Martin-De-Bienfaite-La-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France. Richard FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England married Rohais Rohese Giffard De Bolbec A Norman Noblewoman, and had children including Avice Fitz Richard De Clare, Gilbert The Marshal Fitz Richard 2Nd Lord De Clare Lord Of Cardigan A Powerful Anglo Norman Baron, Joanne De Clare, Robert Fitz Richard De Clare Baron Of Baynard Was A Norman Landowner In England. Richard FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England passed away in 1091 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Find more search results for Richard England
RE

Reliability Score

This score reflects the reliability of the source family tree. A high rating indicates a trustworthy source with strong data consistency.

Reliability Score:
A
Criteria:
  • A 3 criteria (Strong)
  • B 2 criteria (Medium)
  • C 1 criteria (Basic)
  • N/A 0 criteria (Insufficient)

This tree's reliability score:

  • Record available
  • Descendant's record available
  • Star tree owner

Biography

  • The story of Richard FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England began in 1035 in Saint-Martin-De-Bienfaite-La-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France.
  • Richard FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England married Rohais Rohese Giffard De Bolbec A Norman Noblewoman, and had children including Avice Fitz Richard De Clare, Gilbert The Marshal Fitz Richard 2Nd Lord De Clare Lord Of Cardigan A Powerful Anglo Norman Baron, Joanne De Clare, Robert Fitz Richard De Clare Baron Of Baynard Was A Norman Landowner In England.
  • Richard FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England passed away in 1091 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert Norman
1000–1040
Birth Location: Brionne, Eure, Duchy of Normandy, France
GN
Gonnor Countess
1005–1070
Birth Location: Aunou, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
GC

Spouses(s)

Rohais noblewoman
1034–1113
Birth Location: Longueville, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
Rn

Children(s)

Gilbert baron
1066–1117
Birth Location: Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Gb
Joanne Clare
1070–
Birth Location: –
JC
Avice Clare
1058–1088
Birth Location: Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
AC
Robert England
1064–1136
Birth Location: Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
RE

Richard England's Ancestors

Self
Richard England
1035–1091
Birth Place: Saint-Martin-De-Bienfaite-La-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France
Parents
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
Grandparents
Geoffrey (of) Brionne
–1010
Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Lasceline (de) Turqueville
–1034
Normandie, France
Great-Grandparents
Richard Rouen
Gunnora Normandy
–1033
Turketil Turqueville
–1024
Adeline sur-Risle
–1030
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Norse
Sprote I
–1005
Harald 960
Gyrithe Denmark
Thurston Seigneur
–1023
Juliane Murdac

Richard England's Descendants

1.
RE
Richard (FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of) England (Abt. 1035–15 Mar 1091) m. Rohais (Rohese Giffard de Bolbec, a Norman) noblewoman (1034–1113)
  1. 1. 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 1058–1117
    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
        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
      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
    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
        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
    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
        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
      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
        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
    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
  2. 2. Joanne (De) Clare 1070– m. William (Huse of) Charlecombe 1075–1090
    1. 1. Godfrie (Huse of) Charlcombe 1105–1155
      1. 1. Henry (Huse of) Charlecombe 1135–1165 m. Margaret Mead 1135–
        1. 1. Ralph (Huse of) Charlecombe 1165–1283
  3. 3. Avice (fitz Richard de) Clare 1058–1088 m. Robert (de Stafford (orig. House de Tosny (Toeni), Sheriff of Stafford, Lord de) Toeni 1031–1088
    1. 1. Nigel (de) Stafford 1076–1115
    2. 2. Nicholas (de Stafford, Sheriff of) Staffordshire 1075–1138 m. Maud Moolte 1083–1138
      1. 1. Robert (II de) Stafford 1125–1184 m. Avice 1158–
  4. 4. Robert (Fitz Richard de Clare, Baron of Baynard, was a Norman landowner in) England 1064–1136 m. Maud (Matilda de Senlis, Baronness of) Baynard 1091–1158
    1. 1. Matilda (Fitz Robert de Clare de) Senlis 1122–1168 m. William (d'Aubigny) II 1130–1186
      1. 1. Matilda (d'Aubigny, Countess Consort of) Strathearn 1153–1210 m. Gille (Gilbert Brigte, 3rd Earl or Mormaer of) Strathearn 1150–1223
      2. 2. William (III 'Brito' d'Aubigny, Lord of Belvoir, Surety of the Magna) Carta 1146–1236

Richard England's Timeline

2 Records

1035
Abt. 1035
Birth of Richard FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in Saint-Martin-De-Bienfaite-La-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France
Saint-Martin-De-Bienfaite-La-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France
1091
15 Mar 1091
Age 56
Death of Richard FitzGilbert House de Clare (founder), de Bienfaite et Orbec, a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1035
    Event Place: Saint-Martin-De-Bienfaite-La-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France
    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 Mar 1091
    Event Place: St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 07; Page: 159
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
Find more search results for Richard England

About YourRoots

Family Tree Map

Explore your family tree geographically

Import your GEDCOM file to transform your family tree into an interactive global map. See your roots laid out visually and understand your true geographic heritage.

Powerful tools like "Trace Back To Me" instantly map your family's migration paths from a chosen ancestor all the way back to you.

LEARN MORE
AI Genealogy Research

Discover ancestors beyond "end-of-line" automatically

Import your family tree and let AI expand it for you. AI Ancestor Finder scans "end-of-line" ancestors to uncover their parents across hundreds of family lines at once. AI Deep Research analyzes selected ancestors and family clusters, suggesting relevant records and next steps.

Turn on Auto Research Mode to get new discoveries daily or weekly, so your tree keeps growing even while you're away.

LEARN MORE
DNA Match

Find more DNA matches across all DNA tests

Combine your DNA data with your family tree to unlock the full power of YourRoots DNA Match. Connect with relatives across major testing services — Ancestry, 23andMe, MyHeritage, and more.

View your matches' maps and trees to identify shared ancestors, and soon you'll be able to add them directly to your own tree and map.

LEARN MORE
Ancestry Reports

Ancestry DNA analysis that goes deeper than others

Unlock exclusive reports that reveal your deeper origins.

  • Deep Ancestry Report — Analyze 130+ ethnicities, sub-regions, and 1,800+ communities in one detailed view.
  • Global & Native American Reports — Developed with Stanford researchers to uncover hidden ancestries across all 22 chromosomes.
  • Ancient DNA Series — Compare your DNA with 1,000+ ancient genomes from Viking, Celtic, and early American civilizations.
LEARN MORE