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Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford De Clare 1116 – 1173 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1116

Birth Location: Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1173

Death Location: Oxfordshire, England

Father: Richard Clare

Mother: Alice Chester

Spouse(s): Matilda Hilaire

Children(s): Richard Clare

Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford De Clare was born in 1116 in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Richard fitz Gilbert De Clare and Alice Of Chester. Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford De Clare married Matilda De Saint - Hilaire, and had children including Richard de Clare 3rd Earl of Hertford De Clare. Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford De Clare passed away in 1173 in Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford De Clare was born in 1116 in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Richard fitz Gilbert De Clare and Alice Of Chester.
  • Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford De Clare married Matilda De Saint - Hilaire, and had children including Richard de Clare 3rd Earl of Hertford De Clare.
  • Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford De Clare passed away in 1173 in Oxfordshire, England.

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Roger Clare's Ancestors

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Roger Clare
1116 – 1173
Birth Place: Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Richard fitz Gilbert De Clare
1090 – 1136
Clare, Suffolk, England
Alice (Of) Chester
1099 – 1139
Grandparents
Gilbert (FitzRichard de Clare 1st Earl of Hertford De) Clare
1066 – 1117
Clare, Suffolk, England
Adelisa (de) Clérmont
1065 – 1125
Picardie, Aisne, France
Great-Grandparents
Richard Clare
1030 – 1091
Rohese Giffard
1034 – 1113
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Brionne
– 1060

Roger Clare's Descendants

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Roger (de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford De) Clare (1116 – 1173) m. Matilda (De Saint -) Hilaire (1122 – 24 Dec 1193)
  1. 1. Richard (de Clare 3rd Earl of Hertford De) Clare (1153 – Nov 1217) m. Amicia (Fitz) William (About 1150 – 1 Jan 1225)
    1. 1. Gilbert (de Clare 5th Earl of Gloucester De) Clare (1180 – 25 Oct 1230) m. Isabel (Countess of Gloucester Hertford and Cornwall) Marshal (9 Oct 1200 – 17 Jan 1240)
      1. 1. Isabella (De) Clare (2 Nov 1226 – 10 Jul 1264) m. Robert (de Brus Lord of Annandale De) Bruce (2 Nov 1215 – 31 Mar 1295)
        1. 1. Lord (Robert de Brus of Annandale De) Bruce (11 Jul 1243 – 7 Jun 1304) m. Margaret (Marjorie MacNiall 3rd Countess of Carrick Of) Carrick (11 Apr 1254 – 27 Oct 1292)

Roger Clare's Timeline

2 Records

1116
1116
Birth of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford De Clare in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1173
1173
Age 57
Death of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford De Clare in Oxfordshire, England
Oxfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1116
    Event Place: Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1173
    Event Place: Oxfordshire, England

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