Richard de Clare , 1st Earl of Hertford ' 
Richard was born about 1085 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.1 Richard's father was Gilbert 2nd Earl De Clare and his mother was Adeliza (Alice) de Clermont. His paternal grandparents were Richard Fitz Gilbert De Clare and Rohese Giffard De Bolebec; his maternal grandparents were Hugh de Clermont Ct de Clermont and Marguerite de Montdidier. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Baldwin Fitz Gilbert, Gilbert FitzRichard Earl Of Pembroke, Hervey, Walter, Alice Adeliza, Agnes "The Proud", Margaret, Rohese (Rose) and Rohesa. He had two half-brothers named Bouchard IV Signeur and Geoffrey. He died on April 15th, 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.1 General Notes
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Richard de Clare first bore the title of Earl of Hertford and, being one of those who, by power of the sword, entered Wales, there planted himself and became lord of vast territories as also of divers castles in those parts, but requiring other matters of moment from the king, in which he was unsuccessful, he reared the standard of revolt and soon after fell in an engagement with the Welsh. His lordship in 1124 removed the monks out of his castle at Clare into the church of St. Augustine at Stoke, and bestowed upon them a little wood, called Stoke-Ho, with a doe every year out of his part at Hunedene. He m. Alice, sister of Ranulph 2nd Earl of Chester, and had issue, Gilbert, his successor, with two other sons, and a dau. Alice who m. Cadwalader-Ap-Griffith, Prince of North Wales. His lordship d. 1139 and was s. by his eldest son, Gilbert de Clare 2nd Earl of Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare Lords of Clare Earls of Hertford Earls of Gloucester]
Source: (1) Detlev Schwennicke (ed.), ES [Europaische Stammtafeln],(1978), III, 156., (2) Frederick Lewis Weis & Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.,Ancestral Roots of certain American colonists..., (Edition 7,Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1992), 246B-25.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0953 in Normandy, France d.~ 1015
- b.0979 in France d.1040
- b.~ 1030 in Bienfaite, Normandy, France d.1090 in St Neots, Huntingdomshire, England
- b.0865 in Denmark d.~ 0950 in Jellinge,Vijle,Denmark
- b.0911 in Arque, Normandie, France d.01 Nov 0986 in France
- b.0884 in Jutland,Denmark d.~ 0935 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 0936 in Normandy France d.1031 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0885 in Sweden d.0964
- b.0923 in Sweden
- b.0886 in Uppsala, Uppsala Län, Sweden
- b.~ 1065 in Clare, Suffolkshire, England d.1115 in England
- b.~ 0940 in Longueville,Normandy d.1015 in Longueville,Normandy,France
- b.> 1075 in Normandy, France d.1164 in of Styford, Northumberland
- b.0911 in Arque, Normandie, France d.01 Nov 0986 in France
- b.~ 0942 in Pontaudemer,Normandy,France
- b.0923 in Sweden
- b.~ 1034 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1117 in England
- b.~ 0995 in Longueville,Normandy,France d. in Longueville,Normandy,France
- b.~ 1014 in Lonqueville, Normandy, France d.Bet 1050 and 1080 in France
- b.0964 in of Evreux, Normandy d.1037 in Evreux,Eure,France
- b.~ 1000 in Longueville,Normandy,France
- b.0968 in of Normandy d.Bet 1014 and 1080
- b.~ 1085 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England d.15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b.~ 0970 in Creil, Oise, France d.~ 1048
- b.~ 0990 in France d.1060
- b.~ 1010 in Clermont, Oise, France d.1084 in Eng.
- b.1030 in Clermont,Oise,Picardy,France d.1101 in Clermont,Oise,Picardy,France
- b.~ 0990 in Clermont, France d.Bet 1014 and 1081
- b.1010 in Clermont,Oise,Picardy,France d.Bet 1041 and 1104
- b.~ 1058 in Northamptonshire, England d.> 1117 in England
- b.~ 0960 in Montididier,Somme,France
- b.~ 0990 in Montididier,Somme,France d.~ 1063
- b.~ 1010 in Montdidier,Somme,Picardy,France d.1063 in Montdidier,Somme,Picardy,France
- b.1045 in Montdidier,Somme,Picardy,France d.1110 in Clermont,Oise,Picardy,France
- b.0994 in Reims, Marne France d.11 May 1033 in France
- b.~ 1014 in Roucy, Aisne, France d.1063 in France
- b.0950 in Hainault, Belgium Aka-----Regnier d.1013
- b.0990 in Hainault, Holland, Belgium d.11 May 1033
- b.0972 in France d.> 1013
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Richard and Adeliza de were married in a religious ceremony in 1115 in Tunbridge,Kent,England.1 They had five sons and four daughters, named Gilbert , 2nd Earl of Hertford, Roger "The Good" 5th Earl, Walter, Baldwin, Hervey, Rohesa, Adeliza (Alice), Margaret and Adles '.
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Children
Roger "The Good" 5th Earl de Clare
Roger "The Good" 5th Earl was born in 1116 in Tunbridge Castle,Kent,England.1 He died at the age of 57 in 1173 in Oxfordshire,England. He was buried in Eynsham Priory,Oxon,England.1
Adles ' Clare
Adles ' was born about 1125 in Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. She died after 1148 in England.
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Further sources/citations:
ES [Europaische Stammtafeln] @ III, 156, Ancestral Roots of certain American colonists... @ 246B-25, GEDCOM File : daylily7.ged
Further sources/citations:
ES [Europaische Stammtafeln] @ III, 156, Ancestral Roots of certain American colonists... @ 246B-25, GEDCOM File : daylily7.ged
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