D' Audley, *Lady Margaret De Clare De Gaveston

Birth Name D' Audley, *Lady Margaret De Clare De Gaveston 1a
Also Known As De Clare, *Margaret 1b
Also Known As DeClare, Margaret 1c
Also Known As DeClare DeGaveston DeAudley, Lady Margaret 1d
Also Known As DeClare, Margaret 1e
Gramps ID I5822
Gender female
Age at Death 49 years, 5 months, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E13168] 1292-10-12 Caerphily Castle, Glamorgan, Wales  
1f
Death [E13169] 1342-04-09 Badlesmere, Kent, England  
1g
Birth [E13170] 1292 Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England  
1h
Birth [E13171] 1292-10-12 Caerphily Castle, Glamorgan, , Wales  
1i
Birth [E13172] 1292 Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England  
1j
Birth [E13173] 1292-10-12 Caerphily Castle, Glamorgan, , Wales  
1k
Death [E13174] 1342-04-09 Badlesmere, Kent, , England  
1l
Death [E13175] 1342-04-09 Badlesmere, Kent, , England  
1m
Death [E13176] 1342-04-09 Chebsey, Staffordshire, , England  
1n
Death [E13177] 1342-04-09 Badlesmere, Kent, , England  
1o

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father IV, 7th Earl of Hertford *3rd Earl of Gloucester DeClare Lord Gilbert [I5852]1243-09-021295-12-07
Mother De Morthermer, *Princess Joan De Clare [I5853]12721307-04-23
         D' Audley, *Lady Margaret De Clare De Gaveston [I5822] 1292-10-12 1342-04-09
    Sister     De Clare, Lady Elizabeth [I6028] 1295-09-16 1360-11-04
    Sister     De Clare, Lady Eleanor [I6029] 1292-10-00 1337-06-30
    Brother     De Clare, Sir Gilbert [I6030] 1291 1314-06-24

Families

    Family of D‘ Audley, Earl of Gloucester *Lord Hugh and D’ Audley, *Lady Margaret De Clare De Gaveston [F2104]
Married Husband D' Audley, Earl of Gloucester *Lord Hugh [I5821] ( * 1289 + 1347-11-10 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E21266] 1317-04-28 Windsor, Berkshire, England  
 
Marriage [E21267] 1317-04-28 Windsor, Berkshire, , England  
1p
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
D' Audley, *Baroness Margaret [I5794]13181347-09-07
D' Audley, Alice [I5856]13151359
D' Audley, Sir Hugh [I5857]12501326
    Family of De Gaveston, Piers and D' Audley, *Lady Margaret De Clare De Gaveston [F2115]
Married Husband De Gaveston, Piers [I5854] ( * 1284 + 1312-06-19 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E21282] 1307-11-01 Tunbridge Cas, Kent, , England  
1q
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
De Gaveston, Amy [I5855]1312-01-061334

Narrative

MARGARET DE CLARE
Margaret de Clare (October 1293 - April 1342) was one of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and his wife, Joan of Acre, and thus a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Marriage to Piers Gaveston
She was married to Piers Gaveston, the favourite of her uncle Edward II, in October 1307. According to the Vita Edwardi Secundi, this marriage was arranged by the King "to strengthen Piers and surround him with friends." Gaveston celebrated the marriage with a lavish tournament at Wallingford Castle. The marriage of such a high-born lady to a foreigner was not popular among the English nobility. They had one child:

Joan Gaveston, born probably January 12/18th, 1312, at York.
A Widow
King Edward threw a grand celebration after the birth of this child, complete with minstrels. However, Piers Gaveston was executed only six months later, leaving Margaret a widow with a small child. Her dower rights as Countess of Cornwall were disputed, and so King Edward instead assigned her Oakham Castle and other lands. She joined the Royal household and in 1316 accompanied the King in his journey from London to York.

Heiress
Following the death of their brother, Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Hertford, at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, Margaret and her sisters, Elizabeth and Eleanor de Clare received a share of the inheritance. Margaret was now one of the co-heiresses to the vast Gloucester estate, and King Edward arranged a second marriage for her to another favourite, Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester.

Second Marriage
On April 28, 1317 Margaret de Clare wed Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester at Windsor Castle. They had one daughter:

Margaret de Audley, born between January 1318 and November 1322.
Conflict
Hugh and Margaret were among the victims of their brother-in-law, Hugh the younger Despenser. In his rashness and greed for the Clare lands, he robbed Margaret of much of her rightful inheritance. In 1321, Hugh de Audley joined the other Marcher Barons in looting, burning, and causing general devastation to Despenser's lands.

Hugh was captured at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322, and was saved from a hanging thanks to the pleas of his wife. He was imprisoned, and two months later Margaret was sent to Sempringham priory. She remained there until 1326, when Hugh escaped prison and she was released from Sempringham.

Daughter's Death
In the meantime, her daughter Joan Gaveston had been sent to Amesbury Priory. A marriage was arranged for Joan with the son of Thomas Multon, but the girl died in early 1325.

Appeasement
Hugh and Margaret were reunited sometime in 1326. In summer 1336, their only daughter, Margaret Audley, was abducted by Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford. Her parents filed a complaint, but King Edward III of England supported Stafford. He appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh Earl of Gloucester.

Death
Margaret died in April 1342 and her sister Elizabeth de Clare paid for prayers to be said for her soul at Tonbridge priory.

Pedigree

  1. IV, 7th Earl of Hertford *3rd Earl of Gloucester DeClare Lord Gilbert [I5852]
    1. De Morthermer, *Princess Joan De Clare [I5853]
      1. D' Audley, *Lady Margaret De Clare De Gaveston
        1. D' Audley, Earl of Gloucester *Lord Hugh [I5821]
          1. D' Audley, *Baroness Margaret [I5794]
          2. D' Audley, Alice [I5856]
          3. D' Audley, Sir Hugh [I5857]
        2. De Gaveston, Piers [I5854]
          1. De Gaveston, Amy [I5855]
      2. De Clare, Lady Elizabeth [I6028]
      3. De Clare, Lady Eleanor [I6029]
      4. De Clare, Sir Gilbert [I6030]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Ancestry.com: Public Member Trees [S0075]
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        Record for Princess Joan of England Plantagenet DeClare DeMorthermer

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        Record for Margaret DeAudley Baroness Audley

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        Record for Hugh DeAudley

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        Record for Lady Margaret DeClare DeGaveston DeAudley

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        Record for Lord Gilbert DeClare

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        Record for Margaret DeAudley Baroness Audley

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        Record for Margaret DeAudley Baroness Audley

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        Record for Hugh DeAudley

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        Record for Lady Margaret DeClare DeGaveston DeAudley

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        Record for Lord Gilbert DeClare

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        Record for Princess Joan of England Plantagenet DeClare DeMorthermer

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        Record for Hugh DeAudley

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        Record for Lady Margaret DeClare DeGaveston DeAudley

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        Record for Lord Gilbert DeClare

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        Record for Princess Joan of England Plantagenet DeClare DeMorthermer

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        Record for Lady Margaret DeClare DeGaveston DeAudley

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        Record for Lady Margaret DeClare DeGaveston DeAudley