Richard FitzGilbert Earl De Clare 
Richard FitzGilbert Earl was born about 1024 in Bienfaite, Normandy, France. Richard FitzGilbert Earl's father was Comte De Brionne Gilbert Crispin Comte De Brionne and his mother was Gunnora D'Aunou. His paternal grandparents were Crispin De Bec and Haloise De Guines; his maternal grandparents were Fulk D'Aunou and Beatrice Le Goz. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Baldwin Fitz-Gilbert, Gilbert II, Hesilia (Esilia) and Emma. He had two half-brothers named Baldwin and Osbern. He died about 1090 in Tonbridge, Essex, England. He was buried in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England.General Notes
TITLE: Lord of Bienfaite & Orbec in Normandy
Lord of Clare & Tonbridge
BIOGRAPHY: He tried to consolidate gains made by his father in Cardigan but was killed in an ambush in 1136. Soon after his lordship was recovered by the Welsh.
BIOGRAPHY: Richard was kinsman and companion of William the Conqueror. He founded the house of Clare during the conquest and played a major role in suppressing the revolt of 1075.
BIOGRAPHY: Richard was a knight who served in the Norman invasion of England in 1066.
Richard was regent of England jointly with William de Warenne during the Conqueror's absence in 1075 and served in other capacities for the King. King William granted him one of the largest fiefs in the territorial settlement. The lordship centered on Clare and Suffolk. William arranged for Richard's marriage to Rohese, sister of Walter Giffard, and her dowry consisting of lands in Huntingdon and Hertford became absorbed in family inheritance.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.BET. 930 - 965 d.BET. 962 - 1053
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France d.1040
- b.~ 0800 d.0844 in Walcheran
- b.~ 0820 in Friesland, Denmark d.0885
- b.BET. 908 - 951 d.0965
- b.0827 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.08 Aug 0869 in Placenza, Italy
- b.~ 0869 in Lorraine, France d.<26 Oct 0907
- b.~ 0835 d.> 0868
- b.~ 0958 d.BET. 962 - 1048
- b.~ 0864 in Flanders, Nord, France d.10 Sep 0918
- b.~ 0889 in Flandres d.27 Mar 0964
- b.~ 0877 in Wessex, England d.0920
- b.BET. 915 - 953 d.BET. 937 - 1036
- b.0880 in of, Vermandois, Normandy, France d.23 FEB 942/943 in St. Quentin, Peronne, France
- b.BET. 910 - 915 in Vermandois, Neustria d.10 Oct 0959 in Bruges, Aquitaine
- b.~ 0887 in of, Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0931
- b.~ 1024 in Bienfaite, Normandy, France d.~ 1090 in Tonbridge, Essex, England
- b.< 0953 in Laon, Aisne, France d.21 May 0994 in Kerker, Orleans, France
- b.BET. 966 - 995 d.BET. 991 - 1074
- b.BET. 941 - 961 d.BET. 966 - 1045
- b.BET. 930 - 978 d.BET. 963 - 1056
- b.BET. 945 - 1012 d.BET. 969 - 1088
- b.0967 d.1015
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- b.0978 in Falaise, Calvados, France
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- b.~ 0980 in Falaise, Normandie
- b.~ 0984 d.> 1024
- b.~ 0885 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.> 0920
- b.~ 0937 in Tillieres, Normandy, France
- b.< 0913 in Tillieres, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0963 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0921 in Tillieres, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0942 in Tillieres, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0985 in Normandie, France
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