Sir Gilbert the Red de Earl of Gloucester & Alice de Lusignan 
Sir Gilbert the Red de and Alice were married in a religious ceremony in 1254. They had two daughters named Isabella and Joan.
Family Notes
--- Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,
1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 37.
Earl Richard (Gilbert's father) arranged for the marriage of his son, then about ten years old, to Henry III's niece Alice, daughter of Hugh de Lusignan, count of La Marche & Angoulememe. Although she had two daughters, the match proved to be both a personal and a political failure; Gilbert and Alice were formally separated in 1271 and the marriage was finally annulled in 1285.
Even before the annulment, Earl Gilbert and King Edward I had discussed the
possibility of a marriage into the royal family.
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Personal Details
Sir Gilbert the Red de Earl of Gloucester
Sir Gilbert the Red de was born on September 2nd, 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England. He died at the age of 56 on December 7th, 1299 in Monmouth Castle, England.
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