Richard de Clare , Earl Hertford & Gloucester 
Richard de was born about 1158 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England. Richard de's father was Roger de Clare , Earl of Hertford and his mother was Maud deSt. Hilary. His paternal grandparents were Richard FitzGilbert de Clare , Earl of Hertford and Adeliza Alice de Meschines; his maternal grandparents were James deSt. Hilary and Aveline. He was an only child. He died before November 28th, 1217.1 General Notes
Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, who in the 7th Richard I gave£1,000 to the king for livery of the lands of his mother's inheritancewith his proportion of those sometime belonging to Giffard, Earl ofBuckingham. His lordship m. Amicia, 2nd dau. and co-heiress (with hersisters Mabell, wife of the Earl of Evereux, in Normandy, and Isabel, thedivorced wife of King John) of William, Earl of Gloucester, by whom hehad issue, Gilbert, his successor, and Joan, m. to Rhys-Grig, Prince ofSouth Wales. This earl, who was one of the twenty-five barons appointedto enforce Magna Carta, d. in 1218, and was s. by his son, Gilbert deClare, 5th Earl of Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare,Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
Richard de Clare, Magna Charta Surety 1215, d. bet. 30 Oct & 28 Nov 1217, Earl of Hertford, son of Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and Maud, daughter of James de St. Hilary; m. Amice, Countess of Gloucester, d. 1 Jan 1224/5, daughter & heir of William fitz Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and Hawise de Beaumont. [Magna Charta Sureties]
Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, who in the 7th Richard I gave £1,000 to the king for livery of the lands of his mother's inheritance with his proportion of those sometime belonging to Giffard, Earl of Buckingham. His lordship m. Amicia, 2nd dau. and co-heiress (with her sisters Mabell, wife of the Earl of Evereux, in Normandy, and Isabel, the divorced wife of King John) of William, Earl of Gloucester, by whom he had issue, Gilbert, his successor, and Joan, m. to Rhys-Grig, Prince of South Wales. This earl, who was one of the twenty-five barons appointed to enforce Magna Carta, d. in 1218, and was s. by his son, Gilbert de Clare, 5th 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]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France d.1040 in Assassinated
- b.~ 1024 in Bienfaite, Normandy, France d.~ 1090 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.~ 0984 in France d.> 1024
- b.< 1066 in Of, Clare, Suffolk, England d.1114/1117 in of Tonbridge, Kent, England & Cardigan, Wales
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1085/1102 in Styford, Northumberland, England
- b.1034 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1090
- b.~ 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.Bet. 1038 - 1108 in France
- b.1090 in Hertford, Hertfordshire & Clare, Suffolk, England d.15 Apr 1136 in Slain by Welsh near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- b. in Of, Clermont, Oise, France d.> 1098
- b.~ 1030 in Of, Clermont, Oise, France d.1101
- b. in Of, Clermont, Oise, France
- b.1065 in Northamptonshire, England d.1117 in England
- b.~ 1021 in Of, Montdidier, Somme, France d.1063
- b.~ 1045 in Of, Montdidier, Somme, France d.~ 1110
- b.~ 1014 in Of, Roucy, Aisne, France d.1063
- b.1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.1173 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1017 in Bayeux, Normandy, France d.1057
- b.~ 1050 in Bayeux, Normandy, France d.>Apr 1089 in Lord of Cumberland & Carlisle, England
- b.~ 1021 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.Jan 1128/1129 in Cheshire, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 1008 in AvranCheshire, Normandy, France d.> 1084
- b.~ 1054 in AvranCheshire, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1029 in Conteville, France d. in France
- b.~ 1098 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d.> 1142
- b.14 May 0968 in Cheshire, Cheshire, England (Mercia) d.31 Aug 1057 in Bromley, Staffordshire, England (Mercia)
- b.< 1030 in Mercia, England d.1059 in Mercia, England
- b.0980 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Mercia) d.10 Sep 1067 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Mercia)
- b.~ 1055 in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England d.> 1130
- b.1023 in Graville St Honorine, Normandy, France d.1071 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1040 in Graville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1020 in Tilliers, Normandy, France d.> 1086
- b.~ 1158 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.<28 Nov 1217
- b.1090 in Harcourt, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1105 in Harcourt, Eure, Normandy, France d.~ 1154
- b.~ 1132 in Burkenham, Norfolk, England d.1173 in Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1109 in France
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Richard de and Amice of were married in a religious ceremony in 1182. They had a son and a daughter, named Gilbert de and Maud de.
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Children
Maud de Clare
Maud de was born about 1176 in Lincolnshireoln, Lincolnshire, England. She died in 1213.
Gilbert de Clare
Gilbert de was born about 1180 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. He died on October 25th, 1230 in Penrose, Brittany, France. He was buried on November 10th, 1230 in Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England.
1 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 63-27
Further source/citation:
The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 4-3, 28-1, 153-4, 160-3
Further source/citation:
The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 4-3, 28-1, 153-4, 160-3
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