Roger de Clare , Earl of Hertford 
Roger de was born in 1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England. Roger de's father was Richard FitzGilbert de Clare , Earl of Hertford and his mother was Adeliza Alice de Meschines. His paternal grandparents were Earl Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and Adeliza or Adelaide de Claremont; his maternal grandparents were Ranulph de Meschines , 3rd Earl of Chester and Lucy of Mercia. He was an only child. He died at the age of 57 in 1173 in Oxfordshire, England. He was buried in Eynsham Priory, Oxfordshire, England.1 General Notes
Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, is likewise said to have born thetitle of Earl of Clare. In the 3rd Henry II, this nobleman obtaining fromthe king all the lands in Wales which he could win, marched into Cardiganwith a great army and fortified divers castles thereabouts. In the 9th ofthe same reign, we find him summoned by the celebrated Thomas-à-Becket,archbishop of Canterbury, to Westminster, in order to do homage to theprelate for his castle of Tonebruge; which at the command of the king herefused, alleging that holding it by military service it belonged ratherto the crown than to the church. His lordship m. Maude (who m. after hisdecease William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel), dau. of James de St.Hillary, by whom he had a son, Richard, his successor. This earl who,from his munificence to the church and his numerous acts of piety, wascalled the Good, d. in 1173, and was s. by his son, Richard de Clare, 4thEarl of Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages,Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls ofHertford, Earls of Gloucester]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0953 in Brionne, Normandie, France d.~ 1015
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France d.1040 in Assassinated
- b.~ 0958 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1024 in Bienfaite, Normandy, France d.~ 1090 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.Bet. 945 - 1012 d.Bet. 969 - 1088
- b.~ 0984 in France d.> 1024
- b.~ 0985 in Normandie,France d.DECEASED
- b.< 1066 in Of, Clare, Suffolk, England d.1114/1117 in of Tonbridge, Kent, England & Cardigan, Wales
- b.~ 0960 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1063 in Vanreuil, Longueville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1085/1102 in Styford, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 0974 in Longueville, Normandy, France d. in France
- b.1034 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1090
- b.1000
- b.~ 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.Bet. 1038 - 1108 in France
- b.1003 in Longueville, Normandy, 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.0994 d.1033
- b.~ 1014 in Of, Roucy, Aisne, France d.1063
- b.1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.1173 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 0987 in Bayeux, Normandy, France d.> 1031
- b.~ 1017 in Bayeux, Normandy, France d.1057
- b.~ 1050 in Bayeux, Normandy, France d.>Apr 1089 in Lord of Cumberland & Carlisle, England
- b.~ 1001 in Normandy, France d.3 Feb 1026/1027 in Possibly poisoned after subduing revolt by brother Robert
- b.~ 1021 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.Jan 1128/1129 in Cheshire, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 0979 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1008 in AvranCheshire, Normandy, France d.> 1084
- b.~ 0979 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1054 in AvranCheshire, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1010 in Conteville d.~ 1080
- b.~ 1029 in Conteville, France d. in France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.~ 1098 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d.> 1142
- b.0946 in Cheshire, Cheshire, Mercia, England d.1028 in Cheshire, Cheshire, Mercia, England
- b.14 May 0968 in Cheshire, Cheshire, England (Mercia) d.31 Aug 1057 in Bromley, Staffordshire, England (Mercia)
- b.~ 0955 in Mercia,England d.Bet. 971 - 1049
- b.< 1030 in Mercia, England d.1059 in Mercia, England
- b.0955 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Mercia)
- 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.1003 in Graville St Honorine, Normandy, France
- b.1023 in Graville St Honorine, Normandy, France d.1071 in Yorkshire, England
- b.1005 in Cheshire, Cheshire, England (Mercia)
- b.~ 1040 in Graville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France d.1040 in Assassinated
- b.~ 1020 in Tilliers, Normandy, France d.> 1086
- b.~ 0984 in France d.> 1024
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Roger de and Maud were married in a religious ceremony about 1153 in Dalling, Norfolk, England. They had a son named Richard de.
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Children
Richard de Clare , Earl Hertford & Gloucester
Richard de was born about 1158 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England. He died before November 28th, 1217.2
1 The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 153-3
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 63-27
Further source/citation:
The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 28-1, 153-3, 160-3
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 63-27
Further source/citation:
The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 28-1, 153-3, 160-3
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