Earl Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare 
Gilbert Fitz Richard was born before 1066 in Of, Clare, Suffolk, England.1 Gilbert Fitz Richard's father was Earl Richard deTonbridge Fitz Gilbert and his mother was Rohese Giffard. His paternal grandparents were Comte Gilbert (Crispin) de Brionne and Gunnora D'Aunou; his maternal grandparents were Baron Walter ("The Elder") Giffard and Agnes Ermentrude Fleitel. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Richard Fitz Richard, Robert Fitz Richard, Agnes, Rohese and Lady de Clare. He had a half-brother named Robert. He died in of Tonbridge, Kent, England & Cardigan, Wales. He was buried in Lord of Tunbridge, founded Priory of Clare, Lord of Cardigan.1 2 General Notes
Lord Cardigan
"Gilbert de Tonebruge or de Clare, 2nd Earl of Clare, inherited all his
father's lands in England. Her married, in 1113 Alice, or Adeliza,
daughter of Hugh 2nd Count of clermont in Beauvais by his wife
Marguerita; daughter of Hildwin IV, Count of Montidier, by his wife
Alexandria, Countess of Rouci; daughter of Beatrix; daughter of Rynerious
IV, count of Hainault and his wife, Princess Hedewidge, daughter of Hugh
Capet, King of France 987, by his wife Adeliza; daughter of William,
sovereign Duke of Aquitiane, by his wife Adelheide, daughter of Otto I,
Sovereign Emperor of Saxony. Of this distinguished ancestry was their
eldes son, Richard de Clare." from "King of Mellcene Thurman Smith",
page 87
Gilbert de Tonebruge aka de Clare, inherited all of his father's lands in England. In rebellion against the King, William Rufus, he fortified and lost his Castle of Tunbridge. He married in 1113 Adeliza, or Alice,daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, in Beauvais.
pg 155 & 201, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists etc" by Frederick Lewis Weiss, 6th Edition
pg 119, Burke's " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" published 1883
pg 230, Burke's " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" published 1883
Gilbert de Tonebruge, who resided at Tonebruge and inherited all hisfather's lands in England, joined in the rebellion of Robert de Mowbray,Earl of Northumberland, but observing the king (William Rufus) upon thepoint of falling into an ambuscade, he relented, sought pardon, and savedhis royal master. We find him subsequently, however, again in rebellionin the same reign and fortifying and losing his castle at Tunbridge. Hem. in 1113, Adeliza, dau. of the Earl of Cleremont, and had issue,Richard, his successor, Gilbert, Walter, Hervey, and Baldwin. Gilbert deTonebruge, who was a munificent benefactor to the church, was s. by hiseldest son, Richard de Clare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare,Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
Gilbert m. Adeliza, dau, of the Earl of Claremont, and was father ofRichard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and Gilbert de Clare, created Earl ofPembroke. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 230, Giffard,Earls of Buckingham]
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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. 930 - 978 d.Bet. 963 - 1056
- b.Bet. 945 - 1012 d.Bet. 969 - 1088
- b.~ 0984 in France d.> 1024
- b.> 0978
- b.~ 0970 in Normandy,France d.> 1035
- 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.0890 d.0941
- b.0930 in Normandy, France
- b.0900 d.< 0941
- b.~ 0960 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1063 in Vanreuil, Longueville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0916 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1085/1102 in Styford, Northumberland, England
- b.0890 d.0941
- b.0930 in Normandy, France
- b.0900 d.< 0941
- b.~ 0974 in Longueville, Normandy, France d. in France
- b.~ 0916 in Normandy, France
- b.1034 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1090
- b.1000
- b.~ 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.Bet. 1038 - 1108 in France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Fecamp,Normandy,France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp,Normandy,France
- b.~ 0965 in Evreux,Normandy,France d.1037
- b.~ 0936 in Normandie d.1031 in France
- b.1003 in Longueville, Normandy, France
- b.0968 in Normandy,France d.Bet. 990 - 1062
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Gilbert Fitz Richard and Adeliza or Adelaide were married in a religious ceremony before 1076 in , , England. They had eight sons and five daughters, named Richard fitzGilbert of Hertford, Baldwin Fitz Gilbert, Baldwin fitz Gilbert of Bourne, Richard FitzGilbert de, Gilbert fitzGilbert of Pembroke, Gilbert, Richard FitzGilbert, Hervey Walter, Adeliza fitzGilbert, Rohese, Rohesia, Margaret and Adeliza Alice.
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Children
Adeliza fitzGilbert Clare
Adeliza fitzGilbert was born about 1077 in , Essx, England.. She died in St Osyths Priory.
Earl Richard fitzGilbert of Hertford
Richard fitzGilbert of Hertford was born about 1084 in Hertford, Hert, England.. He died due to battle casualty on April 15th, 1136 in Abergavenney, Monm, Wales, battle.
Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare
Baldwin Fitz Gilbert was born in 1088 in Lincolnshire, England. He died at the age of 83 in 1171.
Ld. Baldwin fitz Gilbert of Bourne
Baldwin fitz Gilbert of Bourne was born about 1088 in , Lincolnshire.England.. He died in 1171 in , , England..
Richard FitzGilbert de Clare , Earl of Hertford
Richard FitzGilbert de was born in 1090 in Hertford, Hertfordshire & Clare, Suffolk, England. He died at the age of 46 on April 15th, 1136 in Slain by Welsh near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. He was buried in Gloucestershire, England.3
Adeliza Alice de Clare
Adeliza Alice was born in 1096 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. She died at the age of 67 in 1163 in St. Osyth's Priory,Essex,England.
Earl Gilbert fitzGilbert of Pembroke
Gilbert fitzGilbert of Pembroke was born on September 21st, 1100 in Tunbridge, Kent, England.. He died in , , England.. He was buried in Chapel Hill, Monm, England..
Gilbert deClare , Earl Of Pembroke
Gilbert was born on September 21st, 1100 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. He died at the age of 49 in 1149 in England.
Lord Richard FitzGilbert de Clare
Richard FitzGilbert was born in Hertford,Hertfordshire,England. He died on April 15th, 1136 in Near Abergavenny,Monmouthshire,England - Slain.
1 The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 153-1
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 177a-7
3 The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 153-2
Further sources/citations:
A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 153-1, 154-1, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 66-25
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 177a-7
3 The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 153-2
Further sources/citations:
A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 153-1, 154-1, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 66-25
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