Gilbert De Clare 
Gilbert was born about 1092 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. Gilbert's father was Gilbert Fitzrichard De Clare and his mother was Adeliza De Clermont. His paternal grandparents were Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare and Rohese Giffard; his maternal grandparents were Hugh De Creil and Margaret De Roucy. He had a brother and two sisters, named Richard, Adeliza and Rose. He was the second oldest of the four children. He was buried in Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> 1st Earl Of Pembroke
Name Suffix:<NSFX> 1st Earl Of Pembroke
Gilbert de Clare, 2nd son of Gilbert de Tonebruge, feudal Lord of Clare, and brother of Richard de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford, having obtained from King Henry I a license to enjoy all the lands he should win in Wales, marched a large force into Cardiganshire and brought the whole country under subjection; here he soon afterwards built two strong castles and, his power increasing, he was created by King Stephen in 1138, Earl of Pembroke.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.28 Aug 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 Nov 966 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0953 d.~ 1015
- b.~ 0979 in Brionne, Normandy, France d.~ 1040
- b.~ 1030 in Brionne, Normandy, France d.~ 1090 in England
- b.~ 1005
- b.~ 1065 in Tonbridge, Kent, England d.Bet 1114 and 1117
- b.~ 0970 in Longueville, Normandie
- b.~ 0970 d.> 1048
- b.~ 0974 in Longueville, Normandie
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1084 in France
- b.~ 1034 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.> 1113
- b.~ 0985 in Longueville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1014 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1092 in Tonbridge, Kent, England d.6 Jan 1145-1146
- b.0970
- b.0990 d.~ 1060
- b.~ 1000
- b.~ 1030 in In Clermont, Beauvais, France d.1101
- b.~ 0940
- b.~ 0970
- b.~ 1000
- b.~ 1050 in Clermont, Beauvais, France
- b.~ 0960 d.~ 0992 in Jerusalem
- b.~ 0980 in Birth: 995 In d.> 1063
- b.~ 1010 in Montdidier, Somme, France d.~ 1063
- b.~ 1035 in Montdidier, Somme, France
- b.~ 0956 in Reims, Marne, France d.Bet 991 and 1000 in Reims, Marne, France
- b.~ 0988 in Reims, Marne, France d.11 May 1033
- b.~ 1014 in Roucy, Aisne, France d.1063
- b.~ 0950 d.1013
- b.~ 0997 in Hainaut, , Belgium d.> 1035
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They had a son named Richard.
Family Notes
CHAN17 May 2004
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Children
Richard De Clare
Richard was born about 1120 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. He died on April 9th, 1176 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. He was buried in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.
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