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Male Gilbert "the Red Earl" de Clare Earl of Gloucester & Hertford Click to view Gilbert "the Red Earl" de Clare Earl of Gloucester & Hertford in the family tree

Gilbert "the Red Earl" was born on September 2nd, 1243 in , Christchurch, Hampshire, England.1   Gilbert "the Red Earl"'s father was Richard De Clare Earl of Gloucester and his mother was Maud Lacy Countess of Gloucester.  His paternal grandparents were Gilbert de Clare , Sir, Earl of Gloucester 6th and Isabel Marshall Countess of Cornwall; his maternal grandparents were John Lacy Earl of Lincoln & Constable of Chester and Margaret Quincy Countess of Lincoln. He had three brothers and five sisters, named Thomas De, Bevis (Bogo) (Benet) De, Robert (Richard) De, Isabel De, Margaret De, Maud De, Roese (Rohesia) De and Eglentine De.  He was the second oldest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 52 on December 7th, 1295 in , Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, England.  He was buried on December 22nd, 1295 in Abbey, Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England.1 


Gilbert "the Red Earl"'s first family with Joan Plantagenet of Acre

‌Gilbert "the Red Earl" and Joan were married in a religious ceremony on April 30th, 1290 in Westminister Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.  They had a son and three daughters, named Gilbert, Eleanor, Margaret and Elizabeth.


Gilbert "the Red Earl"'s second family with Alice Le Brun De Lusignan

‌Gilbert "the Red Earl" and Alice Le Brun were married in a religious ceremony in , , , England.  They had a daughter named Isabel.

1 World Family Tree European Origins Vol. E1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0178
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral File (TM), visitation of oxford  , p 16  .  quarterly shows Robert throckmorton married teh daughter of Maurice Lord Berkeley, Ancestral File (TM), visitation of oxford  , p 16  .  quarterly shows Robert throckmorton married teh daughter o f Maurice Lord Berkeley

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