Earl Richard FitzGilbert de Clare 
Richard FitzGilbert was born in Bienfaite, Normandy, France. Richard FitzGilbert's father was Count Gilbert ("Crispin") of Brionne and his mother is Constance de Eu. His paternal grandfather was Count Godfrey of Brienne & Eu and his paternal grandmother is Heloise de Guisnes; his maternal grandfather was William d'Eu I of Brionne and Eu and his maternal grandmother is Beatrice le Gros. He had two half-brothers named Baldwin and Gilbert II. He died in 1090 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England. He was buried in Priory, St Neot's, Huntingdonshire, England.General Notes
Lord de Bienfaite; Count of Bienfaite , Bienfaite, Normandie, France
1st Earl de Clare
Chief Justiciar of England
Count of Orbec
# Event: Norman Conquest 14 Oct 1066 , Hastings, Sussex, England
# Note: Was a Knight and companion for William the Conqueror in 1066 (Battle of Hastings was on 14 Oct 1066). His name found on the plaque in the Church at Dives-sur-Mer, Normandie, France, where William the Conqueror and his knights said mass before setting sail to invade England in 1066. This plaque lists all knights that took mart in the invasion.
# Note: 1st Earl of Clare who took his name from his estates and was founder of the House of Clare. 7 6 4 3 2
# Event: Earl of Tonbridge
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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.0870 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0927/0932 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Nornandie, Neustria
- b.ABT 0893/0900 in Normandie, Neustria d.17 Dec 0942/0943 in France
- b.~ 0872 in Evreux, Normandy, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Fecamp, France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp, France
- b.ABT 0848/0850 in Vermandois, Neustria d.6 Nov 0902/0920
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne d. in Bretagne, Normandy
- b.~ 0852 in France
- b.0953/0963 in Bec-Crespin, Normandy, France d.1015/1027 in Brionne, Normandy, France
- b.0880/0890 in Denmark d.0941/0950 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.0911/0918 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark d.01 Nov 0987 in Jomsburg, Denmark
- b.0894 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0936 in Normandie, France d.1031 in France
- b.~ 0885 in Sweden
- b.0923 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 0886 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.ABT 0980/1000 in Normandy, France d.1040
- b.0800 d.0844 in Walcheren
- b.ABT 0820/0833 in Friesland, Germany d.0885
- b.~ 0884 in Guisnes, Picardy, France d.0965
- b.0827/0835 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.08 Aug 0869 in Plaisance, Italy
- b.0843/0863 d.26 Oct 0907
- b.~ 0836 in Lorraine d.~ 0868
- b.0958/0965 in Guisnes, Picardy, France
- b.~ 0863 in Flanders, Nord, France d.10 Sep 0918
- b.0889/0890 in Flanders, France d.27 Mar 0964
- b.~ 0877 in Wessex, England d.07 Jun 0929 in Flanders, Nord, France
- b.~ 0932 in Flanders, Belgium
- b.0884 in Vermandois, Neustria d.23 Feb 0943 in St. Quentin
- b.ABT 0910/0915 in Vermandois, Neustria d.10 Oct 0960 in Bruges, Aquitaine
- b.~ 0897 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0988
- b.1024/1035 in Bienfaite, Normandy, France d.1090 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.0870 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0927/0932 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Nornandie, Neustria
- b.ABT 0893/0900 in Normandie, Neustria d.17 Dec 0942/0943 in France
- b.~ 0872 in Evreux, Normandy, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Fecamp, France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp, France
- b.ABT 0848/0850 in Vermandois, Neustria d.6 Nov 0902/0920
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne d. in Bretagne, Normandy
- b.~ 0852 in France
- b.~ 0955 in Normandy, France d.26 Jan 1057/1058
- b.0880/0890 in Denmark d.0941/0950 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.0911/0918 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark d.01 Nov 0987 in Jomsburg, Denmark
- b.0894 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0936 in Normandie, France d.1031 in France
- b.~ 0885 in Sweden
- b.0923 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 0886 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France
- b.ABT 0885/0909 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
- b.ABT 0935/0937 in Tillieres, Normandy, France d.0978
- b.0913 in Tillières, Normandie, France
- b.ABT 0963/0970 in Normandy, France d.1035
- b.~ 0921 in Tillieres, Normandy, France d.> 0942 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0942 in Tillieres, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0980 in Normandy, France
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Richard FitzGilbert and Rohese were married in a religious ceremony about 1054 in England. They had five sons and four daughters, named Robert, Osbern, Richard FitzRichard, Robert FitzRichard, Gilbert FitzRichard, Ronais, Avice, Rohese and Adeliza or Ann.
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Children
Abbot Richard FitzRichard de Clare of Ely
Richard FitzRichard was born in 1062 in Clare/Tonbridge, Kent, England. He died at the age of 45 in 1107 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
Baron Robert FitzRichard de Clare of Baynard
Robert FitzRichard was born in 1064 in Tunbridge, Leicestershire, England. He died at the age of 72 in 1136 in Frome, Somerset, England. He was buried in Priory, St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire, England.
Earl Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare I of Hertford
Gilbert FitzRichard was born about 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England. He died in Clare, Tonebridge, Cardigan, Wales.
Avice de Clare
Avice was born in 1067 in Staffordshire, England. She died at the age of 51 on April 6th, 1118.
Rohese FitzRichard de Clare
Rohese was born in 1067 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. She died at the age of 54 in 1121 in England.
Adeliza or Ann Clare
Adeliza or Ann was born about 1069 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. She died after 1138.
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