Elizabeth de Clare 
Elizabeth was born on September 16th, 1295 in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England.1 Elizabeth's father was Gilbert (Red Earl) de Clare and her mother was Joan (of Acre) England. Her paternal grandparents were Earl of Gloucester Richard De Clare and Maud De Lacie; her maternal grandparents were Edward (Longshanks) Plantagenet of England I and Princess Eleanor of Castile. She had two sisters named Margaret and Eleanore. She was the youngest of the three children. She had a half-brother named Thomas. She died at the age of 65 on November 4th, 1360.2 General Notes
She was the heiress to the lordships of Clare, Suffolk in England and Usk in Wales. She was one of three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford and Joan of Acre, and sister of the infant fourth earl, also Gilbert de Clare. She accompanied her brother Gilbert to Ireland for their double wedding to two siblings -- the son and daughter of the Earl of Ulster. Elizabeth married John de Burgh on September 30, 1308.
He was the heir to the Earl of Ulster, and Elizabeth could expect to be a countess. She gave birth to their only child, a son, in 1312; he would become William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster. Only a year later, her husband John was suddenly killed in a minor skirmish. Now a widow, Elizabeth remained in Ireland until another family tragedy demanded her return.
Her brother Gilbert was killed at the Battle of Bannockburn, and as he left no surviving issue and had no brothers, his property was equally divided between his sisters, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Margaret. Suddenly Elizabeth was one of the greatest heiresses in England. Her uncle, King Edward II of England, recalled her to the land of her birth so he could select a husband for her. She left Ireland in 1316, leaving behind her son William. Elizabeth never returned.
Edward II placed her in Bristol Castle, but his plans to marry her to one of his supporters were dashed in February 1316, when Elizabeth was abducted from Bristol by Theobald II de Verdun, the former Justiciar of Ireland. He and Elizabeth had been engaged before she was called back to England. She was Lady Verdun for only five months however, for Theobald died in September 1316 of typhoid. He left behind three daughters from a prior marriage and Elizabeth, who was pregnant. She fled to Amesbury Priory, where she stayed under the protection of her aunt Mary, who was a nun there. There she gave birth to her daughter, Isabella de Verdun, named for the queen, in February 1317. Just a few weeks later, Edward II married Elizabeth to Sir Roger D'Amory.
D'Amory had been a knight in her brother's service who rose to prominence as a favorite of Edward II. Now married to him, Elizabeth was caught up in the political upheavals of her uncle's reign. She gave birth to another daughter, Elizabeth D'Amorie, in May 1318. Roger was reckless and violent, and made a deadly enemy of his brother-in-law, Hugh the younger Despenser. He switched sides over to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and died in March 1322, having been captured by royalist forces. He left Elizabeth defenseless, and she was captured and imprisoned at Barking Abbey with her children.
Elizabeth supported her friend, Queen Isabella, when she invaded England and she benefited greatly from the reign of Isabella's son, King Edward III of England. She took a vow of chastity after Roger's death, effectively removing herself from the aristocratic marriage market. She enjoyed a long and fruitful widowhood, becoming patroness of many religious houses. Elizabeth is best remembered for having used much of her fortune to found Clare College, Cambridge.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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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.1116 d.1173
- b.1162 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.30 Dec 1218 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.1135 in Burkenham, Field Dalling, Norfolk d.24 Dec 1195 in Norfolk, England
- b.1180 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d.25 Oct 1230 in Penrose, Brittany, France
- b.23 Nov 1116 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d.23 Nov 1183 in Somersetshire, England
- b.1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.01 Jan 1224
- b.1129 d.24 Apr 1197
- b.04 Aug 1222 in Gloucestershire, England d.15 Jul 1262 in Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England
- b.1105 in Pembroke, Wales d.1164 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.1146 in Pembroke, Wales, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham Manor, Berkshire, England
- b.1127 in Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, England d.03 Jun 1165 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.09 Oct 1200 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England
- b.1168 in Pembroke, Wales, England d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b. in Leinster, Ireland
- b.02 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d.07 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle, Gwent, Wales
- b.1139 in Clavering, Essex, England d.11 Oct 1190 in Palestine
- b.1171 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.1212 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
- b.1144 in Roycott, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1192 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.22 Jul 1240 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1162 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.30 Dec 1218 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.1180 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.1249
- b.1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.01 Jan 1224
- b.1223 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.10 Mar 1288
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Damietta, Egypt
- b.1172 d.Aug 1257
- b.1154 in Hampshire, England d.12 Jan 1235
- b.1208 in Lincoln, England d.30 Mar 1266 in Clerkenwell, England
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Monmouth, England d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Stafford, England
- b.1180 in Chester, Chestershire, England d.1242
- b.1155 in Chester, England d.12 Jul 1189 in Evreux, Eure, France
- b.16 Sep 1295 in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England d.04 Nov 1360
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.21 Nov 1122 in Chateau de Berlin, Gironde, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Westminster, London, England
- b.1160 in Angoileme, Charente-Maritime, France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couroun, France
- b.1188 in Angouleme, France d.31 May 1245 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.1160 in Courtenay, Gali, France d.1218 in France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-The-San, Cumberland, England
- b.1174 d.Feb 1209
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in France
- b.1180 d.1209
- b.1222 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Ambresbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.20 Mar 1177 in Carbonierres, Savoy, France d.20 Jan 1233 in Aoste, Isere, France
- b.1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.1180 in Geneva, Switzerland d.08 Apr 1257 in Pierre-Chatel, France
- b.1272 in Akko, Hazafon, Israel d.23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England
- b.1137 d.22 Jan 1188 in Benavente
- b.15 Aug 1171 in Valladolid, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaveuva da Sarria
- b.1139 d.16 Oct 1188
- b.1199 d.1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Castile, Spain d.06 Oct 1214 in Gutierre Munoz, Avila, Castile
- b.1180 d.08 Nov 1246 in Las Huelgas
- b.13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain
- b.1244 d.28 Nov 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1135 in Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.19 Sep 1200 in London, England
- b.1180 in Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.21 Sep 1239 in Abbeville, France
- b.1138 in Ponthieu, Ain, France d.Oct 1200
- d.16 Mar 1279
- b.1179 d.06 Oct 1221
- b.17 Apr 1199 in Aumale, Normandie d.Sep 1250 in Normandie
- b.1170 d.18 Jul 1218
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Details of Elizabeth's family with Earl of Ulster John de Burgh
Details of Elizabeth's family with Sir, 2nd Baron Verdun, MP Theobald de Verdun
Details of Elizabeth's family with Roger of Amory
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I4635&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I28295&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I12100
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I28295&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I12100
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