Gilbert Fitzrichard De Clare 
Gilbert Fitzrichard was born about 1065 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. Gilbert Fitzrichard's father was Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare and his mother was Rohese Giffard. His paternal grandparents were Gilbert "Crispin" De Brionne and Constance D'eu; his maternal grandparents were Walter I Giffard and Ermentrude De Flaitel. He had a brother and two sisters, named Robert, Rohesia and Daughter Of Richard Fitz-Gilbert. He was the second oldest of the four children.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Earl Of Clare
Gilbert de Tonebruge, who resided at Tonebruge and inherited all his father's lands in England, joined in the rebellion of Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, but observing the king (William Rufus) upon the point of falling into an ambuscade, he relented, sought pardon, and saved his royal master. We find him subsequently, however, again in rebellion in the same reign and fortifying and losing his castle at Tunbridge. He m. in 1113, Adeliza, dau. of the Earl of Cleremont, and had issue, Richard, his successor, Gilbert, Walter, Hervey, and Baldwin. Gilbert de Tonebruge, who was a munificent benefactor to the church, was s. by his eldest son, Richard de Clare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0900 in Normandie, France d.17 Dec 943
- b.28 Aug 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 Nov 966 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, France d.< 0940
- 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.~ 0917 in Denmark d.0979 in France
- 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
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They had two sons and two daughters, named Richard, Gilbert, Adeliza and Rose.
Family Notes
CHAN17 May 2004
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Children
Richard De Clare
Richard was born about 1090 in Abergavenny, Monmouth, Wales. He died in 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouth, Wales.
Gilbert De Clare
Gilbert was born about 1092 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. He was buried in Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Adeliza De Clare
Adeliza was born about 1093 in Essex, England. She died about 1163 in St. Oswyth's Priory, Essex, England.
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