Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare 
Richard fitz Gilbert was born about 1084 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. Richard fitz Gilbert's father was Gilbert FitzRichard De Clare and his mother was Adeliza de Clermont. His paternal grandparents were Richard "de Tonbridge" fitz Gilbert and Rohese Giffard; his maternal grandparents were Count of Clermont Hugh and Margaret de Montdidier. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Walter, Baldwin Fitzgilbert, Hervey, Gilbert, Adeliza, Agnes, Margaret, Hawise and Rohesia 'Rose". He was the second oldest of the ten children. He died on April 15th, 1136 in Abargavenny, Gwent, Wales, slain by the Welsh.General Notes
Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Clare, was born before 1105. He was created Earl of Hertford about 1136 for his miltary services, and being one of those who lived by the power of his sword, entered Wales, there planted himself and became lord of vast territories, but was finally slain in a skirmish with a few Welsh noblemen on April 15, 1136. He married Alice, daughter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, who died in 1128, and married Lucia, daughter of Algar, Earl of Mercia, son of Leofric and "Lady Godiva." His lordship died 1139 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Hertford, who died in 1151, and having no issue was succeeded by his brother, Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford.
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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.28 AUG 933 in Normandy, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, France
- b.0953 in Brienne, France d.1015
- b.~ 0936 in Crêpon, Normandy, France d.1031 in France
- b.~ 1000 in Brionne, Normandy, France d.1040
- b.~ 0951 in Torville, Normandy, France d.> 1024
- b.~ 0996 in Torville, Normandy, France d.1058
- b.~ 0953 in Hiesmes, Normandy, France
- b.1035 in Beinfaite, Normandy, France d.1090 in St. Neots, Huntingdon, England
- b.~ 0996 in Germany
- b.~ 0994
- b.~ 0956 in Normandy, France
- b.1040 in Tillieres, Eure, France
- b.~ 1055 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.1117
- b.~ 0945 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.~ 1027
- b.~ 1022 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England d.< 1096 in France
- b.~ 0945 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1085 in France
- b.~ 0911 in Crêpon, Normandy, France d.1002
- b.~ 1004 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 0910 in Denmark
- b.1034 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1115
- b.~ 0984 in Longueville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0965 d.1087
- b.~ 0990 in Rouen, Normandy
- b.~ 0968
- b.~ 1084 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d.15 Apr 1136 in Abargavenny, Gwent, Wales, slain by the Welsh
- b.~ 0970 in Creil, Oise, France d.> 1047
- b.~ 0970 in Creil, Oise, France d.~ 1060
- b.~ 1000 in Clermont, Oise, France d.> 1098 in England
- b.~ 1030 in Clermont, Oise, France d.1103
- b.~ 0965 in Clermont, Oise, France d.~ 1023
- b.~ 0990 in Clermont, Oise, France d.~ 1042
- b.~ 1010 in Clermont, Oise, France
- b.~ 1060 in Clermont, Beauvais, France
- b.~ 0960 in Montdidier, Somme, France d.~ 0992
- b.~ 0980 in Montdidier, Somme, France d.> 1037
- b.~ 1038 in Montdidier, Somme, France d.~ 1073
- b.~ 0980
- b.1028 in Montdidier, Somme, France d.~ 1110
- b.~ 0956 in Reims, Marne, France d.1000
- b.~ 0992 in Reims, Marne, France d.11 May 1033
- b.~ 0971 in Macon, Seine-et-Loire, France
- b.~ 1040 in Roucy, France d.1062
- b.0950 in Hainult, Belgium d.1013
- b.~ 0997 in Hainault, Flanders, Belgium d.> 1035
- b.~ 0972 in Arles, Tolouse, France d.> 1013
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They had four sons and two daughters, named Gilbert, Robert FitzRichard, Roger "The Good", Richard, Adeliza and Rohesia.
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Children
Robert FitzRichard De Clare
Robert FitzRichard was born in 1111 in Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England. He died at the age of 23 in 1134.
Adeliza De Clare
Adeliza was born in 1114 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. She died after 1148 in Tunbridge, Kent, England.
Roger "The Good" De Clare
Roger "The Good" was born in 1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Tunbridge, Kent, England. He died at the age of 57 in 1173 in Oxford, England.
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