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Male Gilbert de Clare Click to view Gilbert de Clare in the family tree

Gilbert was born on May 10th, 1291.  Gilbert's father was Gilbert the Red de Clare and his mother was Joan of Acre Plantagenet.  His paternal grandparents were Richard de Clare and Maude de Lacy; his maternal grandparents were Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet of England and Eleanor of Castile & Leon. He had three sisters named Eleanor (Alinore), Margaret and Elizabeth. He had two half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Edward, Thomas, Joan, Isabella, Mary and Joan.  He died at the age of 23 on June 24th, 1314 in Battle of Bannockburn.  He was buried in 1314 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester, England.


Gilbert's family with Matilda de Burgh

‌Gilbert and Matilda were married in a religious ceremony on September 29th, 1308 in Waltham Abbey, Essex.  They had a son named John.

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