 Bef 1066 - Bef 1117 (51 years)
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| Name |
Gilbert Fitz Richard De Clare [2, 3] |
| Prefix |
Earl |
| Suffix |
Earl Of Clare |
| Birth |
Bef 1066 |
Clare, Suffolk, England  [4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Bef 1117 |
Of Tonbridge, Kent, England & Cardigan, Wales [4, 5] |
| Burial |
Lord Of Tunbridge, Founded Priory Of Clare, Lord Of Cardigan [4] |
| Person ID |
I52584 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2010 |
| Father |
Earl Richard Fitzgilbert, b. Bef 1035, Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d. May 1089, Priory Of St Neot, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 54 years) |
| Mother |
Rochese Giffard, b. Abt 1034, Longueville, Normandy, France d. Aft 1133 (Age 100 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1054 |
England |
| Family ID |
F21631 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Adeliza De Clermont, b. Abt 1065, Of Northamptonshire, England d. Aft 1117, England (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage |
1113 |
| Children |
| | 1. Earl Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare, Earl Of Hertford, b. 1084, Hertford, Hertfordshire & Clare, Suffolk, England d. 15 Apr 1136, Slain By Welsh Near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 52 years) |
| | 2. Gilbert De Clare, Earl Of Pembroke, b. 21 Sep 1100, Tunbridge, Kent, England d. 6 Jan 1148, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales (Age 47 years) |
| | 3. Alice De Clare, b. Abt 1093, Clare, Suffolk, England d. Abt 1163, England (Age 70 years) |
| | 4. Walter De Clare |
| | 5. Baldwin De Clare |
| | 6. Rohesia De Clare, b. Abt 1110, Clare, Suffolk, England d. 1149, England (Age 39 years) |
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| Family ID |
F21635 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Dec 2009 |
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| Notes |
- Gilbert, feudal Lord of Clare, Suffolk and Cardigan, whose father Richard was son of the Count of Brionne, of an illegitimate line of the Dukes of Normandy). [Burke's Peerage]
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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]
Gilbert m. Adeliza, dau, of the Earl of Claremont, and was father of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and Gilbert de Clare, created Earl of Pembroke. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 230, Giffard, Earls of Buckingham]
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| Sources |
- [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 3:156 (Reliability: 3).
- [S134] Br, World Family Tree Vol. 16, Ed. 1, (Release date: December 15, 1997), Tree #1366 (Reliability: 3).
Date of Import: 22 okt 1999
- [S40] FTW 16 tree 1366 H.
Date of Import: 22 okt 1999
- [S1630] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis,, 153-1 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th, 177a-7 (Reliability: 3).
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