de Clare, Richard Fitzgilbert 1

Birth Name de Clare, Richard Fitzgilbert
Gender male
Age at Death 52 years, 3 months, 14 days

Narrative

Clare (family), family of English nobles prominent in the 12th and 13th centuries. The 1st earl of Clare, the founder of the family, was Richard Fitz-Gilbert (flourished 1070-1091?), a knight who accompanied William the Conqueror (King William I of England) on the Norman invasion of England in 1066. He received extensive lands in Suffolk County, and in the village of Clare he built a castle, the ruins of which still exist. His great-grandson, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, known as Strongbow, laid the foundations for English rule in Ireland (see Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2nd earl of). Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Clare (died 1217), and his son Gilbert de Clare, 7th earl of Clare (flourished 1215-1230), were leaders of the barons who forced King John to sign the Magna Carta in 1215.

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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1084 Clare Castle, Tunbridge, Kent, England   1
Event Note

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Death 1136-04-15 Abergavenney, Monmouth, Wales   2

Age: 52y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father FitzRichard de Clare, Gilbert10651117
Mother de Clermont, Adelisa10721117
         de Clare, Richard Fitzgilbert 1084 1136-04-15
    Sister     de Clare, Hawise FitzGilbert 1089 1112
    Sister     de Clare, Rohese 1090 1175
    Sister     de Clare, Agnes 1091 1115
    Brother     FitzGilbert de Clare, Baldwin 1092 1172
    Sister     de Clare, Adeliza 1094 1163-11-01
    Brother     de Clare, Hervey I 1095
    Brother     de Clare, Gilbert FitzGilbert of Pembroke 1100-09-21 1148-01-06
    Sister     de Clare, Margaret 1102 about 1189

Families

Family of de Clare, Richard Fitzgilbert and de Meschines, Adeliza
Unknown Partner de Meschines, Adeliza ( * 1098 + 1142 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Clare, Alice11151148
de Clare, Roger11161173
de Clare, Roesia1120