Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare

1243 - 1295  (52 years)

• Name	Gilbert de Clare
  Nickname	the Red
  Birth	2 Sep 1243	Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset), England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  History	birth to death
  He was the 9th Earl of Clare. He was also the Earl of Hertford and Gloucester. [1] On 14 May 1264, he was knighted. [1]
  Death	7 Dec 1295	Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Siblings	3 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Isabel de Clare,   b. May 1240   d. Abt 1271  (Age 30 years) + 2. Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare,   b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset), England d. 7 Dec 1295, Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales  (Age 52 years) ▻ Alice de Lusignan,  m. 1253 ;   Joan Plantagenent, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford,  m. 30 Apr 1290 + 3. Sir Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond,   b. Abt 1245   d. 1287/88, Ireland  (Age 43 years) ▻ Juliane FitzMaurice,  m. 1275   4. Bogo de Clare, a clerk (priest),   b. 21 Jul 1248   d. 1294  (Age 45 years)   5. Margaret de Clare of Gloucester,   b. 1249   d. Feb 1313  (Age 64 years) + 6. Rohese de Clare,   b. 17 Oct 1252   d. After 1299  (Age 47 years) ▻ Roger de Mowbray, Baron Mowbray of Axholme,  m. 1270   7. Eglentina de Clare,   b. 1257   d. 1257  (Age 0 years)   8. Robert de Clare
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Halfdan   (14 x Great Grandfather)  Maud  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2883	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Sir Richard de Clare, Earl of Clare, Hertford, and Gloucester,   b. 4 Aug 1222   d. 15 Jul 1262, Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England (not found) (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Maud de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln   d. by 10 Mar 1288/89
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Alice de Lusignan  [1]
  Marriage	1253  [1, 2]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 9 years and 3 months - She : ??.
  Divorce	1271  [2]
  Children	2 daughters
  1. Isabella de Clare,   b. 10 Mar 1263  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. Joan de Clare,   b. Abt 1368   d. After 1322  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F2270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2020

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Joan Plantagenent, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford,   b. 1272, Acre, Holy Land d. 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England (Age 35 years)  [1]  Other Partners: Ralph de Monthermer  m. Jan 1296
  Marriage	30 Apr 1290	Westminster Abbey, London, England Westminster Abbey, London, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : 46 years and 7 months - She : ~ 18 years and 4 months.
  Children	1 son and 3 daughters
  1. Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester ,   b. 10 May 1291   d. 24 Jun 1314, Bannockburn, Scotland (Age 23 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] >   2. Eleanor de Clare,   b. Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 30 Jun 1337, England (Age 44 years) ▻ Sir Hugh le Despenser, Baron Despenser  m. Before 14 Jun 1306 +   3. Margaret de Clare,   b. Oct 1292   d. 9 Apr 1342 (Age 49 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Piers de Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall  m. 1 Nov 1307;   Hugh de Audley, Earl of Gloucester  m. 28 Apr 1317 >   4. Elizabeth de Clare,   b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 4 Nov 1360 (Age 65 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster  m. 13 Sep 1308;   Sir Theobald de Verdon, Baron Verdon and Lord Weberley  m. 4 Feb 1315
  Family ID	F2268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2020

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare(1243 – 1295) 2Sir Richard de Clare, Earl of Clare, Hertford, and Gloucester(1222 – 1262) 4Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare(Abt 1180 – 1230) 8Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford(Abt 1153 – 1217) 16Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Clare(1115 – 1173) 17Maude de St. Hilaire(1132 – 1173) 9Amicia of Gloucester, Countess of Gloucester( – 1 Jan 1224/25) 18William FitzRobert, Earl of Gloucester(1121 – 1183) 19Hawise de Beaumont(1136 – 1197) 5Lady Isabel Marshal(1200 – 1240) 10Sir William the Marshal, Earl of Pembroke(1146 – 1219) 20John FitzGilbert, Marshal of the Royal Household( – 1165) 21Sibyl de Salisbury 11Isabel de Clare, Countess Strigoil(Abt 1174 – 1220) 22Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke(Abt 1130 – Abt 1176) 23Aoife MacMurrough, Countess of Ireland( – 1171) 3Maud de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln( – by 10 Mar 1288/89) 6John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln(1192 – 1240) 12Roger de Lacy( – 1211) 24John FitzRichard( – 1190) 25Alice de Mandeville 13Maud de Clare( – 1213) 26Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford(Abt 1153 – 1217) 27Amicia of Gloucester, Countess of Gloucester( – 1 Jan 1224/25) 7Margaret de Quincy(1208 – 1266) 14Robert de Quincy( – 1217) 28Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester(1155 – 1219) 29Margaret de Beaumont( – 12 Jan 1635/36) 15Hawise of Chester, Countess of Lincoln(1180 – 1242/43) 30Hugh de Keveliock, Earl of Chester(1147 – 1181) 31Bertrade d'Évreux de Montfort(1155 – 1189)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Sep 1243 - Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset), England Marriage - 30 Apr 1290 - Westminster Abbey, London, England Death - 7 Dec 1295 - Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941). [S64] Langston, Aileen Lewers and J. Orton Buck Jr. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume II, (Cottonport, Louisiana:Order of the Crown of Charlemagne , 1974 ). [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975).