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Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066 –c. 1117), 2nd feudal baron of Clare in Suffolk, and styled "de Tonbridge", was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107–1111.
Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066-c. 1117), bautizado De Clare, De Tonbridge, y lord de Clare. Fue un poderoso barón anglo-normando que recibió el señorío de Cardigan, en Gales c. 1107-111.
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Richard was the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne in Normandy (Fitz was a variant spelling of the Norman filz, French fils, signifying "son of"). Gilbert was a guardian of the young duke William and when Gilbert was killed by Ralph de Wacy in 1040, his two older sons Richard and Gilbert fled to Flanders. On his later return to Normandy Richard was r...
He was rewarded with 176 manors in England, including the right to build castles at Clare in Suffolk, caput of his feudal barony, and at Tonbridge in Kent. Some contemporaneous and later sources called him Earl of Clare, though many modern sources view the title as a "styled title". He served as Joint Chief Justiciarin William's absence, and played...
On the Conqueror's death, Richard and other great Norman barons, including Odo of Bayeux, Robert, Count of Mortain, and Geoffrey of Coutances, led a rebellion against the rule of William Rufus in order to place Robert Curthose on the throne. However, most Normans in England remained loyal. William Rufus and his army successfully attacked the rebel ...
He retired to a monastery in 1088, passing his possessions in England to his son Gilbert fitz Richard and his land in Normandy to his son Roger Fitz Richard. He was buried in St. Neot's Prioryin 1091. His widow was still living in 1113.
Richard married Rohese Giffard, daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Agnes Flaitel,and they had at least the following children: 1. Roger fitz Richard de Clare, received Norman lands and d. 1131.Wife unknown, daughter Joanna married Gilbert de Neville. 2. Gilbert fitz Richard, d. 1115, succeeded his father as Earl of Clare. 3. Walter...
Vaughn, Sally N. (2022). Anselm of Bec and Robert of Meulan: The Innocence of the Dove and the Wisdom of the Serpent. University of California Press.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Gilbert fitz Richard, Lord of Clare, succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1090; his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy. Earl Gilbert's inheritance made him one of the wealthiest magnates in early twelfth-century England.
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Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066-c. 1117), bautizado De Clare, De Tonbridge, y lord de Clare. Fue un poderoso barón anglo-normando que recibió el señorío de Cardigan, en Gales c. 1107-111.
Richard fitz Gilbert (antes de que 1035–c. 1090) fue un caballero Normando que participó en la conquista de Inglaterra en 1066, y era llamado "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", y de "Tonbridge" por sus posesiones.
Gilbert fitz Richard, who was no more than 5 years of age at the death of his father, died in 1185, leaving his sister as the sole heir to Strongbow's lordships. She was married to William Marshal I (qv), and through her the de Clare lands in Ireland, Wales, England, and Normandy passed to the Marshal family.
