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de Clare. The House of Clare was a prominent Anglo-Norman noble house that ruled the Earldoms of Pembroke, Hertford and Gloucester in England and Wales throughout its history, playing a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland . They were descended from Richard Fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare (1035-1090), a kinsman of William the Conqueror ...
- Earls, Barons, and Knights
- Richard fitz Gilbert
- Various
- House of Normandy
Distantly related to William or not, Gilbert's sons accompanied William in his invasion of England in the late eleventh century. They were suitably rewarded for their support - Baldwin de Clare became Sheriff of Devonshire, and his brother Richard de Clare was given control of 170 estates in Suffolk (95 of which were attached to Clare Castle.
When Sir William de Clare was born on 18 May 1228, in Gloucestershire, England, his father, Gilbert de Clare, was 48 and his mother, Isabel Marshall, was 27. He married Margery Burgh in 1252, in Wem, Shropshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 23 July 1291, in Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age ...
- Male
- Margery Burgh
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3 de ago. de 2018 · So who are the de Clare family from yesterday’s post who seemed to be loitering in the New Forest when William Rufus met his end? Complicated – that’s what rather than who. Richard son of Gilbert arrived with the Conquest. Gilbert was a son of the Count of Brionne.
11 de oct. de 2022 · July 23, 1258 (30) Retherford, Berwickshire, Scotland (Poisoned) Place of Burial: Durefford Abbey. Immediate Family: Son of Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester, Surety of the Magna Carta and Isabel Marshal, Countess of Cornwall. Husband of Margery de Burgh. Father of Isabel de Clare.
- England
- May 18, 1228
- Margery de Burgh
- Gloucestershire, England
He was a 12th century English knight who rose from the fourth son of an important but relatively low ranking baron to become Regent of England. A truly remarkable epic poem was written about him. It is one of the earliest, non classical, biographies of a non royal lay person.
20 de ene. de 2020 · Sir William married, by an arrangement set up by Henry II, the 17-year old Isabel de Clare, daughter of the immensely rich 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and as she was the heiress, it gave William prestige, wealth and, of course, castles. Amongst these were Pembroke Castle and Chepstow Castle in Wales. Sir William improved both of these mighty fortresses.
