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Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford 6th Lord of Tonbridge 5th Lord of Cardigan

Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford 6th Lord of Tonbridge 5th Lord of Cardigan

Male 1153 - 1217  (64 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford 6th Lord of Tonbridge 5th Lord of Cardigan was born in 1153 in Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England; died in 1217.

    Family/Spouse: Amice FitzWilliam, Countess of Gloucester. Amice (daughter of William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester and Hawise of Beaumont) was born about 1160; died in 1220. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mathilde de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford 5th Earl of Gloucester 1st Lord of Glamorgan 7th Lord of Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1180 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 25 Oct 1230 in Brittany, France.
    3. 4. Maud de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1184; died in 1213.
    4. 5. Richard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1184; died on 4 Mar 1228 in London, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mathilde de Clare Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1)

  2. 3.  Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford 5th Earl of Gloucester 1st Lord of Glamorgan 7th Lord of Clare Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born in 1180 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 25 Oct 1230 in Brittany, France.

    Family/Spouse: Isabel Marshal, Countess of Hereford. Isabel (daughter of William FitzJohn, Sir 1st Earl of Pembroke Marshal of the Horses) was born on 9 Oct 1200 in Pembroke Castle, Wales; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester 2nd Lord of Glamorgan 8th Lord of Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Aug 1222 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England; died on 14 Jul 1262 in Waltham, Canterbury, England.
    2. 7. Isabella de Clare, Lady of Annandale and Ireby  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Nov 1226; died on 12 Jul 1264.

  3. 4.  Maud de Clare Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born about 1184; died in 1213.

    Family/Spouse: William de Braose, Sir. William (son of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber Lord of Gower Abergavenny and Brecknock and Maud de Saint-Valéry, Lady of Bramber) died in 1210. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. John de Braose, Lord of Bramber Lord of Gower  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1197; died on 18 Jul 1232.

  4. 5.  Richard de Clare Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born about 1184; died on 4 Mar 1228 in London, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester 2nd Lord of Glamorgan 8th Lord of Clare Descendancy chart to this point (3.Gilbert2, 1.Richard1) was born on 4 Aug 1222 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England; died on 14 Jul 1262 in Waltham, Canterbury, England.

    Family/Spouse: Maud de Lacy, Countess of Hertford and Gloucester. Maud (daughter of John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln and Margaret de Quincy, 2nd Countess of Lincoln) was born on 25 Jan 1223 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died on 10 Mar 1289. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford 7th Earl of Gloucester 3rd Lord of Glamorgan 9th Lord of Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle.
    2. 10. Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thormond 1st Lord of Inchiquin and Youghal  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1244; died on 29 Aug 1287.

  2. 7.  Isabella de Clare, Lady of Annandale and Ireby Descendancy chart to this point (3.Gilbert2, 1.Richard1) was born on 2 Nov 1226; died on 12 Jul 1264.

    Isabella married Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale on 12 May 1240. Robert (son of Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale and Isobel of Huntingdon, Lady Annandale) was born about 1215; died on 31 Mar 1295. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. William de Brus  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 12. John de Brus  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1275.
    3. 13. Richard de Brus  Descendancy chart to this point died about 26 Jan 1287.
    4. 14. Robert de Brus, VI 6th Lord of Annandale Earl of Carrick Lord of Hartness  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jul 1243; died before 4 Mar 1304.
    5. 15. Isabel de Brus, Lady FitzMarmaduke  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1249; died about 1284.

  3. 8.  John de Braose, Lord of Bramber Lord of Gower Descendancy chart to this point (4.Maud2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1197; died on 18 Jul 1232.

    Family/Spouse: Marared ferch Llywelyn. Marared (daughter of LLywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales King of Gwynedd and Joan Plantagenet, Lady of Wales Lady of Snowdon) died in 1268. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. William de Braose, 1st Baron Braose  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford 7th Earl of Gloucester 3rd Lord of Glamorgan 9th Lord of Clare Descendancy chart to this point (6.Richard3, 3.Gilbert2, 1.Richard1) was born on 2 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouth Castle.

    Family/Spouse: Alice de Lusignan of Angoulême. Alice was born after Oct 1236 in Angoulême, Poitou, France; died in May 1290. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Isabel de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Mar 1263; died in 1333.
    2. 18. Joan de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1264; died after 1302.

    Gilbert married Joan Plantagenet of Acre, Princess of England on 30 Apr 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Joan (daughter of Edward Plantagenet, I King of England and Eleanor of Castille, Queen Consort of England) was born in Apr 1272 in Acre, Kingdom of Acre; died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester 7th Earl of Hertford  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 10 May 1291 in Clare Castle, Suffolk, England; died on 24 Jun 1314 in Battle of Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland.
    2. 20. Eleanor de Clare, 6th Lady of Glamorgan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Oct 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1337 in Monmouth Castle, Wales.
    3. 21. Margaret de Clare, Countess of Gloucester Countess of Cornwall High Sheriff of Rutland  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Oct 1293 in Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England; died on 9 Apr 1342 in Chebsey, Staffordshire, England.
    4. 22. Elizabeth de Clare, 11th Lady of Clare Baroness d'Amory  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Sep 1295 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 4 Nov 1360 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England.

  2. 10.  Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thormond 1st Lord of Inchiquin and Youghal Descendancy chart to this point (6.Richard3, 3.Gilbert2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1244; died on 29 Aug 1287.

    Family/Spouse: Juliana FitzGerald, Lady Inchiquin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Maud de Clare, Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1276 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 4 May 1327 in Badlesmere, Kent, England.
    2. 24. Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1287; died on 22 Oct 1333 in Convent House of the Minorite Sisters, Aldgate, London.

  3. 11.  William de Brus Descendancy chart to this point (7.Isabella3, 3.Gilbert2, 1.Richard1)

  4. 12.  John de Brus Descendancy chart to this point (7.Isabella3, 3.Gilbert2, 1.Richard1) died in 1275.

  5. 13.  Richard de Brus Descendancy chart to this point (7.Isabella3, 3.Gilbert2, 1.Richard1) died about 26 Jan 1287.

  6. 14.  Robert de Brus, VI 6th Lord of Annandale Earl of Carrick Lord of Hartness Descendancy chart to this point (7.Isabella3, 3.Gilbert2, 1.Richard1) was born in Jul 1243; died before 4 Mar 1304.

    Family/Spouse: Marjorie of Carrick, 3rd Countess of Carrick. Marjorie (daughter of Niall of Carrick, Earl of Carrick and Margaret Stewart) was born about 1256; died before 9 Nov 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Isabel de Brus, Queen Consort of Norway  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1272; died in 1358.
    2. 26. Robert the Bruce, I King of Scots Earl of Carrick 7th Lord of Annandale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jul 1274; died on 7 Jun 1329 in Palace of Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

  7. 15.  Isabel de Brus, Lady FitzMarmaduke Descendancy chart to this point (7.Isabella3, 3.Gilbert2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1249; died about 1284.

  8. 16.  William de Braose, 1st Baron Braose Descendancy chart to this point (8.John3, 4.Maud2, 1.Richard1)

    Family/Spouse: Mary de Ros, Baroness Braose. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]





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