 1243 - 1295 (52 years)
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| Name |
Gilbert de Clare |
| Title |
7th Earl of Hertford, 3rd Earl of Gloucester |
| Suffix |
7th Earl of Gloucester |
| Birth |
2 Sep 1243 |
Christchurch, Hampshire, England  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Gilbert "The Red Earl" de Clare [2] |
| Death |
7 Dec 1295 |
Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales [2, 3] |
| Burial |
22 Dec 1295 |
Tewksbury Abbey, Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England [2] |
| Person ID |
I8769 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
6th Earl of Hertford, 2nd Gloucester Richard de Clare, b. 4 Aug 1222, Gloucestershire, England d. 14 Jul 1262, John Griol's Manor, Ashenfield, Waltham, Kent, England (Age 39 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Maud de Lacy, b. 25 Jan 1223, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d. 10 Mar 1289, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (Age 66 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
1237 |
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [4] |
| Family ID |
F3438 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Joan "of Acre" Plantagenet, b. 1272, Acre, Palestine d. 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage |
30 Apr 1290 |
Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth de Clare, b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, England d. 4 Nov 1360 (Age 65 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Eleanor de Clare, b. 16 Sep 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 30 Jun 1337, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 44 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Margaret de Clare, b. 16 Sep 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 9 Apr 1342 (Age 49 years) [natural] |
| | 4. 8th Earl of Hertford, 4th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, b. 1291 d. 24 Jun 1314, Battle of Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland (Age 23 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F3440 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family 2 |
Alice de Lusignan, b. 1224, Lusignan, Vienne, France d. 9 Feb 1256, Warren, Sussex, England (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage |
2 Feb 1253 |
| Annulled |
1285 |
| Children |
| | 1. Isabel de Clare, b. 10 Mar 1262, Worcestershire, England d. 1333, Elmley, Worcestershire, England (Age 70 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Johanna de Clare, b. 1264 d. Aft 1302 (Age > 39 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F3441 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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 | Birth - 2 Sep 1243 - Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
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| Notes |
- Gilbert de Clare, surnamed the Red, 7th Earl of Hertford and 3rd Earl of Gloucester, who, by the king's procurement, m. in 1257, Alice, dau. of Guy, Earl of Angouleme, and niece of the king of France, which monarch bestowed upon the lady a marriage portion of 5,000 marks. This noble man, who, like his predecessors, was zealous in the cause of the barons, proceeded to London immediately after the defeat sustained by the insurrectionary lords at Northampton (48th Henry III) [1264], in order to rouse the citizens, which, having effected, he received the honor of knighthood from Montfort, Earl of Leicester, at the head of the army at Lewes; of which army, his lordship, with John Fitz-John and William de Montchensi, commanded the second brigade, and having mainly contributed to the victory in which the king and prince became prisoners, while the whole power of the realm fell into the hands of the victors, the earl procured a grant under the great seal of all the lands and possessions lying in England of John de Warren, Earl of Surrey, one of the most faithful adherents of the king, excepting the castles of Riegate and Lewes, to hold during the pleasure of the crown, and he soon after, with some of the principal barons, extorted from the captive monarch a commission authorizing Stephen, then bishop of Chichester, Simon Montford, Earl of Leicester, and himself, to nominate nine persons of "the most faithful, prudent, and most studious of the public weal," as well prelates as others, to manage all things according to the laws and customs of the realm until the consultations at Lewes should terminate. Being jealous, however, of the power of Leicester, the earl soon after abandoned the baronial cause and, having assisted in procuring the liberty of the king and prince, commanded the second brigade of the royal arm at the battle of Evesham, which restored the kingly power to its former luster. In reward of these eminent services he received a full pardon for himself and his brother Thomas of all prior treasons, and the custody of the castle of Bergavenny during the minority of Maud, wife of Humphrey de Bohun. His lordship veered again though in his allegiance and he does not appear to have been sincerely reconciled to the royal cause until 1270, in which year, demanding from Prince Edward repayment of the expenses he had incurred at the battle of Evesham, with livery of all the castles and lands which his ancestors had possessed and, those demands having been complied with, he thenceforward became a good and loyal subject of the crown. Upon the death of King Henry, the Earl of Hertford and Gloucester was one of the lords who met at the New Temple in London to proclaim Prince Edward, then in the Holy Land, successor to the crown, and so soon as the new monarch returned to England, his lordship was the first to entertain him and his whole retinue with great magnificence for several days at his castle of Tonebruge. In the 13th Edward I [1285], his lordship divorced his wife Alice, the French princess, and in consideration of her illustrious birth, granted for her support during her life, six extensive manors and parks, and he m. in 1289, Joan of Acre, dau. of King Edward I, upon which occasion he gave up the inheritance of his castles and manors, as well in England as in Wales , to his royal father-in-law, to dispose of as he might think proper; which manors, and c., were entailed by the king upon the earl's issue by the said Joane, and in default, upon her heirs and assigns, should she survive the lordship. By this lady he had issue, Gilbert, his successor, Alianore, Margaret, and Elizabeth. His lordship d. in 1295, and the Countess Joan surviving, m. a "plain esquire," called Ralph de Monthermer, clandestinely, without the king, her father's, knowledge, but to which alliance he was reconciled through the intercession of Anthony Beke, the celebrated bishop of Durham, and became eventually much attached to his now son-in-law. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, pp. 119-120, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
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Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester (1243-1295), 8th earl of Gloucester and 9th earl of Clare, was born at Christchurch, Hampshire, on Sept. 2, 1243. He married Alice of Angouleme, niece of king Henry III, succeeded his father in July 1262, and joined the baronial party led by Simon de Montfort. With Simon, Gloucester was at the battle of Lewes in May 1264, when the king himself surrendered to him, and after this victory he was one of the three persons selected to nominate a council. Soon, however, he quarreled with Simon. Leaving London for his lands on the Welsh border he met Prince Edward, afterward king Edward I, at Ludlow, just after his escape from captivity; and contributed largely to the prince's victory at Evesham in August 1265. But this alliance was as transitory as the one with Leicester, Gloucester championed the barons who had surrendered at Kenilworth in November and December 1266, and after putting his demands before the king, secured possession of London (April 1267). The earl quickly made his peace with Henry III and with Prince Edward. Under Edward I he spent several years in fighting in Wales, or on the Welsh border; in 1289 when the barons were asked for a subsidy he replied on their behalf that they would grant nothing until they saw the king in person (nihi prius personaliter viderent in Anglia faciem regis), and in 291 he was fined and imprisoned on account of levying private war on Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford. Having divorced his wife Alice, he married in 1290 Edward's daughter Joan, or Johanna (d. 1307). The "Red Earl," as he is sometimes called, died at Monmouth on Dec. 7, 1295, leaving, in addition to three daughters, a son, Gilbert, earl of Gloucester, killed at Bannockburn. [Encyclopedia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 10, p. 434, GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF.]
Ninth Earl Clare
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- [S230] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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