Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke

Abt 1100 - 1148  (~ 48 years)

• Name	Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke  [1]
  Suffix	1st Earl of Pembroke
  Born	Abt 1100	Tonbridge, Kent, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	06 Jan 1147/48  [1, 2]
  Notes	He was the son of Gilbert fitz Richard and Adeliza de Clermont. He married Isabella of Meulan, daughter of Robert de Meulan, 1st Earl of Leicester and Elizabeth de Vermandois. Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke also went by the nick-name of Gilbert 'Strongbow'. He was also known as Gilbert FitzGilbert. He was created 1st Earl of Pembroke [England] circa 1138. Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare (c. 1100 - 6 January 1147/8), son of Gilbert Fitz Richard and Alice de Claremont, was sometimes referred to as "Strongbow", although his son is better remembered by this name, was the first Earl of Pembroke from 1138. Born at Tonbridge, Gilbert de Clare became a Baron, that is, a tenant-in-chief, obtaining the estates of his paternal uncles, Roger and Walter, which included the baronies and castles of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy, the lordship of Nether Gwent and the castle of Striguil (later Chepstow). King Stephen created him Earl of Pembroke, and gave him the rape and castle of Pevensey. Gilbert de Clare decided to live near the roof in the Great Hall so he could see what was going on at all times. After Stephen's defeat at Lincoln on 2 February 1141, Gilbert was among those who rallied to Empress Matilda when she recovered London in June, but he was at Canterbury when Stephen was recrowned late in 1141. He then joined Geoffrey's plot against Stephen, but when that conspiracy collapsed, he again adhered to Stephen, being with him at the siege of Oxford late in 1142. In 1147 he rebelled when Stephen refused to give him the castles surrendered by his nephew Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Hertford, whereupon the King marched to his nearest castle and nearly captured him. However, the Earl appears to have made his peace with Stephen before his death the following year. He married Isabel de Beaumont (ca. 1102 - ca. 1172), around 1130, daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan, and Elizabeth de Vermandois. Isabel had previously been the mistress of King Henry I of England. By her he had two daughters (Agnes and Basilia) and two sons (Baldwin and Richard).
  Person ID	I1415	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Fitz Richard,   b. Bef 1066, Clare, Suffolk, England ,   d. 1114  (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Adeliza de Clermont,   b. Abt 1058, Northamptonshire, England
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Abt 1083  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F505	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Isabel de Beaumont,   b. Between 1102 and 1107,   d. Aft 1172  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	Abt 1130  [2]
  Children	1. Basilea de Clare   2. Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke,   b. Abt 1130, Tonbridge, Kent, England ,   d. 20 Apr 1176, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Family ID	F392	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S179] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed, G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, (Name: Alan Sutton Publishing; Location: Gloucester, U.K.; Date: 2000;). [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_de_Clare,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke. [S160] Richard Glanville-Brown, (Location: 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada;).