Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford 5th Earl of Gloucester

1180 - 1230  (50 years)

• Name	Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford 5th Earl of Gloucester  [1]
  Suffix	4th Earl of Hertford 5th Earl of Gloucester
  Born	1180  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Oct 1230	Brittany, France   [1]
  Notes	Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester (1180 - 25 October 1230) was the son of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, from whom he inherited the Clare estates. He also inherited from his mother, Amice Fitz William, the estates of Gloucester and the honour of St. Hilary, and from Rohese, an ancestor, the moiety of the Giffard estates. In June 1202, he was entrusted with the lands of Harfleur and Montrevillers. In 1215 Gilbert and his father were two of the barons made Magna Carta sureties and championed Louis "le Dauphin" of France in the First Barons' War, fighting at Lincoln under the baronial banner. He was taken prisoner in 1217 by William Marshal, whose daughter Isabel he later married on 9 October, her 17th birthday. In 1223 he accompanied his brother-in-law, Earl Marshal, in an expedition into Wales. In 1225 he was present at the confirmation of the Magna Carta by Henry III. In 1228 he led an army against the Welsh, capturing Morgan Gam, who was released the next year. He then joined in an expedition to Brittany, but died on his way back to Penrose in that duchy. His body was conveyed home by way of Plymouth and Cranborne to Tewkesbury. His widow Isabel later married Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall & King of the Romans. His own arms were: Or, three chevronels gules. Issue Hertford had six children by his wife Isabel, née Marshal: Agnes de Clare (b. 1218) Amice de Clare (1220-1287), who married the 6th Earl of Devon Richard de Clare (1222-1262) Isabel de Clare (1226-1264), who married the 5th Lord of Annandale William de Clare (1228-1258) Gilbert de Clare (b. 1229)
  Person ID	I4982	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford 4th Earl of Gloucester jure uxoris,   b. Abt 1153, Tonbridge, Kent, England ,   d. 1217, Oxfordshire, England  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Amice FitzWilliam, 4th Countess of Gloucester,   b. Abt 1160,   d. 1220  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Abt 1172  [2]
  Family ID	F1892	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Isabel Marshal,   b. 09 Oct 1200, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales ,   d. 17 Jan 1239/40, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 39 years)
  Children	1. Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford 6th Earl of Gloucester,   b. 04 Aug 1222,   d. 14 Jul 1262, Waltham, Kent, England  (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F1891	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S172] Dictionary of National Biography, (Name: Smith, Elder & Co; Location: London; Date: 1885-1900;). [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Clare,_3rd_Earl_of_Hertford.