Rohese de Clare

- 1149

• Name	Rohese de Clare  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1149  [1]
  Notes	Rohese de Clare, also known after her marriage as Rohese de Monemue (died 1149) was a daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare. About 1130 she married Baderon fitzWilliam of Monmouth. Her father being already dead by that date, the wedding was celebrated at Striguil Castle (Chepstow), stronghold of her brother Gilbert fitzGilbert de Clare (soon to be created 1st Earl of Pembroke). Gilbert himself was absent, and it was Rohese's eldest brother, Walter fitzGilbert de Clare, who presided. Rohese is most notable for her generosity to Monmouth Priory soon after her marriage. As a married woman she acted through her husband, who records in the charter that the gifts were made "by myself and my wife, at her request ... made at the Feast of All Saints on the same day on which she was married to me at Striguil". The gift was put into effect "on the Feast of St. Martin next following" at a ceremony at Monmouth attended by Rohese's brothers Walter and Gilbert and by Gilbert's wife Isabel de Beaumont (formerly King Henry I's mistress). The gift consisted of a tithe (one-tenth) of the regular revenues of the town of Monmouth, to be paid in instalments three times each year. In 1144 Rohese and Baderon made further donations to Monmouth Priory. Rohese and Baderon had two sons, James and Gilbert; it was Gilbert who succeeded his father as lord of Monmouth. They also had a daughter, Rohese, who married Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath about 1155.
  Person ID	I5590	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  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F505	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Baderon of Monmouth,   b. Abt 1100,   d. 1176  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	Abt 1130  [1]
  Children	1. Rohese of Monmouth,   b. Abt 1137,   d. Abt 1180  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Family ID	F2262	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohese_de_Clare. [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;). [S160] Richard Glanville-Brown, (Location: 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada;).