Gilbert Fitz Richard

Bef 1066 - 1114  (48 years)

• Name	Gilbert Fitz Richard  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Bef 1066	Clare, Suffolk, England   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1114  [2]
  Notes	He was the son of Richard fitz Gilbert and Rohese Giffard. He married Adeliza de Clermont, daughter of Hugues, Comte de Clermont and Marguerite de Montdidier, circa 1083. He was also known as Gilbert de Tonbridge. He was also known as Gilbert de Clare. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord of Clare [feudal baron] circa 1090. In 1090 he founded the Priory at Clare. Gilbert Fitz Richard (died 1114/7) was son and eventual heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and heiress Rohese Giffard. He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1091; his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy. Gilbert's inheritance made him one of the wealthiest magnates in early twelfth-century England. He was the earl of Hertfordshire, but references rarely indicated the county; he was consistently called Earl Gilbert or Gilbert earl of Clare. Gilbert may have been present at the suspicious death of William II in the New Forest in 1100. He was granted lands and the Lordship of Cardigan by Henry I, including Cardigan Castle. He founded the Cluniac priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk. He married Adeliza/Alice de Claremont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Roucy. She remarried one of the sons of Hervé de Montmorency after his death. Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children: Walter de Clare, d. 1149 Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice. She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex. Margaret de Clare, d. 1185, m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stanstead Mountfitchet. Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Bourne, d. 1154, m. Adeline de Rollos. Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1136 Hervey de Clare Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke Rohese de Clare, d. 1149, m. (ca. 1130), Baderon of Monmouth He was the son of Richard fitz Gilbert and Rohese Giffard. He married Adeliza de Clermont, daughter of Hugues, Comte de Clermont and Marguerite de Montdidier, circa 1083. He was also known as Gilbert de Tonbridge. He was also known as Gilbert de Clare. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord of Clare [feudal baron] circa 1090. In 1090 he founded the Priory at Clare.
  Person ID	I5591	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Richard fitz Gilbert,   b. Abt 1024, Bienfaite, Normandy, France ,   d. Abt 1090  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Rohese Giffard,   b. 1034, Longueville, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Abt 1054  [4]
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Adeliza de Clermont,   b. Abt 1058, Northamptonshire, England
  Married	Abt 1083  [2, 4]
  Children	1. Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke,   b. Abt 1100, Tonbridge, Kent, England ,   d. 06 Jan 1147/48  (Age ~ 48 years)   2. Alice FitzRichard Clare,   d. 1163   3. Richard FitzGilbert,   b. Abt 1084, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 15 Apr 1136, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales  (Age ~ 52 years)   4. Rohese de Clare,   d. 1149
  Family ID	F505	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;). [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard. [S160] Richard Glanville-Brown, (Location: 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada;).