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Bartholomew DE BADLESMERE - 1st Baron
Governor of Bristol Castle, Lord Warden of the Cinque Port
born - England - Chilham, Kent 1275
died - England - Kent - Canterbury 14 APR 1322
married -
Margaret DE CLARE
born - Ireland - Bunratty Castle, Thomond 1 APR 1287
died - England - Castle, Badlesmere, Kent 22 OCT 1333 - 3 JAN 1334
Children
1. Margaret DE BADLESMERE b: 1315 in astle, Badlesmere, Kent,
England
2. Margery DE BADLESMERE b: BET 1308 AND 1309
3. Maud DE BADLESMERE b: 1310 in Castle Badlesmere, Kent,
England
4. Elizabeth DE BADLESMERE b: 1313 in Castle, Badlesmere, Kent,
England
5. Giles DE BADLESMERE

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Thomas DE CLARE - Lord of Thomond
Governor of London - 1274
born - England - Tunbridge, Kent 1245
died - Ireland - Thomond, Caonnaught, Clare 29 AUG 1287
married - 1276
Julian FITZMAURICE
born - Ireland - Dublin 1259
died - Ireland - Thomond, Caonnaught, Clare 1309
Children
1.Thomas DE CLARE
2.Maud DE CLARE b: ABT 1279 in Gloucestershire,
3.Margaret DE CLARE b: ABT 1 APR 1287 in Bunratty Castle, Thomond,
Ireland
4.Richard DE CLARE b: ABT 1278
5.Gilbert DE CLARE

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Richard DE CLARE - 2nd Earl of Gloucester - 6th Earl of Hertford
born - Wales - Monmouthshire - 4 AUG 1222
died - England - Ashenfield, Waltham, Canterbury 15 JUL 1262
burial - Tewkesbury 28 JUL 1262
married - England - Lincolnshire 25 JAN 1237
Maude DE LACY
born - England - Lincolnshire 1223
died - Before 10 MAR 1288
Children
1. Isabel DE CLARE
2 .Gilbert DE CLARE
3. Thomas DE CLARE
4. Bogo DE CLARE
5. Margaret DE CLARE
6. Roese (Rose) DE CLARE
7.Eglentina DE CLARE

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Gilbert DE CLARE - 4th Earl of Gloucester (or 1st)
born - England - Hertford, Hertfordshire 1180
died - France - Penrose, Brittany 25 OCT 1230
burial - England - Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester, England
married - England - Gloucester - Tewkesbury Abbey, 9 OCT 1217
Isabella MARSHALL
born - Wales - Pembroke Castle, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire 9 OCT
1200
died - England - Hertfordshire - Berkhamstead 17 JAN 1240
Children
1. Agnes DE CLARE
2. Amicia DE CLARE
3.Richard DE CLARE
4. Isabel DE CLARE
5. William DE CLARE
6. Gilbert DE CLARE

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Richard DE CLARE - 4th Earl of Hertford - 6th Earl of Clare
born - England - Tonbridge Castle, Kent 1162
"slain by Welsh chieftains"
died - England - Oxfordshire 3-30 DEC 1218
married - 1172
Amice Fitz WILLIAM - Countess of Gloucester
born - 1160
died - 1 JAN 1224
Children
1.Isabel DE CLARE
2.Gilbert DE CLARE
3. Maud (Matilda) DE CLARE
4. Richard DE CLARE
5.Joan DE CLARE

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Roger DE CLARE - 3rd Earl of Hertford
born - England - Tunbridge Castle, Kent 1122
died - England - Oxfordshire 1173
married 2 - England - Dalling, Norfolk 1153
Maud (Matilda) De SAINT HILARY
born - England - Burkenham, Norfolk 1132
died - England - Norfolk 24 DEC 1193
Children
1. Mabel DE CLARE
2. Richard DE CLARE
3. Eveline DE CLARE
4. James DE CLARE
5. Roger DE CLARE
6. John DE CLARE
7. Henry DE CLARE

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Richard DE CLARE - Lord of Clare - 1st Earl or Hertford
born - England Hertford, Hertfordshire 1094
died - Wales - Abergavenny, Monmouthshire - Near Abbey of Lanthony
15 APR 1136
married - 1115
Adeliza DE MESCHINES
born - England - Hertfordshire : 1096
died - 1128
Children
1. Gilbert Fitz Richard DE CLARE
2. Alice DE CLARE
3 .Robert Fitz Richard DE CLARE
4. Rohese DE CLARE
5. Roger DE CLARE

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Gilbert FitzRichard DE CLARE
born - England - Clare, Suffolk 1065
died - England - Tonbridge, Cardigan or Frome, Somerset 1114-1115
married -
Adeliza of CLERMONT
"dau of Hugh and Margaret Roucy"
born - France - Clermont, Oise 1070
died - England - Frome, Somerset 1138
Children
1. Walter DE CLARE
2. Margaret DE CLARE
3. Adeliza DE CLARE
4. Baldwin DE CLARE
5. Richard DE CLARE
6. Hervey DE CLARE
7. Hawise DE CLARE
8. Gilbert "Strongbow" DE CLARE
9. Rohesia DE CLARE

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Richard "De Tonbridge" "De Clare" FITZGILBERT - Lawyer
born - France - Bienfaite, Normandy 1035
died - England - Bunfarte, Orbec; Clare Township 1090
burial - England - Priory, St Neot's, Huntingdonshire
married - England - 1054
Rohese GIFFARD
" daughter of Sir Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville, and Agnes Flatel"
born - France - Longueville, Normandy 1034
died - 1133
Children
1.Adelize DE CLARE
2. Walter DE CLARE
3. Ronais DE CLARE
4. Richard FitzRichard DE CLARE
5.Robert DE CLARE
6. Roger FitzRichard DE CLARE
7.Gilbert FitzRichard DE CLARE
8. Rohese Fitzrichard DE CLARE

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Gilbert "Crispin" of BRIONNE - Count of Eu - Count of Brionne
The name "Crispin" is said to have referred to
the family's erect curly hair.
born - France - Normandy 1000
died - Eschafour 1040
married -
Gunnora DE AUNOU
born - France - Tillieres, Eure 1005
died -
Children
1.Milo DE BAR-SUR-SEINE
2. Osbern DE CAILLY
3. EMMA b
4. Hesilia CRISPIN
5. Roger Crispin of CANDIE
6. Baldwin Fitz Gilbert DE REDVERS
7. Richard "De Tonbridge" "De Clare" FITZGILBERT
8.Gilbert CRISPIN b: ABT 1036
9.Ann DE CLARE

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Geoffroy of BRIONNE - Count of Eu & Brionne
born - France - Brionne, Normandie
died - 1015
married -
Haloise DE GUÎNES
born -
died -
Children
1. Gilbert "Crispin" of BRIONNE

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Richard I "the Fearless" of NORMANDY - 3rd Duke of Normandy
born - France - Fbecamp, Normandie - 28 AUG 933
died - France - Fbecamp, Normandie 20 NOV 996
married -
MISTRESSES
born -
died -
Children
1. Geoffroy of BRIONNE
2. Papia of NORMANDY
3. Guillaume I of NORMANDY
4. Fressenda of NORMANDY

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Guillaume I "Longue Epbee" of NORMANDY - jarl (ruler) of Normandy
William I of NORMANDY - 2nd Duke of Normandy and Sprota
Duke of Aquitaine and Normandy
born - France -
died - France - Normandie, Neustria - 900
married - France - Normandy - 932
Adila (Adela) of BRITTANY
born - France - Bretagne 911
died - France 17 DEC 942
Children
1. Richard I "the Fearless" of NORMANDY

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Rollo ROGNVALDSSON
born - Nord-Trondelag - 860
died -
married -
Poppa of NEUSTRIA - Duchess Of Normandy
Poppa DE VALOIS
religion - Christian
born - France - Evereux, Neustria 872
died -
Children
1. Adaele (Gerloc) of NORMANDY
2.William I "Longsword" of NORMANDY

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Ragnvald of MOER - Danish King of Dublin, Ireland
"ROGNWALD, "the rich", one of the Vikings, Earl of Orkney and Shetland
Islands"
born -
died - 885
married -
HILDER
born -
died -
Children
1. GURIM
2.Rollo ROGNVALDSSON

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Bartholomew DE BADLESMERE
Margaret DE CLARE
"Margaret de Clare (c.1 April 1287- 22 October 1333/ 3 January 1334) was a Norman-Irish
noblewoman and the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere.In 1321,
she was arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London for refusing Isabella of France,
Queen-consort of King Edward II, admittance to Leeds Castle of which her husband, Lord
Badlesmere, was castellan.
Margaret was born at Bunratty Castle in Thomond Ireland on or around 1 April 1287, the
youngest child of Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliane FitzGerald of Offaly. Her
paternal grandparents were Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Gloucester and Maude de Lacy.
Her maternal ancestors were Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly and Emmeline
Longspee. Her great-grandfather was Stephen Longspee, Justiciar of Ireland who was
married to Emmeline de Ridelsford whose grandfather, Sir Walter de Riddlesford arrived in
Ireland in 1170 with Strongbow. Margaret had an elder sister, Maud and two brothers,
Richard de Clare, 1st Lord Clare, who was killed at the Battle of Dysert O'Dea in 1318, and
Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Thomond.
On 29 August 1287, when she was almost five months of age, her father died.
Margaret was co-heiress to her nephew Thomas de Clare, son of her brother Richard, by
which she inherited the manors of Plashes in Standon, Hertfordshire and lands in Thomond,
Limerick and Cork in 1321 upon the death of Thomas.
Before 1303, she married firstly, Gilbert de Umfraville, son of Gilbert de Umphraville, Earl of
Angus, and Elizabeth Comyn. Upon their marriage, the Earl of Angus granted Gilbert and
Margaret the manors of Hambleton and Market Overton. When Gilbert died childless,
sometime before 1307, the manors passed to Margaret.
Sometime before 30 June 1308, she married secondly, Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st
Lord Badlesmere,(1275-14 April 1322) an English baron and Governor of Bristol Castle, by
whom she had five children. She acceded to the title of Lady Badlesmere on 26 October 1309.
Lord Badlesmere was appointed castellan of the Royal Castle of Leeds in Kent, by Thomas,
2nd Earl of Lancaster, Regent of King Edward II. In October 1321,the Queen-Consort Isabella
of France went on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury. She decided to
break her journey by stopping at Leeds Castle, which was given to her as part of her dowry
Bartholomew was away at the time leaving Margaret in charge of the castle. Due to her
dislike of Isabella as well as her own belligerent character, she refused the Queen
admittance, and subsequently ordered her archers to fire upon Queen Isabella when she
approached the outer barbican. When King Edward heard of the treatment meted out to his
consort by Margaret, he sent an expeditionary force to the castle. After a successful assault of
the castle, with the King's troops using ballistas, the defenders surrendered, and Margaret
was seized and sent to the Tower of London.
As a result of Margaret's arrest, Lord Badlesmere joined Lancaster's rebellion and fought in
the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322. He was arrested and afterward hanged for
treason on 14 April 1322. Margaret remained imprisoned in the Tower until 3 November
1322. She was released from the Tower, due to the successful mediation, on her behalf, of
her son-in-law William de Ros. She retired to the convent house of the Minorite Sisters,
outside Aldgate.
She died between 22 October 1333 and 3 January 1334. (Wikipedia)"

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Bartholomew DE BADLESMERE
Margaret DE CLARE
"English nobleman, was the son and heir of Gunselm de Badlesmere (died 1301), and
fought in the English army both in France and Scotland during the later years of the reign of
Edward I of England.
In 1307 he became governor of Bristol Castle. Edward II appointed him steward of his
household. Badlesmere made a compact with some other noblemen to gain supreme
influence in the royal council. Although very hostile to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, Badlesmere
helped to make peace between the king and the earl in 1318, and was a member of the
middle party which detested alike Edward's minions, like the Despensers, and his violent
enemies like Lancaster.
The king's conduct, however, drew him to the side of the earl, and he had already joined
Edward's enemies when, in October 1321, his wife, Margaret de Clare, refused to admit
Queen Isabella to her husband's castle at Leeds in Kent. The king assaulted and captured
the castle, seized and imprisoned Lady Badlesmere, and civil war began.
After the defeat of the Earl of Lancaster at the Battle of Boroughbridge, Badlesmere was
captured and hanged at Canterbury on April 14, 1322. His son and heir, Giles, died without
children in 1338. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
BARTHOLOMEW DE BADLESMERE who was 26 years old at his father's death; 3 Edward II
obtained a grant of the castle and manor of Chilham (Chetham?) in Kent; also had a grant of
other manors and the castle of Ledes in Kent; summoned to Parliament as a baron 3 to 14
Edward II; joined the insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and, upon the defeat of the
latter at Borough Bridge, was taken prisoner and hanged at Canterbury 1321; married
Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, second son of Richard de Clare, Earl of
Gloucester and Hertford, and Julian, daughter of Sir Maurice FitzMaurice, Lord Justice of
Ireland (Complete Peer.). His wife was widow of Gilbert de Umfreville. (Fenwick Allied
Ancestry, page 152)"

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Richard DE CLARE
Maude DE LACY
born - England - Lincolnshire 1223
"Maud de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln (1223 – 1287) was the daughter of John de Lacy, Earl of
Lincoln (1192-1240) and Margaret de Quincy (1208-1266). She married Richard de Clare, 8th
Earl of Clare. Their known children are: 1) Gilbert de Clare, 9th Earl of Clare/3rd Earl of
Gloucester; 2) Adeliza de Tunbridge, who married William Percy, Lord of Topcliffe; 3) Roger
de Clare, who married Maud de St. Hilary. (Wikipedia)"

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Richard DE CLARE
Maude DE LACY
born - England - Lincolnshire 1223
"Son of Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford and Isabel Marshall, daughter of William
Marshall and Isabel de Clare. A year after he became of age, he was in an expedition against
the Welsh. Through his mother he inherited a fifth part of the Marshall estates, including
Kilkenny and other lordships in Ireland. In 1232 Richard was secretly married to Margaret
(Megotta) de Burgh, daughter of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent. Both bride and groom were
aged about ten. Megotta died in November 1327. Before she had even died, the earl of
Lincoln offered 5,000 marks to King Henry to secure Richard for his own daughter. This offer
was accepted, and Richard was married secondly, on or before 25 January 1237, Maud de
Lacy, daughter of the Surety John de Lacy and Margaret Quincy.
He joined in the Barons' letter to the Pope in 1246 against the exactions of the Curia in
England. He was among those in opposition to the King's half-brothers, who in 1247 visited
England, where they were very unpopular, but afterwards he was reconciled to them.
On April 1248, he had letters of protection for going over seas on a pilgrimage. At Christmas
1248, he kept his Court with great splendor on the Welsh border. In the next year he went on
a pilgrimage to St. Edmund at Pontigny, returning in June. In 1252 he observed Easter at
Tewkesbury, and then went across the seas to restore the honor of his brother William, who
had been badly worsted in a tournament and had lost all his arms and horses. The Earl is
said to have succeeded in recovering all, and to have returned home with great credit, and in
September he was present at the Round Table tournament at Walden.
In August 1252/3 the King crossed over to Gascony with his army, and to his great
indignation the Earl refused to accompany him and went to Ireland instead. In August 1255
he and John Maunsel were sent to Edinburgh by the King to find out the truth regarding
reports which had reached the King that his son-in-law, Alexander, King of Scotland, was
being coerced by Robert de Roos and John Baliol. If possible, they were to bring the young
King and Queen to him. The Earl and his companion, pretending to be the two of Roos's
knights, obtained entry to Edinburgh Castle, and gradually introduced their attendants, so that
they had a force sufficient for their defense. They gained access to the Scottish Queen, who
made her complaints to them that she and her husband had been kept apart. They
threatened Roos with dire punishments, so that he promised to go to the King.
Meanwhile the Scottish magnates, indignant at their castle of Edinburgh's being in English
hands, proposed to besiege it, but they desisted when they found they would be besieging
their King and Queen. The King of Scotland apparently traveled South with the Earl, for on 24
September they were with King Henry III at Newminster, Northumberland. In July 1258 he fell
ill, being poisoned with his brother William, as it was supposed, by his steward, Walter de
Scotenay. He recovered but his brother died.
Richard died at John de Griol's manor of Asbenfield in Waltham, near Canterbury, 15 July
1262, it being rumored that he had been poisoned at the table of Piers of Savoy. On the
following Monday he was carried to Canterbury where a mass for the dead was sung, after
which his body was taken to the canon's church at Tonbridge and interred in the choir.
Thence it was taken to Tewkesbury and buried 28 July 1262, with great solemnity in the
presence of two bishops and eight abbots in the presbytery at his father's right hand. (From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)"

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Gilbert DE CLARE
Isabella MARSHALL
"Isabel Marshal (9 October 1200 - 17 January 1240) was a medieval English countess. She
was the wife of both Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford and 1st Earl of Gloucester and
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (son of King John of England). With the former, she was a great
grandparent of King Robert the Bruce of Scotland.
Born 9 October 1200 at Pembroke Castle, Isabel was the seventh child, and second
daughter, of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare. She had 10 siblings,
who included the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Earl's of Pembroke; each of her brothers dying
without a legitimate male heir and passing it on to the next brother in line. Her last brother to
hold the title of Earl of Pembroke died without legitimate issue, and the title was passed
down through the family of Isabel's younger sister Joan. Her sisters married, respectively, the
Earls of Norfolk, Surrey, and Derby; the 10th Baron Abergavenny and the Lord of
Swanscombe.
On her 17th birthday (9 October 1217) Isabel was married to Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of
Hertford and 1st Earl of Gloucester, who was 20 years her senior, at Tewkesbury Abbey. The
marriage was an extremely happy one, despite the age difference, and the couple had six
children.
Isabel's husband Gilbert joined in an expedition to Brittany in 1229, but died 25 October 1230
on his way back to Penrose, in that duchy. His body was conveyed home by way of Plymouth
and Cranborne, to Tewkesbury, where he was buried at the abbey.
Isabel was a young widow, only 30 years old. She had proven childbearing ability and the
ability to bear healthy sons; as evidenced by her six young children, three of whom were
sons. These were most likely the reasons for both the proposal of marriage from Richard,
1st Earl of Cornwall, and Isabel's acceptance of it, despite the fact that her husband had just
died five months previous. The two were married on 30 March 1231 at Fawley Church, much
to the displeasure of Richard's brother King Henry, who had been arranging a more
advantageous match for Richard. Isabel and Richard got along well enough, though Richard
had a reputation as a womanizer and is known to have had mistresses during the marriage.
They were the parents of four children, three of whom died in the cradle.
Isabel died of liver failure, contracted while in childbirth, on 17 January 1240, at Berkhamsted
Castle. She was 39 years old.
When Isabel was dying she asked to be buried next to her first husband at Tewkesbury
Abbey, but Richard had her interred at Beaulieu Abbey, with her infant son, instead. As a
pious gesture, however, he sent her heart, in a silver-gilt casket, to Tewkesbury. (Wikipedia)"

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Gilbert DE CLARE
Isabella MARSHALL
"5th Earl of Hertford
He was the son of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, from whom he inherited the Clare
estates, from his mother, Amice Fitz Robert, 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
Isabella he later married. 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 Great Charter 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 Cranbourgh to
Tewkesbury. His widow Isabel later married Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall & King of
the Romans. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Gilbert de Clare, Surety for the Magna Charta, eldest son, was born before 1182. He was
granted some Welsh Lordships in 1210-11 by King John, and fortified the Castle of Beulth in
Wales. Shortly afterwards he took up arms with the Barons against the King, in the interest of
the new laws, and was elected one of the celebrated Sureties for the observance of the
Magna Charta, and was excommunicated personally. Gilbert de Clare married Isabel le
Mareschal, daughter of William, first Earl of Pembroke, Protector of England, and his wife
Isabel de Clare. He died Oct. 25, 1230, and was buried in the chair of Tewksbury Abbey. (Kin
of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 160)"

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Richard DE CLARE
Amice Fitz WILLIAM
"Countess of Gloucester
She was the second daughter of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester, and Hawise de
Beaumont. (Wikipedia)
She was the sister of King John's first wife, and 2nd daughter and co-heiress of William,
Count of Meullent, 2nd Earl of Gloucester and his wife Mabel de Bellomont (descended from
Robert de Bellomont and Isabel de Vermandois, daughter of Hugh, the Great, Crusader, son
of Henry I, of France), son of Robert, the Consul, Count of Meullent, who was created Earl of
Gloucester; son of Henry I, King of England, and Elizabeth de Bellemont, who was also
descended from Henry I, of France. They had a son Gilbert, his successor, Joan, wife of Rhys
Grig, Prince of South Wales, and Maud, wife of William de Braose. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman
Smith, page 160)
dau and co-heiress of William Fitz-Robert, Earl of Gloucester. She d. 1 January 1224-5.
(Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families, page 60")

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Richard DE CLARE
Amice Fitz WILLIAM
"Sir Richard de Clare
He was the son of Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford and Maud de St. Hilary. More
commonly known as the Earl of Clare, he had the moiety of the Giffard estates from his
ancestor Rohese. He was present at the coronation of King Richard I at Westminster, 3 Sep
1189, and King John on 27 May 1199. He was also present at the homeage of King William
of Scotland at Lincoln.
He married (ca. 1172) Amice Fitz William, Countess of Gloucester (ca. 1160-1220), second
daughter of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester, and Hawise de Beaumont. He sided
with the Barons against King John, even though he had previously sworn peace with the King
at Northampton, and his castle of Tonbridge was taken. He played a leading part in the
negotiations for Magna Carta, being one of the twenty five Barons appointed as guardians.
On 9 Nov 1215, he was one of the commissioners on the part of the Barons to negotiate the
peace with the King. In 1215, his lands in counties Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex
were granted to Robert de Betun. He and his son were among the Barons excommunicated
by the Pope in 1215. He and wife Amice appear to have been separated prior to 1200.
(Wikipedia)
Sir Richard de Clare, Surety for the Observance of the Magna Charta, 4th Earl of Hertford. In
7th of Richard I, 1196, he gave 1,000 marks to the King for livery of the lands of his mother's
inheritance, with his proportion of those some time belonging to Walter de Gifford
de Bolbec, Earl of Buckingham. His name occurs in the covenant made between King John
and the barons, and he did not die until "the 3rd of the Calends of Dec. in the year after Christ
1218." He married Amicia (sister of King John's first wife) and 2nd daughter and coheiress of
William, Count of Meullant, 2nd Earl of Gloucester o. s. p. m. 1183, and his wife Mabel,
daughter of Robert de Bellomont; son of Robert the Consul, Earl of Gloucester; son of Henry
I, King of England, by Elizabeth de Bellomont; daughter of Robert de Bellomont and Isabel;
daughter of Hugh Magnus 12th, the Crusader; son of Henry I, King of France. They had
Gilbert, his successor, Joan and Maud.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 538)"

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Roger DE CLARE - 3rd Earl of Hertford
Maud (Matilda) De SAINT HILARY
"Earl of Clare
Son of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Alice de Gernon. Succeeded to the earldom when
his brother Gilbert died without issue. In 1164 he assisted with the Constitutions of
Clarendon. From his munificence to the Church and his numerous acts of piety, was called
the "Good Earl of Hertford". He married (ca. 1150), Maud de St. Hilary (1132-24 Dec 1193),
daughter of James de St. Hilary and Aveline. Fathered seven children. (Wikipedia)
Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, also bore the title of Earl of Clare, but Hornby observes
that this meant only Earl at Clare, for his Earldom was certainly at Hertford. In 3rd of Henry II
this nobleman, having obtained permission from the King to own all the lands in Wales that
he could win, marched into Caerdigan and captured and fortified the castles there. This Earl,
who, from his munificence to the church and his numerous acts of piety, was called the
"Good Earl of Hertford," died in 1173, having had issue by his wife Maud, daughter of James
de St. Hillary. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 537-538)
ROGER DE CLARE, surnamed the Good, who succeeded his brother Gilbert as third Earl of
Hertford; 10 Henry II was one of the earls present at the King's recognition of the ancient
customs and liberties confirmed by his ancestors; 12 Henry II certified to holding one
hundred and forty-nine knights fees; married Maud, daughter of James de St. Hilary, and died
19 Henry II; had as son and heir Richard. (Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 115)

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Richard DE CLARE - Lord of Clare - 1st Earl or Hertford
Adeliza DE MESCHINES
"Richard FitzGilbert de ClareSon of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and Alice (Adeliza) de
Claremont. Founded the priory of Tonbridge. In April 1136, he was caught by surprise and
slain by Welsh chieftains, Joworth and his brother Morgan-ap-Owen, in a woody tract called
"the ill-way of Coed Grano", near the Abbey of Lanthony, Abergavenny. His widow, Adelize,
was rescued from the Welsh by Miles of Gloucester. (Wikipedia)
Richard de Clare, "3rd Earl of Clare," was born before 1105. He was created Earl of Hertford
about 1136 for his miltary services, and being one of those who lived by the power of his
sword, entered Wales, there planted himself and became lord of vast territories, but was
finally slain in a skirmish with a few Welsh noblemen on April 15, 1136. He married Alice,
daughter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, who died in 1128, and married Lucia, daughter of
Algar, Earl of Mercia, son of Leofric and "Lady Godiva." He was succeeded by his eldest son,
Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Hertford, who died in 1151, and having no issue was succeeded by his
brother, Roger. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 537)
RICHARD DE CLARE, eldest son, succeeded his father and is said to have been the first to
bear the title of Earl of Hertford; slain by the Welsh in 1139; married Alice, sister of Ranulph II,
Earl of Chester. (Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 115)"

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Gilbert FitzRichard DE CLARE
Adeliza of CLERMONT
"Earl of Clare, Tonbridge, and Cardigan
Son of Richard Fitz Gilbert and Rohese Giffard. Succeeded to his fathers possessions in
England, his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, succeeding to his father's lands in Normandy. He
was granted lands and the Lordship of Cardigan by Henry I, including Cardigan Castle. He
founded the Priory at Clare. Supposedly present at the suspicious death of William II in 1100.
Fathered nine children, two of whom became peers of the realm. (Wikipedia)

Gilbert de Tonebruge and de Clare, inherited all of his father's lands in England. In rebellion
against the King, William Rufus, he fortified and lost his Castle of Tunbridge. He married in
1113 Adeliza, or Alice, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, in Beauvais. (Kin of Mellcene
Thurman Smith, page 537)

Gilbert de Tonbridge, whose father had later been called Richard de Tonbridge, and one of
the many lordships which he possessed was that of Clare on the Borders and in County
Suffolk, which subsequently becoming his chief seat, he became known as the Earl of Clare,
although never created thus. Gilbert became thus 2nd Earl of Clare, and as eldest son
inherited all his father's estates. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 1018)"

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Richard "De Tonbridge" "De Clare" FITZGILBERT - Lawyer
Rohese GIFFARD
"Earl of Clare
Lord of Bienfaite, Orbec and Tonbridge
Earl of Clare, Lord of Bienfaite, Orbec and Tonbridge, (1035-1090), he took the title Earl of
Clare from lands granted to him by William the Conqueror. (Wikipedia)
Richard Fitz-gilbert, a lawyer, was the founder of the House of Claire in England. He
accompanied William the Conqueror into England and participated in the spoils of conquest,
obtaining extensive possessions in the old and new dominion of his royal leader and
kinsman. William the Conqueror, being the grandson of Richard, 4th Duke of Normandy,
brother of Godfrey, mentioned in generation No. 1 above.) At the time of Domesday survey he
was called Richard de Tonebruge, now Tunbridge, in Kent, which town he had obtained from
the Archbishop of Canterbury in lieu of the Castle of Brione. At this time he had nearly 200
lordships in various counties. One of these lordships was that of Clare, in County Suffolk,
which subsequently becoming his chief seat, he became styled Richard de Clare. He
married Rohese, or Rohais, daughter of Walter Giffard de Bolbec, who assisted in making
the "General Survey." He is said to have fallen in a skirmish with the Welsh and was
succeeded by his eldest son, Gilbert.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 537)

Richard FitzGilbert, a lawyer, was the founder of the House of Clare in England. He
accompanied William, the Conqueror, into England and participated in the spoils of
Conquest, obtaining extensive possessions in the old and new dominions of his royal leader
and kinsman. Richard FitzGilbert was the eldest son of Gislebert, surnamed Crispin, Count
of Eu or Ewe and Brion in Normandy, in right of his wife, sister and heiress of the Count of
Brione, by inheritance from their father, Geoffrey or Godfrey, Count in 996, who was a natural
son of Richard I, 3rd Duke of Normandy. (In other words, this Richard FitzGilbert and William,
the Conqueror, were the great-grandsons of Richard, 3rd Duke of Normandy. E. E. W.) He
married Rohese de Bolbec. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 1018)

RICHARD FITZGILBERT who came into England with William the Conqueror and was at the
Battle of Hastings; had a number of lordships and was styled "Ricardus de Tonebridge,"
being possessed of the town and castle of Tonebridge, in Kent, and was also styled
"Ricardus de Clare," from the manor of that name in the county of Suffolk, the chief seat of the
family, which town and castle he obtained from the Archbishop in lieu of the castle of Brione;
died 1090; Burke says that 6 William I, 1073, he was joined with William de Warren in the
office of Justiciary of England; married Rohesia, daughter of Walter Giffard, Earl of
Buckingham. (Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 114-115)

Richard FitzGilbert was the founder of the early Anglo-Norman noble family the de Clares.
Known as "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and "de Tonbridge", he accompanied his reputed
kinsman William the Duke of Normandy into England, and was rewarded with no less than
one hundred and seventy six lordships and large grants of land in England, including the
right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge, in return for his service at the Battle of
Hastings, and general assistance in conquering the Saxon. Served as Joint Chief Justiciar in
William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075.

Richard took the name Earl of Clare from one of his lordships in Suffolk, where parts of the
wall of Clare Castle still stand. The modern Irish county of County Clare was historically part
of the North Munster Gaelic kingdom of Thomond, dominated by the O'Briens, Kings of
Thomond. The region was granted to the De Clare family in 1275 and they became Lords of
Thomond. When the boundaries of the modern County Clare were fixed by Sir Henry Sidney
in 1565, it was named after the De Clares.

His parents were Gilbert "Crispin", Count of Brionne and his mistress Constance de Eu.
Gilbert was married to Gunnora d'Aunou, and some sources list her as Richards mother.
Richard's father is also sometimes listed as Robert I "the Devil", father of William the
Conqueror. Sources as far back as the Annals of the Four Masters claim that Richard's great
grandson, Richard "Strongbow", was the direct descendant of Robert "the Devil". Gilbert
"Crispin" is a descendant of Robert's cousin, but not Robert himself. One thing can be sure,
Richard was a close and trusted friend of the King. (Wikipedia)"

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Gilbert "Crispin" of BRIONNE - Count of Eu - Count of Brionne
Gunnora DE AUNOU
"Gilbert or Giselbert "Crispin", (1000-1040) was a Norman noble, Count of Eu, and Count of
Brionne in northern France.

Royal Ancestry Bible Royal ancestors of 300 American Families states he was the son of
Geoffrey, Count of Eu (b. 962) who was an illegitimate child of Richard the Fearless. Some
sources say Gislebert was the son of Godfrey of Brionne and Eu, others that he was the son
of Gilbert, Baron of Bec. Still others claim that his father was Crispin de Bec (b. 940).
Gislebert's mother was apparently Haloise de Guînes (b. 942).

Whatever his parentage, he inherited Brionne, becoming one of the most powerful
landowners in Normandy. He married Gunnora d'Aunou (Gunmore d'Ainon) in 1012. He had
children by his wife and a mistress. The name "Crispin" is said to have referred to the
family's erect curly hair.

Gislebert was a generous benefactor to Bec Abbey founded by his former knight Herluin in
1031.

When Robert II, Duke of Normandy died in 1035 his illegitimate son William inherited his
father's title. Several leading Normans, including Gilbert of Brionne, Osbern the Seneschal
and Alan of Brittany, became William's guardians.

A number of Norman barons including Raoul de Gacé would not accept an illegitimate son
as their leader. In 1040 an attempt was made to kill William but the plot failed. Gilbert
however was murdered while he was peaceably riding near Eschafour. It is believed two of
his killers were Ralph of Wacy and Robert de Vitot. This appears to have been an act of
vengeance for wrongs inflicted upon the orphan children of Giroie by Gilbert, and it is not
clear what Raoul de Gacé had to do in the business. Fearing they might meet their father's
fate, his sons Richard and his brother Baldwin were conveyed by their friends to the court of
Baldwin, Count of Flanders.

Gilbert was the great progenitor of the illustrious house of Candia of the Viscount of Geneva
and in England of the illustrious house of de Clare, of the Barons Fitz Walter, and the Earls of
Gloucester and Hertford.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

GILBERT, surnamed Crispin, Count d'Eu and de Brione, in Normandy; married Constance,
daughter of William, Count of Eu
(Yeatman's House of Arundel, p. 106)"

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Geoffroy of BRIONNE - Count of Eu & Brionne
Haloise DE GUÎNES
"GEOFFREY, called the Consul, who was created in 996 Count d'Eu and de Brione by Duke
Richard II (L'Art, Vol. XII, p. 449)
996–1015 Geoffrey, Count of Brionne, son of Duke Richard I of Normandy. (Wikipedia)"

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Richard I "the Fearless" of NORMANDY - 3rd Duke of Normandy
MISTRESSES
""He was born to William I of Normandy, Duke of Normandy, and Sprota. His date of birth is
unknown, but he was still a boy when his father died in 942. His mother was a Breton
concubine captured in war and bound to William by a Danish marriage. After William died,
Sprota became the wife of Esperleng, a wealthy miller.
Richard was still a boy when his father died, and so he was powerless to stop Louis IV of
France when he seized Normandy. Richard escaped from his prison at Laon, allied himself
with Norman and Viking leaders, drove Louis out of Rouen, and took back Normandy by 947.
He was first married to Emma of Paris (Duchess of Normandy) in 960. She died after 966,
with no issue.
According to Robert of Torigny, not long after Emma's death, Duke Richard went out hunting
and stopped at the house of a local forester. He became enamoured of the forester's wife,
Seinfreda, but she being a virtuous woman, suggested he court her unmarried sister,
Gunnor, instead. Gunnor became his bride, and her family rose to prominence. Her brother,
Herefast de Crepon, was involved in a controversial trial involving the Cathars. She was, like
Richard, of Norse descent, being a Dane by blood. Richard finally married her to legitimate
their children. Richard was known to have had several mistresses and produced childen
with many of them.
He died in Fecamp, France on November 20, 996 of natural causes. (From Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia)"

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Guillaume I "Longue Epbee" of NORMANDY - jarl (ruler) of Normandy
Adila (Adela) of BRITTANY
"William Longsword (died December 17, 942) was jarl (ruler) of Normandy. He is considered
as the second duke of Normandy, even if this title was not existing at the time.
Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen. His parents were
Rollo and Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to
Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of what (Brittania Nova) became Normandy. According
to the Planctus, he was baptized a christian
William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in
his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Frankified. The following years are
obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon
became intertwined with the other conflicts of the reign of Louis IV of France. He was killed by
followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard I of Normandy
succeeded him (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

William, surnamed Longa Spatha, Long sword, Duke of Normandy, had been carefully
educated by the priests. His height was majestic, his features beautiful, his complexion
being pure and delicate as a maiden's, his strength gigantic. He married Adela, daughter of
Hubert. Count of Senlis.(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 278)

WILLIAM I, Longue-‚pe‚, Duke of Aquitaine and Normandy, who died 942; married Sphortha,
daughter of Hubert, Count of Senlis.(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 54)

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Rollo ROGNVALDSSON
Poppa of NEUSTRIA - Duchess Of Normandy
"All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of
Rennes, the previous lord of what (Brittania Nova) became Normandy. (Wikpedia)

Lady Popie (the Poupee or Poppet), married 890 by Danish rites Rollo, the Dane. He was
one of those men of the north, who were called Normans, a mixed nation of the fiercest
Norwegian, Swedish and Danish tribes. They settled in Neustria in France at the beginning
of the 10th Century, when King Charles the Simple conferred the duchy, since called
Normandy on Rollo, the Dane, the most celebrated of the Norman leaders. He was expelled
from Norway for an act of depredation in Viking contrary to the King's commands, having
descended on the coast between Norway and Gothland and carried off the cattle wanted by
his crew. His mother pleaded in vain for him, but for this act Rollo was declared an outlaw.
Thus Rollo's outlawry led to the establishment of the Dukes of Normandy, who became,
through William the Conqueror, King of England, 5th in descent from Rollo. Rollo married
2nd Giseia, daughter of King Charles the Simple, but did not have issue by her. On her death
he took back Poppie and they were married by the Christian ceremony. Rollo died about
931. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 278)

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Rollo ROGNVALDSSON
Poppa of NEUSTRIA - Duchess Of Normandy
" 1st Duke of Normandy
Rollo was a Viking leader, probably (based on Icelandic sources) from Norway, the son of
Ragnvald, Earl of Moer; sagas mention a Hrolf, son of Ragnvald jarl of Moer. However, the
latinization Rollo has in no known instance been applied to a Hrolf, and in the texts which
speak of him, numerous latinized Hrolfs are included. Dudo of St. Quentin (by most accounts
a more reliable source, and at least more recent and living nearer the regions concerned), in
his Gesta Normannorum, tells of a powerful Danish (here called Dacian which often
happened in medieval sources) nobleman at loggerheads with the king of Denmark (Dacia),
who then died and left his two sons, Gurim and Rollo, leaving Rollo to be expelled and Gurim
killed.(1) With his followers (known as Normans, or northmen), Rollo invaded the area of
northern France now known as Normandy. Wace, writing some 300 years after the event,
gives a Scandinavian origin, as does the Orkneyinga Saga, Danish or Norwegian most likely.
Unlike most Vikings whose intentions were to plunder Frankish lands, Rollo's true intentions
were to look for lands to settle. Upon arrival in France, and after many battles with the Vikings,
Charles the Simple understood that he could no longer hold back their advances, and
decided as a tempory measure to give Rollo land around Rouen, as he did with his other
barons, but under the condition that he would convert to Christianity and defend the Seine
River from other raiding Vikings.
In the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911) with the French King Charles the Simple, "for the
protection of the realm," Rollo pledged feudal allegiance to the king, changed his name to the
Frankish version, and converted to Christianity, probably with the baptismal name Robert. In
return, and in admission of defeat, King Charles granted Rollo the lower Seine area (today's
upper Normandy) and the titular rulership of Normandy, centred around the city of Rouen.
There exists some argument among historians as to whether Rollo was a "duke" (dux) or
whether his position was equivalent to that of a "count" under Charlemagne. According to
legend, when required, in conformity with general usage, to kiss the foot of King Charles, he
refused to stoop to what he considered so great a degradation; yet as the homage could not
be dispensed with, he ordered one of his warriors to perform it for him. The latter, as proud
as his chief, instead of stooping to the royal foot, raised it so high, that the King fell to the
ground.
It is important to note that Rollo did stay true to his word of defending the shores of the Seine
river in accordance to the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, but in time Rollo and his followers
had very different ideas. Rollo began to divide the land between the Epte and Risle rivers
among his chieftains and settled there with a de-facto capital in Rouen. With these
settlements, Rollo began to further raid other Frankish lands, now from the security of a
settled homeland, rather than a mobile fleet.
Rollo expanded his territory as far west as the Vire River and sometime around 927 he
passed the Duchy of Normandy to his son, William Longsword. Rollo may have lived for a
few years after that, but certainly died before 933. According to the historian Adhemar, 'As
Rollo's death drew near, he went mad and had a hundred Christian prisoners beheaded in
front of him in honour of the gods whom he had worshiped, and in the end distributed a
hundred pounds of gold around the churches in honour of the true god in whose name he
had accepted baptism.' Even though Rollo had converted to Christianity, at the end, some of
Rollo's pagan roots eventually came to the surface.
He was a direct ancestor of William the Conqueror. By William, he was a direct ancestor of
the present-day British royal family, including Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland. The "clameur de haro" on the Channel Islands is, supposedly,
an appeal to Rollo. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

ROLLO, called Bygot, also RAOUL, ROU and RO, afterwards baptized as ROBERT, first Duke
of Normandy; died 917; married Poppa, daughter of Berenger, Count of Bayeux. (Fenwick
Allied Ancestry, page 54)

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Ragnvald of MOER
HILDER
"ROGNWALD, "the rich", one of the Vikings, Earl of Orkney and Shetland Islands, also Danish
King of Dublin, Ireland; married Hilder, daughter of Harolft Nesia. Rognwald died in 885.
(Henry Duke Councilor His Descendants and Connections, PAGE 410)

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