Notes:

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Richard, Magna Charta Surety with his son (Sir Gilbert), was 4th Earl of
Hertford, 3rd Earl of Clare, and Earl of Gloucester via his marriage - thus
establishing the greatness of the house of Clare. Ernst-Friedrich
Kraentzler, "The Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet and Cecily de Neville...,"
(Salt Lake City: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1978), p. 28, states Richard
was born about 1162 and is "of Tunbridge, Kent", and died 12-30-1218.

Died:
Possibly in Nov. 1217

Richard married Meullent, C'tess of Gloucester Amicia on Yes, date unknown. Amicia (daughter of Robert, Earl of Gloucester William Fitz and Beaumont, Hawise de) was born in 1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire; died on 1 Jan 1225. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Clare, Sir Gilbert de Earl was born in 1180 in Hertford; died on 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany, FR.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Hertford

Notes:

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Roger "was constantly fighting the Welsh for his family possessions in
Wales and quarreled with Becket over Tunbridge castle" {Encycl.Brit.,
1956, 5:755}. He is known as "the Good Earl."

Roger + Hilary, Maud St.. Maud (daughter of De St.hilaire, James de Harcourt and Aveline) died in 1173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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{Carr P. Collins, "Royal Ancestors...," p. 19, gives William's wife as Maud
St. Lis (or Senlis).}

Notes:

Married:
her first husband

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Hertford

Notes:

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Richard Fitz Gilbert was the first Earl of Hertford, Lord of Clare. He was
slain by the Welsh as he journeyed to Cardigan. {- Encycl. Brit., 1956}

Richard + Meschines, Adeliza. Adeliza (daughter of Meschin, Ranulph Le) died in 1128. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
her first husband

Notes:

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James de Harcourt resided at St.-James-de-Benvron. His wife is
Aveline_______. James was also Lord of Field Dalling.

James married Aveline on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl Clare of Tunbridge

Notes:

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Gilbert, heir of Richard his father in England, held his castle of
Tunbridge against William Rufus, but was wounded and captured. {-Encycl.
Brit., 1956, 5:754} He founded the priory of Clare, 1090. For the Clare
family, see on the Web: http://www.castlewales.com/clare.html

Gilbert + Clermont, Adelaide de. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"Ancestral Roots..." (7th Edition)(Balt.: Gen. Pub. Co., 1992), Line 246B, p.
212, states that she m. (1) Gilbert Fitz Richard (b. by 1066, d. 1114 or
1117, Lord of Clare, Suffolk & Tonbridge, Kent, son of Richard Fitz
Gilbert... and she m. (2) Robert de Condet (or Cundy)" her step-father!! -
and that she is daughter of Richard FitzGilbert (d. 15 April 1136)(q.v.) and
Adeliz, dau. of Ranulph le Meschin (q.v.). The same source, Line 246, p.
208, gives her ancestry as shown here.

Notes:

Married:
her first husband

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Chester

Notes:

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Ranulph, also styled "de Briquessart," was Vicomte de Bayeux in Normandy;
first cousin and heir to the last Earl (whom he succeeded as Vicomte
d'Avranches, etc.); became Earl of Chester in 1120; Commander of Royal
Forces in Normandy, 1124. {-"The Complete Peerage," London, Vol. 3, pp.
164-5.} He was Vicomte of the Bessin and in 1121 Vicomte also of the
Avranchin. He "held the new Cumbrian gains of the Norman house in a block
of land stretching from Stainmore west to the sea and from Carlisle south
to the Derwent" prior to his accession to the earldom of Chester {-"The
Northerners," J. C. Holt (Oxford: Clarendon, 1961), p. 214}. He is buried
in St. Werburg at Chester, England.