Clare, Richard de Earl
1162 - 1217 (55 years)1. Clare, Richard de Earl was born in 1162; died in Oct 1217. 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. 1217Richard 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]
Children:
- 2. Clare, Sir Gilbert de Earl
was born in 1180 in Hertford; died on 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany, FR.
- 2. Clare, Sir Gilbert de Earl
Generation: 2
2. Clare, Sir Gilbert de Earl (1.Richard1) was born in 1180 in Hertford; died on 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany, FR. Notes:
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Gilbert became 4th Earl of Clare in 1217 and Earl of Gloucester in early
1218. He also held the lordship of Glamorgan in right of his mother. Thus
the house of Clare became preeminent among the barons. Gilbert was a Magna
Charta Surety!Sir married Marshall, Isabella on 9 Oct 1217. Isabella (daughter of Marshal, Sir William The and Clare, Isabel de) was born in 1203 in Pembroke, Wales; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Beckhampstead, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Clare, Isabel was born on 2 Nov 1226; died in 1264.
- 3. Clare, Isabel
Generation: 3
3. Clare, Isabel (2.Sir2, 1.Richard1) was born on 2 Nov 1226; died in 1264. Notes:
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"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 252-28 says she was living in 1264.Isabel married Bruce, Robert in May 1240. Robert (son of Bruce, Robert Baron of Annandale and Huntingdon, Isabel of) was born in 1210; died on 31 Mar 1295 in Lochmaben Castle; was buried on 17 Apr 1295 in Gisburne Priory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Bruce, Lord of Annandale Robert was born in Jul 1243 in Writtle; died on 14 Jun 1304.
- 4. Bruce, Lord of Annandale Robert
Generation: 4
4. Bruce, Lord of Annandale Robert (3.Isabel3, 2.Sir2, 1.Richard1) was born in Jul 1243 in Writtle; died on 14 Jun 1304. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Earl of Carrick
Notes:
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Earl of Carrick in right of his wife, he accompanied Prince Edward to the
Holy Land in 1269. Robert m. (2) Eleanor _____ (seen 1305; m. 2nd Richard
de Waleys). Robert resigned his earldom to his son Robert 27 October 1292.Robert married Carrick, Countess of Carrick Marjorie in 1271. Marjorie (daughter of Nigel Earl of Carrick and Stewart, Margaret) died in 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Bruce, Lady Isabella was born about 1272; died in 1358.
- 6. Robert, King of Scots I was born on 11 Jul 1274 in Turnberry, Ayrshire(?); died on 7 Jun 1329 in Cardross Castle, on the Clyde; was buried in Dunfermiline, Fifeshire.