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."

Family/Spouse: 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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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]

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]

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]