CLARE, Earl Gilbert Fitz-Richard de b. 21 Sep 1065 Tunbridge, Kent, England d. 15 Apr 1115 Clare, Suffolk, England

1065 - 1115 (49 years)

Name	CLARE, Gilbert Fitz-Richard de
Prefix	Earl
Birth	21 Sep 1065	Tunbridge, Kent, England
Gender	Male
Burial	Apr 1115	Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales
Death	15 Apr 1115	Clare, Suffolk, England [2]
WAC	16 Feb 1933	SGEOR [3]
_TAG	Reviewed on FS
Person ID	I28276	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

Father	CLARE, Lord Richard Fitz Gilbert, b. 1030, Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France d. 1090, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 60 years)
Mother	GIFFORD, Lady Rohese, b. 13 Apr 1034, Chateau Longueville, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France d. 7 Jan 1113, Clare Castle, Suffolk, England (Age 78 years)
Marriage	Abt 1049	, , , England
Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 27 May 1957
Family ID	F15674	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family CLERMONT, Adeliz de, b. 1058, Northamptonshire, England d. 1117, Clare, Suffolk, England (Age 59 years)

Marriage 1079 England [4]

Children

+	1. CLARE, Adeliz de, b. 1080, Essex, England d. 1163, Essex, England (Age 83 years)
+	2. CLARE, Richard de, b. 1084, Holme Lacey, Hertsfordshire, England d. 15 Apr 1136, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 52 years)
	3. CLARE, Sir Baldwin de, b. 1088, Clare, Suffolk, England d. 1171, Bourne, , Lincolnshire, England (Age 83 years)
	4. CLARE, Margaret Fitzgilbert de, b. Abt 1089, Clare, Suffolk, England d. Abt 1189, Stanstead, Sussex, England (Age ~ 100 years)
+	5. CLARE, Rohesia de, b. 1090, Clare, Suffolk, England d. 1180, Ireland (Age 90 years)
	6. CLARE, Baroness Alice de, b. Abt 1093, Clare, Suffolk, England d. 1 Jan 1163, London, London, England (Age ~ 70 years)
+	7. CLARE, Gilbert de, b. 21 Sep 1100, Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 6 Jan 1148, Chapel Hill, Tintern, Monmouth, Wales (Age 47 years)
	8. CLARE, Harvey de, b. 1100, Clare, Suffolk, England d. 1189, Weeton, Lancashire, England (Age 89 years)

Last Modified 24 Jan 2022

Family ID F15197 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
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Notes

Strongbow's father, grandfather, uncles and great-uncles were men favored by both King Henry I and King Stephen on the death of Roger de Clare without legal heirs in 1130, King Henry I granted Gilbert de Clare his lands of Orbec and Biedfaite in Normany. With the death of King Henry I in 1135, Strongbow's father Gilbert, supported Stephen as king, and was an active military commander for Stephen during the "Anachy." When Gilbert's uncle Walter de Clare died in 1138, King Stephen granted Gilbert the lordship of Netherwest, including the castles of Chepstow Castle and Usk Castle. Stephen also granted Gilbert the corrital title and lands of the earldom of Pembroke the same year.

Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066–c. 1117), was styled de Clare, de Tonbridge, and Lord of Clare. An heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard. He was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales. About 1088,[9] Gilbert married Adeliza/Alice de Claremont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Roucy. Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children:. Per Wikipedia.org.

Birth circa 1065 Clare, Suffolk, England Died November 17, 1114 in Tonbridge, Kent, England or Cardigan, Wales Place of Burial:England Immediate Family:Son of Richard FitzGilbert de Bienfaite, Lord of Clare and of Tonbridge and Rohese Giffard de Longueville Husband of Adeliza de Claremont Father of Walter FitzGilbert de Clare; Hawise Fitz Gilbert de Saye; Rohesia FitzGilbert de Clare; Adeliza (Alice) FitzGilbert de Clare; Margaret FitzGilbert de Montfitchet and 9 others Brother of Ronais FitzGilbert de Clare; Walter Fitzrichard; Rohese FitzRichard de Clare; William Fitz Richard De Clare; Avice de Clare and 12 others Occupation:MARSHALL to the ROYAL HOUSEHOLD, Royal Serjeant and Marshal to Henry I, LORD OF STRIGUL, LORD OF TUNBRIDGE, EARL OF CLARE (2ND), Earl de Clare, Abbot of Ely, Earl Of Hertford, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Clare, Lord of Clare, Earl of Hertford

Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard. He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery; his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy. That same year he, along with his brother Roger, fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of William Rufus. But his castle was stormed, Gilbert was wounded and taken prisoner. However he and his brother were in attendance on king William Rufus at his death in August 1100. He was with Henry I at his Christmas court at Westminster in 1101. It has been hinted, by modern historians, that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II. Frank Barlow points out that no proof has been found he had any part in the king's death or that a conspiracy even existed. In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes including that of the abduction of Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor. In turn Henry gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle to Gilbert Fitz Richard. He founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk. Gilbert died in or before 1117.

Sources

[S11] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Unknown (Reliability: 3).
[S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.
Gilbert de Clare; Male; Birth: About 1054 Clare, Suffolk, England; Death: 1114; Father: Richard or Fitz-Gilbert Richard de Clare; Mother: Rohese OR Rohais Gifford; No source information is available.
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
Search performed using PAF Insight on 26 Sep 2004
[S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.
Gilbert de Clare; Male; Birth: About 1054 Of, Clare, Suffolk, England; Death: 1114; Baptism: 23 DEC 1933; Endowment: 02 MAR 1934; Sealing to Spouse: 24 MAY 1943 SLAKE; Adeliza de Clarmont; Father: Richard de Clare or Fits Gilbert; Mother: Rohese Gifford; Spouse: Adeliza de Clarmont; Sealing to Spouse: 24 MAY 1943 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; Relative/Proxy: Job E. Green; Film Number: 184732
Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).
Search performed using PAF Insight on 26 Sep 2004
[S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.
Adeliza OR Alice de Clermont; Female; Birth: About 1074; Father: Hugh de Clermont; Spouse: FitzRichard Gilbert de Clare; Marriage: About 1104 Of Tonebruge Castle, , Suffolk, England; No source information is available.
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
Search performed using PAF Insight on 26 Sep 2004

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