Clare, Roger de Earl of Hertford
- 1173
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Clare, Roger de Earl of Hertford (son of de Clare, Richard Fitz Gilbert Earl of Hertford and Meschines, Adeliza); died in 1173. 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:
Married:
Children:
her first husband- Clare, Richard de Earl was born in 1162; died in Oct 1217.
2. de Clare, Richard Fitz Gilbert Earl of Hertford (son of Clare, Gilbert de Earl Clare of Tunbridge and Clermont, Adelaide de); died on 15 Apr 1136 in near Abergavenny; was buried in Gloucester. 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]
3. Meschines, Adeliza (daughter of Meschin, Ranulph Le); died in 1128. Notes:
Married:
her first husbandChildren:
- 1. Clare, Roger de Earl of Hertford died in 1173.
Generation: 3
4. Clare, Gilbert de Earl Clare of Tunbridge (son of Gilbert, Lord Richard Fitz and Giffard, Rohese); died in 1115. 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.htmlGilbert + Clermont, Adelaide de. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Clermont, Adelaide de (daughter of Creil, Hugh de and de Roucy, Marguerita of Montdidier). 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 husbandChildren:
- 2. de Clare, Richard Fitz Gilbert Earl of Hertford died on 15 Apr 1136 in near Abergavenny; was buried in Gloucester.
- Clare, Earl of Pembroke Gilbert de died on 6 Jan 1148.
6. Meschin, Ranulph Le (son of Ranulph Vicomte de Bayeux and Maud, d'Avranches Margaret); died in 1129. 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.Children:
- 3. Meschines, Adeliza died in 1128.
Generation: 4
8. Gilbert, Lord Richard Fitz was born about 1030 in Brionne, Normandy (son of Crispin, Ct. of Eu Et Brionne Giselbert); died in 1090 in Huntingdon, England. Notes:
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Richard was Lord of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy and Lord of Clare of
Tonbridge; Chief Justice of England; kinsman and companion of William the
Conqueror. He founded the House of Clare during the Conquest, and played a
major role in suppressing the revolt of 1075. His wife Rohese Giffard
brought him the great estates of her family. Their son Walter founded
Tintern Abbey. From this couple sprang the great house of Clare.Richard married Giffard, Rohese on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Giffard, Rohese (daughter of Giffard, Walter and Ermentrude). Children:
- 4. Clare, Gilbert de Earl Clare of Tunbridge died in 1115.
10. Creil, Hugh de (son of Clermont, Renaud de I and daughter of Ct. Baudouin II); died in 1101. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: 2nd Count of Clermont
Notes:
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(Clermont, his County, is in Beauvais, France.)Hugh married de Roucy, Marguerita of Montdidier on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. de Roucy, Marguerita of Montdidier (daughter of Hildouin, Count of Rameru III and Roucy, Alix de). Notes:
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Her parents are from "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 246-22.Children:
12. Ranulph Vicomte de Bayeux (son of Ranulph, Vicomte of Bessin I and Normandy, Alice of); died after Apr 1089. married Maud, d'Avranches Margaret on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Maud, d'Avranches Margaret (daughter of de Goz, Richard Vicomted'Avranches and Conteville, Emma de). Notes:
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Margaret (or Mathilde) is sister of Hughes d'Avranches, First Earl of
Chester (d.1101) - Hughes' son Richard was the second Earl, but died
without issue in 1120 and was succeeded by Margaret's son (the 2nd Earl's
first cousin).Children:
- 6. Meschin, Ranulph Le died in 1129.