Clare, Sir Gilbert de Earl
1180 - 1230 (50 years)1. Clare, Sir Gilbert de Earl 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:
- 2. Clare, Isabel was born on 2 Nov 1226; died in 1264.
Generation: 2
2. Clare, Isabel (1.Sir1) 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:
- 3. Bruce, Lord of Annandale Robert was born in Jul 1243 in Writtle; died on 14 Jun 1304.
Generation: 3
3. Bruce, Lord of Annandale Robert (2.Isabel2, 1.Sir1) 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:
- 4. Bruce, Lady Isabella was born about 1272; died in 1358.
- 5. 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.
Generation: 4
4. Bruce, Lady Isabella (3.Robert3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Sir1) was born about 1272; died in 1358. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Queen of Norway
Notes:
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Isabella is eldest sister of King Robert I.Lady married Ranulph, Sir Thomas about 1292. Sir (son of Moray, Thomas of and Juliana) died after 1296. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Randolph, Earl of Moray Sir Thomas died on 28 Jul 1332 in Musselburgh, Scotland.
5. Robert, King of Scots I (3.Robert3, 2.Isabel2, 1.Sir1) 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. Notes:
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Robert, "the son of Robert de Bruce VII, earl of Carrick by right of his wife, Marjorie, was a
direct descendant of a Norman baron who accompanied William I to England." - Encycl. Brit.,
'56, 19:347. The earldom of Carrick was resigned to him by his father in 1292, was merged in
the crown of Scotland, and became extinct "with the failure of the royal male line of Bruce."
Robert is reported by "The Bruce Journal" (I:1) to have been born at Writtle Essex, crowned at
Scone 27 March 1306, regained Sotland's independence through victory at Bannockburn in June,
1314, etc. See "Robert Bruce," G. W. S. Barrow (U. of CA Press, 1965). Also see 1999 Web site:
http://www.infodex.demon.co.uk/index.htmlI married Mar, Isabel of in 1296. Isabel (daughter of Donald, Earl ofMar and Helen, of North Wales) died in 1297. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Bruce, Princess of Scotland Marjorie died on 2 Mar 1316.