Clare, Richard de Earl

Male 1162 - 1217  (55 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Compact    |    Vertical    |    Text    |    Register    |    Tables    |    PDF

Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Clare, Richard de Earl was born in 1162; died in Oct 1217.

    Notes:

    [dunbar_tree.FTW]

    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]

    Children:
    1. 2. Clare, Sir Gilbert de Earl  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1180 in Hertford; died on 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany, FR.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Clare, Sir Gilbert de Earl Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born in 1180 in Hertford; died on 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany, FR.

    Notes:

    [dunbar_tree.FTW]

    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:
    1. 3. Clare, Isabel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Nov 1226; died in 1264.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Clare, Isabel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Sir2, 1.Richard1) was born on 2 Nov 1226; died in 1264.

    Notes:

    [dunbar_tree.FTW]

    "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:
    1. 4. Bruce, Lord of Annandale Robert  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jul 1243 in Writtle; died on 14 Jun 1304.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Bruce, Lord of Annandale Robert Descendancy chart to this point (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:

    [dunbar_tree.FTW]

    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:
    1. 5. Bruce, Lady Isabella  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1272; died in 1358.
    2. 6. Robert, King of Scots I  Descendancy chart to this point 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.