Family/Spouse: de Clare, Richard Fitz Gilbert Earl of Hertford. Richard (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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]