Biography of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 1243-1295
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Maternal Family Tree: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux 1120-1169
On 25 Oct 1230 [his grandfather] Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford (age 50) died. His son [his father] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 8) succeeded 6th Earl Gloucester, 5th Earl Hertford, 8th Lord Clare, 2nd Lord Glamorgan.
Before Nov 1237 [his father] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 15) and Margaret Burgh Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. She the daughter of Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent (age 67) and Margaret Dunkeld Countess Kent (age 44). He the son of Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 37). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. 
After Nov 1237 [his father] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 15) and [his mother] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. She the daughter of John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 45) and Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 31). He the son of Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 37). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. 
On 02 Sep 1243 Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford was born to Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 21) and Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 20).
In 1253 Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 9) and Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême and Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 34). He the son of Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 30) and Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 29). He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. 
On 10 Mar 1262 [his daughter] Isabella Clare Baroness Berkeley was born to Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 18) and [his wife] Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 26).
On 14 Jul 1262 [his father] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 39) died. His son Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 18) succeeded 7th Earl Gloucester, 6th Earl Hertford, 9th Lord Clare, 3rd Lord Glamorgan. [his wife] Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 26) by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford.
In 1264 [his daughter] Joan Clare Countess Fife was born to Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 20) and [his wife] Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 27).
In 1264 [his brother-in-law] Geoffrey Lusignan died.
On 14 May 1264 the army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester (age 56) including Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 20), Henry Hastings (age 29) and Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave (age 26) defeated the army of King Henry III of England (age 56) during the Battle of Lewes at Lewes [Map]. King Henry III of England (age 56), his son the future [his future father-in-law] King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 24), Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex (age 60), Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 55), John "Red" Comyn 1st Lord Baddenoch (age 44), Philip Marmion 5th Baron Marmion (age 30) and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 32) were captured. John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 33), John Balliol (age 56), Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale (age 49), Roger Leybourne (age 49) and William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke fought for the King. Guy Lusignan was killed. Fulk IV Fitzwarin (age 44) drowned. Bishop Walter de Cantelupe (age 73) was present and blessed the Montfort army before the battle.
On 04 Aug 1265 the army loyal to King Henry III of England (age 57), led by his son the future [his future father-in-law] King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 26), supported by Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 21), Warin Basingburne and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 33) defeated the rebel army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester (age 57) at the Battle of Evesham.
Roger Leybourne (age 50) fought and reputedly saved the King's life.
Adam Mohaut rescued the King.
Alan de Plugenet of Kilpec fought for the King.
Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester (age 57) and his son Henry Montfort (age 26) were killed. Earl of Leicester, Earl Chester forfeit.
Hugh Despencer (age 41) was killed by Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 34).
Simon Beauchamp (age 31), Ralph Basset (age 50), William Devereux (age 46), Hugh Troyes, Richard Trussel, Peter Montfort (age 60), William Mandeville, William Crepping, William Birmingham, Guy Balliol and Thomas Astley (age 50) were killed. Henry Hastings (age 30), Humphrey Bohun (age 44), Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave (age 27), John Vesci, John Fitzjohn and Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 21) were captured.
John Vesci was wounded and taken prisoner.
On 02 Aug 1274 [his future father-in-law] King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 35) and [his future mother-in-law] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 33) arrived at Dover, Kent [Map] after an absence of four years. They travelled to London via Tonbridge Castle [Map], home of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 30) and Reigate Castle, Surrey [Map], home of John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 43).
Before 17 Jun 1282 Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 38) was captured at Carreg Cennen Castle Llandeilo.
On 17 Jun 1282 the army of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 38) were ambushed by the Welsh at Llandeilo.
William "The Younger" Valence was killed.
Much of Gilbert Clare's (age 38) army of 1600 men was destroyed.
In 1288 [his brother-in-law] Guy Lusignan died.
On 10 Mar 1289 [his mother] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 66) died.
In 1290 Bishop Thomas Cantilupe had a dispute with Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 46) over hunting rights in Malvern, Worcestershire.
On 30 Apr 1290 Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 46) and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 18) were married at Clerkenwell [Map]. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 50) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 49). He the son of Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford and Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In May 1290 [his wife] Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 54) died.
On 03 Oct 1292 [his daughter] Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer was born to Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 49) and [his wife] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 20) at Caerphilly Castle [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 20 Sep 1293 Henry of Bar III Count of Bar (age 34) and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet (age 24) were married. She the daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 54) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. He the son of Theobald of Bar II Count of Bar and Jeanne Toucy Countess Bar. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 16 Sep 1295 [his daughter] Elizabeth Clare Lady Verdun was born to Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 52) and [his wife] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 23). She a granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
On 07 Dec 1295 Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 52) died at Monmouth Castle [Map]. He buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. His son [his son] Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford succeeded 8th Earl Gloucester, 7th Earl Hertford, 8th Lord Clare, 4th Lord Glamorgan.
In Jan 1297 Ralph Monthermer 1st Baron Monthermer (age 27) and [his former wife] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 24) were married in secret greatly offending her father [his former father-in-law] King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 57) who had been planning to marry her to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 47) in March. Ralph Monthermer 1st Baron Monthermer (age 27) was imprisoned at Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire [Map]; he was released in Aug 1297. She the daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 57) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England.
On 23 Apr 1307 [his former wife] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 35) died at Clare, Suffolk [Map].
[his daughter] Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester was born to Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford. She a granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
[his son] Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford was born to Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford. He a grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard de Clare
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Claremont
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Clare 2nd Earl Hertford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Gernon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud St Hilary Countess Hertford
GrandFather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fitzrobert 2nd Earl Gloucester Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzhamon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hawise Beaumont Countess Gloucester
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Gael
Great x 3 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
Father: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward of Salisbury 1st Baron Trowbridge 1st Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne
GrandMother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Claremont
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham
Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eustace Fitzjohn 4th Baron Halton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzeustace 5th Baron of Halton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Fitznigel
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzrichard 6th Baron Halton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Lissours
Great x 3 Grandmother: Albreda Lissours
Great x 4 Grandmother: Albreda Lacy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Essex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Essex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aubrey II de Vere
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Vere Baroness Warkworth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelize de Clare
GrandFather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth 
Mother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Senlis
Great x 2 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandesmil
Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
GrandMother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amaury Montfort Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux