Biography of Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 1180-1230

In 1172 [his father] Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford [aged 19] and [his mother] Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford were married. She by marriage Countess Hertford. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Fitzrobert 2nd Earl Gloucester and [his grandmother] Hawise Beaumont Countess Gloucester. He the son of Roger Clare 2nd Earl Hertford [aged 56] and Maud St Hilary Countess Hertford. They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1180 Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford was born to Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford [aged 27] and Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1217 Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 37] was created 1st Lord Glamorgan.

In 1217 [his father] Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford [aged 64] died. His son Gilbert [aged 37] succeeded 5th Earl Gloucester, 4th Earl Hertford, 7th Lord Clare.

In or before 1218 Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 37] and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 71] and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 45]. He the son of Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford and Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1220 [his mother] Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford died.

On 27th May 1220 [his daughter] Amice Clare Countess Devon was born to Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 40] and [his wife] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 19]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She married 1255 her fourth cousin Baldwin Redvers 6th Earl Devon and had issue.

In 1221 Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 77] died. His son Hugh [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Earl Norfolk. [his sister-in-law] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 27] by marriage Countess Norfolk.

Around 1222 [his brother-in-law] Richard Marshal 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 31] and Gervase Dinant Countess Pembroke were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother-in-law] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke.

On 4th August 1222 [his son] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford was born to Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 42] and [his wife] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 21]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. He married (1) before November 1237 his half third cousin once removed Margaret Burgh Countess Gloucester and Hertford, daughter of Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Dunkeld Countess Kent (2) after November 1237 his third cousin once removed Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford, daughter of John Lacy Earl Lincoln and Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke, and had issue.

On 23rd April 1224 [his brother-in-law] William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 34] and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester [aged 9] were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 36]. He the son of [his father-in-law] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother-in-law] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. They were fifth cousins.

On 13th October 1225 William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey and [his sister-in-law] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 31] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother-in-law] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey. They were half second cousin once removed.

On 5th November 1226 [his daughter] Isabel Clare Lady Annandale was born to Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 46] and [his wife] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 26]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She married 12th May 1240 her third cousin once removed Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale and had issue.

Annals of Tewkesbury. [1228] Gilbert de Clare [aged 48], Earl of Gloucester, has a son named William, born on the 18th of May. Richard de Clare [aged 44], brother of the said earl, was killed in London on Ascension Day, and in revenge for his death, many of the king's servants were slaughtered. Gilbert, the Earl of Gloucester, marched with a large army into Wales against the Welsh. An earthquake occurred in many places in England on the night of St. George's Day. Gilbert, the Earl of Gloucester, discovered silver mines in Wales, as well as iron and lead.

MCCXXVIII. Gileberto de Clare comiti Glocestriæ nascitur filius nomine Willelmus, xv. kal. Junii. Ricardus de Clare frater dicti comitis occisus est apud Lundoniam, die Ascensionis, in cujus vindictam plures de servientibus domini regis trucidati sunt. Gilebertus comes Glocestriæ cum exercitu magno profectus est in Walliam contra Walenses. Terræmotus factus est per plurima loca Angliæ, nocte sancti Georgii. Gilebertus comes Glocestriæ invenit minera argenti in Walliis, ferri et plumbi.

On 18th May 1228 [his son] William de de Clare was born to Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 48] and [his wife] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 27]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 25th October 1230 Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 50] died. His son Richard [aged 8] succeeded 6th Earl Gloucester, 5th Earl Hertford, 8th Lord Clare, 2nd Lord Glamorgan.

On 30th March 1231 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 22] and [his former wife] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 30] were married at Fawley, Lambourn. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of [his former father-in-law] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his former mother-in-law] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 43]. They were fifth cousins.

On 17th January 1240 [his former wife] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 39] died.

[his son] Agnes Clare was born to Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.