Biography of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 1243-1295

Before November 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 [his grandfather] Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and [his grandmother] 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 November 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 [his grandfather] John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 45) and [his grandmother] Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 31). He the son of [his grandfather] Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and [his grandmother] 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 2nd September 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 XI of Lusignan VI Count of 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). They were half fifth cousins. 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 29th January 1254 [his brother-in-law] Hugh XII of Lusignan VII Count of La Marche III Count Angoulême (age 19) and Jeanne Fougères Countess Lusignan Countess La Marche and Angoulême were married. She by marriage Seigneur of Lusignan, Countess La Marche, Countess Angoulême. He the son of Hugh XI of Lusignan VI Count of La Marche II Count Angoulême and [his mother-in-law] Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 35).

On 28th March 1254 William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby (age 61) died. He was buried at Merevale Abbey, Warwickshire [Map]. His son Robert (age 15) succeeded 6th Earl Derby. [his sister-in-law] Mary or Marie Lusignan Countess Derby (age 12) by marriage Countess Derby.

On 10th March 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 14th July 1262 [his father] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 39) died. His son Gilbert (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).

After 11th July 1266 [his sister-in-law] Mary or Marie Lusignan Countess Derby (deceased) died.

After 25th August 1270 [his brother-in-law] Hugh XII of Lusignan VII Count of La Marche III Count Angoulême (deceased) died. His son Hugh (age 11) succeeded XIII Seigneur of Lusignan, VIII Count La Marche, IV Count Angoulême.

On 2nd August 1274 [his future father-in-law] King Edward 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 of Surrey (age 43).

Before 17th June 1282 Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 38) was captured at Carreg Cennen Castle [Map].

On 10th March 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.

In May 1290 [his wife] Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 54) died.

On 2nd May 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 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. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 9th July 1290 John "Peaceful" Reginar II Duke Brabant (age 14) and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant (age 15) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] King Edward I of England (age 51) and [his mother-in-law] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 49). He the son of John Reginar I Duke Brabant (age 37) and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant. They were half third cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England.

Arounnd 10th May 1291 [his son] Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford was born to Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 47) and [his wife] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 19). He a grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 3rd October 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 I of England.

In 1294 John Reginar I Duke Brabant (age 41) died. His son John (age 18) succeeded II Duke Brabant. [his sister-in-law] Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant (age 18) by marriage Duchess Brabant.

On 16th September 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 I of England.

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. In the same year died¹ Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester (age 52), who had taken [his wife] Joanna (age 23), the daughter of King Edward, as his wife, and left behind a very young boy, also named Gilbert, as his tender heir, born of the same Joanna. After his death, Joanna, against the will of her father the king, within that same year, married a simple knight named Ralph de Monthermer (age 25), a native of the bishopric of Durham, who had served as a knight under her former husband, the earl. Later, through his own bravery and skill, he rose to great prominence and was called Earl of Gloucester.

Eodem anno obiit Gilbertus comes Gloucestriæ, qui Johannam, filiam regis Edwardi, duxerat in uxorem, et puerum parvulum, Gilbertum nomine, reliquit hæredem tenerum, ex eadem Johanna procreatum. Post mortem cujus ipsa Johanna, contra voluntatem patris sui regis, infra eundem annum, simplicem sibi militem, nomine Radulphum de Montermere, de episcopatu Dunolmensi oriundum, qui viro suo comiti militaverat, sibi matrimonio copulavit; qui in posterum, per strenuitatem ipsius et industriam, in magnum crevit virum, comesque Gloucestriæ appellatus est.

Note 1. Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester died on 7th December 1295 at Monmouth Castle [Map]. He buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. He was succeeded by his four year old son [his son] Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford (age 4).

On 7th December 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 (age 4) succeeded 8th Earl Gloucester, 7th Earl Hertford, 8th Lord Clare, 4th Lord Glamorgan.

In January 1297 Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (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 I of England (age 57) who had been planning to marry her to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 47) in March. Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford was imprisoned at Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire [Map]; he was released in August 1297. She the daughter of King Edward I of England and [his former mother-in-law] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England.

On 23rd April 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 I of England.