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Biography of Gilbert de Clare 1066-1117

Paternal Family Tree: Norman

1100 Death of King William II

1101 Christmas Court

Around 1066 Gilbert de Clare was born to [his father] Richard de Clare (age 42) and [his mother] Rohese Giffard at Clare, Suffolk [Map].

In 1088 Gilbert de Clare (age 22) was wounded at Tonbridge, Kent [Map].

In 1088 Gilbert de Clare (age 22) and Adeliza Claremont (age 30) were married.

Around 1090 [his father] Richard de Clare (age 66) died. He was buried at St Neots Priory [Map].

Before 1094 Hugh "Wolf Fat" Avranches 1st Earl Chester (age 46) and [his sister-in-law] Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester (age 35) were married. She by marriage Countess Chester.

Around 1100 [his son] Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke was born to Gilbert de Clare (age 34) and [his wife] Adeliza Claremont (age 42) at Tonbridge, Kent [Map]. He married in or before 1130 his sixth cousin Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke, daughter of Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan and Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey, and had issue.

Around 1100 [his son] Hervey de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare (age 34) and [his wife] Adeliza Claremont (age 42) at Clare, Suffolk [Map].

Death of King William II

On 2nd August 1100 King William II of England (age 44) died in a hunting accident, not known whether accidentally or otherwise, in the New Forest, Hampshire. His brother Henry (age 32) succeeded I King of England. The brothers Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 60) and Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick (age 50), and [his brother] Roger de Clare (age 34) and Gilbert de Clare (age 34) were present.

Christmas Court

In December 1101 King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 33) hosted his at Christmas Court at Westminster Palace [Map]. Gilbert de Clare (age 35) attended.

After 13th May 1106 [his sister-in-law] Ermentrude Claremont Countess Chester (deceased) died.

After 1113 [his mother] Rohese Giffard died.

In or before 1115 [his son] Richard de Clare and [his daughter-in-law] Alice Gernon were married. She the daughter of Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester (age 44) and Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester.

In 1117 [his wife] Adeliza Claremont (age 59) died.

In 1117 Gilbert de Clare (age 51) died.

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[his son] Baldwin de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont. He married Adeline Rollos.

[his father] Richard de Clare and [his mother] Rohese Giffard were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Walter Giffard 1st Earl Buckingham. He the son of [his grandfather] Gilbert Clare 2nd Count of Eu.

[his son] Walter de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont.

[his son] Richard de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont. He married in or before 1115 Alice Gernon, daughter of Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester and Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester, and had issue.

[his daughter] Rohese de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont. She married after 1130 Baderon Monmouth Lord Monmouth and had issue.

[his daughter] Adelize de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont. She married Aubrey II de Vere and had issue.

[his daughter] Margaret de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Claremont.

Royal Descendants of Gilbert de Clare 1066-1117
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Richard de Clare [1]

Isabel Bruce Queen Norway [1]

King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [1]

King Edward I of Scotland [1]

Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland [1]

Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [2]

King Henry IV of England [2]

King Henry V of England [9]

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [9]

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [6]

King Edward IV of England [27]

King Richard III of England [27]

Anne Neville Queen Consort England [47]

King Henry VII of England and Ireland [7]

Queen Anne Boleyn of England [48]

Queen Jane Seymour [55]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [56]

Queen Catherine Howard of England [43]

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [10]

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [79]

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [4]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [10]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [10]

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [10]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [20]

George Wharton [487]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [20]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [20]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [20]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [20]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [10]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [10]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [10]

President George Washington [27]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [10]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [10]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [10]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [10]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [10]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [20]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [10]

William I King Prussia [10]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [30]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [20]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [20]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [10]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [60]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [60]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [1992]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [20]

Constantine I King Greece [10]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [40]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [60]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [60]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [70]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [70]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [8046]

Carl XVI King Sweden [130]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [2711]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [23686]

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [70]

Ancestors of Gilbert de Clare 1066-1117

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Longsword" Normandy I Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sprota Unknown

Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Normandy 1st Count of Eu

GrandFather: Gilbert Clare 2nd Count of Eu

Father: Richard de Clare

Gilbert de Clare

Great x 2 Grandfather: Osberne de Bolbec Giffard

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Giffard

Great x 3 Grandfather: Unknown Unknown

Great x 2 Grandmother: Avelina Unknown

GrandFather: Walter Giffard 1st Earl Buckingham

Mother: Rohese Giffard