Paternal Family Tree: Norman
Around 1066 Gilbert de Clare was born to Richard de Clare [aged 42] and Rohese Giffard [aged 31] at Clare, Suffolk [Map].
In 1088 Gilbert de Clare [aged 22] and Adeliza Clermont [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Hugh Clermont Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis [aged 57].
In 1088 Gilbert de Clare [aged 22] was wounded at Tonbridge, Kent [Map].
Around 1090 [his father] Richard de Clare [aged 66] died. He was buried at St Neots Priory [Map].
Before 1094 Hugh of Avranches 1st Earl Chester [aged 46] and [his sister-in-law] Ermentrude Clermont Countess Chester [aged 35] were married. She by marriage Countess Chester. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Hugh Clermont Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis [aged 63].
Around 1100 [his son] Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke was born to Gilbert de Clare [aged 34] and [his wife] Adeliza Clermont [aged 42] at Tonbridge, Kent [Map]. He married in or before 1130 his half fourth 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 [aged 34] and [his wife] Adeliza Clermont [aged 42] at Clare, Suffolk [Map].
On 2nd August 1100 King William II of England [aged 44] died in a hunting accident, not known whether accidentally or otherwise, in the New Forest, Hampshire. His brother Henry [aged 32] succeeded I King of England. The brothers Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 60] and Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick [aged 50], and Roger de Clare [aged 34] and Gilbert de Clare [aged 34] were present.
On 9th June 1101 [his father-in-law] Hugh Clermont Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis [aged 70] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Renaud [aged 26] succeeded II Count Clermont.
In December 1101 King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 33] hosted his at Christmas Court at Westminster Palace [Map]. Gilbert de Clare [aged 35] attended.
In 1103 [his brother-in-law] Renaud II Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis [aged 28] and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois were married. He by marriage Count Vermandois. She the daughter of Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois and Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois. He the son of [his father-in-law] Hugh Clermont Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis.
After 13th May 1106 [his sister-in-law] Ermentrude Clermont Countess Chester [deceased] died.
After 1113 [his mother] Rohese Giffard [deceased] 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 [aged 44] and Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester.
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In 1117 [his wife] Adeliza Clermont [aged 59] died.
In 1117 Gilbert de Clare [aged 51] died.
[his son] Walter de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Clermont.
[his father] Richard de Clare and [his mother] Rohese Giffard were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Gilbert 2nd Count of Eu.
[his son] Baldwin de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Clermont. He married Adeline Rollos.
[his son] Richard de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Clermont. 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 Clermont. She married after 1130 Baderon Monmouth Lord Monmouth and had issue.
[his daughter] Margaret de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Clermont.
[his daughter] Adelize de Clare was born to Gilbert de Clare and Adeliza Clermont. She married Aubrey II de Vere and had issue.
Richard de Clare [1]
King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [1]
Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland [3]
King Robert II of Scotland [3]
Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [2]
Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [9]
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [6]
King Edward IV of England [29]
King Richard III of England [29]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [47]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [7]
Queen Anne Boleyn of England [50]
Queen Jane Seymour [57]
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 [83]
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]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [20]
George Wharton [501]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [20]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [20]
Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [10]
Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [10]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [10]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [10]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [20]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [20]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [10]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [10]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [10]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [10]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [20]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [20]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [20]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [10]
President George Washington [27]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [20]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [10]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [20]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [30]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [20]
Frederick William III King Prussia [10]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [20]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [20]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [30]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [20]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [50]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [60]
King Christian IX of Denmark [30]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [40]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [50]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [110]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [110]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [30]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [2042]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [60]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [60]
Constantine I King Greece [30]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [80]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [140]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [170]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [130]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [200]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [8332]
Carl XVI King Sweden [270]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [2779]
Diana Spencer Princess Wales [24356]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rollo Duke Normandy 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Longsword" I Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sprota
Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Normandy 1st Count of Eu
Grandfather: Gilbert 2nd Count of Eu
Father: Richard de Clare
Great x 1 Grandfather: Osberne de Bolbec Giffard 
Grandfather: Walter Giffard
Great x 2 Grandfather: Unknown Dane
Great x 1 Grandmother: Avelina Unknown
Mother: Rohese Giffard
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gerard Flaitel
Grandmother: Ermengarde Flaitel