Paternal Family Tree: Clifford
Maternal Family Tree: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy
In 1219 John "Tadody aka Fatherless" Braose 8th Baron Bramber [aged 22] and [her mother] Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford [aged 17] were married. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a granddaughter of King John of England.
Before 1220 [her father] Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford and [her mother] Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford [aged 17] were married. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a granddaughter of King John of England.
Around 1234 Maud Clifford was born to Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford and Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford [aged 32]. She a great granddaughter of King John of England.
In January 1257 [her future husband] William Longespée [aged 29] was killed in a tournament.
After January 1257 John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 25] and Maud Clifford [aged 23] were married.
Before June 1257 William Longespée and Maud Clifford [aged 23] were married. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King John of England.
Before 1260 [her half-brother] William de Braose 1st Baron de Braose 9th Baron Bramber [aged 35] and [her sister-in-law] Aline Multon were married.
After 1260 [her half-brother] William de Braose 1st Baron de Braose 9th Baron Bramber [aged 36] and [her sister-in-law] Agnes Moels were married.
In December 1263 [her father] Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford died at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. Baron Clifford Feudal either extinct or abeyant between his two daughters [her sister] Lucia Clifford [aged 43] and Maud Clifford [aged 29] and their issue. His brother [her uncle] Roger Clifford was the great x 2 grandfather of Roger Clifford who was created 1st Baron de Clifford in 1299.
On 4th August 1265 the army loyal to King Henry III of England [aged 57], led by his son the future King Edward I of England [aged 26], supported by Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford [aged 21], Warin Basingburne and [her husband] John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 33] defeated the rebel army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester [aged 57] at the Battle of Evesham.
Roger Leybourne [aged 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 was killed. Earl of Leicester, Earl Chester forfeit. His son Henry Montfort [aged 26] was also killed.
Hugh Despencer [aged 41] was killed by Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore [aged 34]. Baron Despencer extinct. It may not have been created as a hereditary barony.
Simon Beauchamp [aged 31], Ralph Basset [aged 50], William Devereux [aged 46], Hugh Troyes, Richard Trussel, Peter Montfort [aged 60], William Mandeville, William Crepping, William Birmingham, Guy Balliol and Thomas Astley [aged 50] were killed. Henry Hastings [aged 30], Humphrey Bohun [aged 44], Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave [aged 27], John Vesci, John Fitzjohn and Guy Montfort Count Nola [aged 21] were captured.
John Vesci was wounded and taken prisoner.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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After 1268 [her mother] Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford [deceased] died.
Before 1271 [her son-in-law] Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury [aged 19] and [her daughter] Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln were married. She by marriage Countess Lincoln. He by marriage Earl Salisbury. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 11th December 1282 an English force including [her husband] John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 50], Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn [aged 71] and Owen de la Pole Mathrafal 1st Lord Powis [aged 25] defeated a Welsh force at Builth Wells [Map] during the Battle of Orewin Bridge. The Welsh leader Llywelyn "Last" Aberffraw [aged 49] was killed effectively bringing to an end the independence of Wales. His brother Dafydd [aged 44] succeeded Prince of Wales.
Letters of Archbishop John Peckham 371. [After 11th December 1282]. To Maud Lungespeye [aged 48].
Friar John, by the permission of God, archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, to the lady of great worth, Maud Lungespeye, greeting, and the blessing of Jesus Christ. My lady, your prayer agrees with pity and reason. But know that Llewellyn, who was prince of Wales, cannot be absolved unless he showed signs of repentance at his death to amend and leave his follies. Therefore if this is certain that he was repentant at his death, and ready as far as was in his power to make amends1 to Holy Church, and this is proved before us, we will do what is right about it, for otherwise, without doing wrong, he cannot be absolved. Therefore we approve that you and his other friends should labour about this, that some of those who were at his death should come in time before us and show the signs aforesaid, for in any other manner we can do nothing.
Note 1. La asez.
Letters of Archbishop John Peckham 372. To Edward I.
To my lord the King. To his very dear lord Edward, by the grace of God king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Aquitaine, friar John, by the permission of God, archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, greeting in great reverence. Sire, know that those who were at the death of found in the most secret part of his body some small things which we have seen. Among the other things there was a treasonable letter disguised by false names. And that you may be warned, we send a copy of the letter to the bishop of Bath, and the letter itself Edmund de Mortemer has, with Llewellyn’s privy seal, and these things you may have at your pleasure. And this we send to warn you, and not that any one should be troubled for it. And we pray you that no one may suffer death or mutilation in consequence of our information, and that what we send you may be secret. Besides this, sire, know that lady Maud Lungespeye [aged 48] prayed us by letter to absolve Llewellyn, that he might be buried in consecrated ground, and we sent word to her that we would do nothing if it could not be proved that he showed signs of true repentance before his death. And Edmund de Mortemer said to me that he had heard from his servants who were at the death that he asked for the priest before his death, but without sure certainty we will do nothing. Besides this, sire, know that the very day that he was killed, a white monk sang mass to him, and my lord Roger de Mortemer has the vestments. Besides this, sire, we request you to take pity on clerks, that you will suffer no one to kill them nor do them bodily injury. And know, sire, God protect you from evil, if you do not prevent it to your power, you fall into the sentence, for to suffer what one can prevent is the same as consent. And, therefore, sire, we pray you that it may please you that the clerks who are in Snowdon may go thence and seek1 better things with their property in France or elsewhere. For because we believe that Snowdon will be yours, if it happen that in conquering or afterwards, harm is done to clerks, God will accuse you of it, and your good renown will be blemished, and we shall be considered a coward. And of these things, sire, if it please you, send us your pleasure, for we will give thereto what counsel we can, either by going thither or by some other way. And know, sire, if you do not falfil our prayer, you will put us in sadness, which we shall never leave in this mortal life. Sire, God keep you, and all that belongs to you.
This letter was written at Pembridge, Thursday after St. Lucy’s day2.
Note 1. Querelur, to dispute, but is perhaps an error for querer,
Note 2. The Feast Day of St Lucy is 13th December.
On 9th May 1285 Maud Clifford [aged 51] died at Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire.
On 29th May 1299 [her former husband] John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 67] died at his home in Boyton, Wiltshire [Map]. His son John [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield. Aveline Courtenay Baroness Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 18] by marriage Baroness Giffard Brimpsfield.
[her daughter] Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln was born to William Longespée and Maud Clifford. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She married before 1271 her fifth cousin Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury, son of Edmund Lacy 8th Baron Pontefract, 9th Baron Halton and Alice Saluzzo Baroness Lacy, and had issue.
[her daughter] Katharine Giffard was born to John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield and Maud Clifford. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England. She married her half third cousin once removed Nicholas Audley and had issue.
John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield and Margaret Belet were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.
[her daughter] Eleanor Giffard Baroness Strange Blackmere was born to John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield and Maud Clifford. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England. She married Fulk Strange 1st Baron Strange Blackmere and had issue.
[her daughter] Maud Giffard was born to John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield and Maud Clifford. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England.
[her daughter] Elizabeth Giffard was born to John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield and Maud Clifford. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 2 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Queen Anne Boleyn of England [1]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [1]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [1]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [2]
George Wharton [4]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [24]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [92]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [28]
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pons Fitzpons 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fitzpons
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Gloucester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Gloucester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza or Eunice Balun
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Gloucester
Great x 4 Grandfather: Dru de Balun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Emme or Bertha Balun
Grandfather: Walter Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger "The Spaniard" Tosny 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Tosny
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide aka Godehildis Ramon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Raoul Tosny
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Montfort
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Montfort
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bardoul
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aelfflaed Northumbria
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelise Northumbria 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lambert Flanders II Count Lens 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu 
9 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
father: Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Grandmother: Agnes Cundy Baroness Clifford
Maud Clifford Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cynan ab Iago King Gwynedd 2 x Great Grandson of Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd son of Cynan ab Iago King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ragnaillt Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Owain "Great" King Gwynedd son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain ab Edwin 3 x Great Grandson of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Trahaearn ap Caradog
Great x 3 Grandfather: Llywarch ap Trahaearn Lord of Cydewain
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd
Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw Grandson of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys
Great x 2 Grandfather: Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal Granddaughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cynan ab Iago King Gwynedd 2 x Great Grandson of Idwal ap Anaward "Foel aka Bald" King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd son of Cynan ab Iago King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ragnaillt Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susanna Aberffraw daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain ab Edwin 3 x Great Grandson of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Angharad Queen Consort Gwynedd 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
mother: Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem 
9 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy 9 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grandson 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 Grandmother: Empress Matilda daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England 
daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: King John of England son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine 2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Chatellerault Viscount Châtellerault
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault
Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem 9 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy 9 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey 10 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mistress Unknown
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 3rd Earl of Surrey 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey 
2 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Talvas" Montgomery III Count Ponthieu 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Montgomery Countess of Salisbury and Surrey 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helie Burgundy Countess Ponthieu 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks