Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge 1389-1466

Paternal Family Tree: Clifford

Maternal Family Tree: Etienette Countess Provence and Arles

Before 1379 [her father] Thomas Clifford 6th Baron Clifford [aged 15] and [her mother] Elizabeth Ros Baroness Clifford were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 43] and [her grandmother] Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond [aged 37]. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Around 1389 Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge was born to Thomas Clifford 6th Baron Clifford [aged 26] and Elizabeth Ros Baroness Clifford. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 13th July 1389 [her grandfather] Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford [aged 56] died at Brougham Castle [Map]. His son [her father] Thomas [aged 26] succeeded 6th Baron de Clifford. [her mother] Elizabeth Ros Baroness Clifford by marriage Baroness de Clifford.

In 1391 [her father] Thomas Clifford 6th Baron Clifford [aged 28] died. His son John [aged 2] succeeded 7th Baron de Clifford, 7th Lord Skipton. However, given his young age his mother's brother William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 21] enjoyed the benefit of his wardship until he came of age around Sep 1411.

On 23rd December 1392 Isabella of Castile Duchess York [aged 37] died. She was buried at King's Langley Priory, Hertfordshire [Map]. She the wife of Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York [aged 51]. Isabella had travelled to England with her sister Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster [aged 38] who had married Edmund's elder brother John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 52]. Isabella and Edmund's marriage was not, apparently, a happy one. She is known to have had an affair with John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 40] who may have been the father of [her future husband] Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge [aged 7] progenitor of the House of York.

On 5th November 1395 Elizabeth Latimer 5th Baroness Latimer, Baroness Neville and Willoughby [aged 38] died. Her son [her future husband] John [aged 13] succeeded 6th Baron Latimer of Corby.

Around 1404 [her brother] John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford [aged 15] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland [aged 9] were married. She by marriage Baroness de Clifford. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In May 1406 [her future husband] Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge [aged 20] and Anne Mortimer [aged 15] were married. The marriage apparently took place in secret possibly because she was a descendant of King Edward III of England although she wasn't at the time Heir to the Throne of England although their issue would become so. She died five years later. The suspected false paternity has no effect on the claim of the House of York since it is Richard's wife Ann Mortimer who passes claim to her children. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster and Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster. He the son of Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York and Isabella of Castile Duchess York. They were first cousin twice removed. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 24th July 1406 John Neville 6th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 24] and Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Latimer of Corby. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

After 21st September 1411 Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge [aged 26] and Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge [aged 22] were married. He the son of Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York and Isabella of Castile Duchess York. They were third cousin twice removed. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 18th February 1413 Thomas Grey of Heton [aged 9] and [her step-daughter] Isabel York Countess Eu and Essex [aged 4] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge [aged 27] and Anne Mortimer. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

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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Before 1414 John Neville 6th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 31] and Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge [aged 24] were divorced.

In 1414 [her husband] Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge [aged 28] was created 1st Earl Cambridge. Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge [aged 25] by marriage Countess Cambridge.

On 5th August 1415 two executions of those involved in the Southampton Plot took place at the North Gate aka Bargate [Map]:

[her husband] Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge [aged 30] was beheaded. His son [her step-son] Richard [aged 3] succeeded 2nd Earl Cambridge.

Henry Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham [aged 42] was beheaded. His brother John [aged 27] succeeded 4th Baron Scrope of Masham.

On 13th March 1422 [her brother] John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford [aged 33] died. His son [her nephew] Thomas [aged 7] succeeded 8th Baron de Clifford, 8th Lord Skipton.

On 21st October 1425 [her former brother-in-law] Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 61] died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map]. His grandson Ralph [aged 19] succeeded 2nd Earl of Westmoreland. [her former sister-in-law] Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland [aged 30] by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.

Monument to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and his wives Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 46]. Early Plate Bascinet Period. Orle. Man with Two Wives.

Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland: Around 1395 she was born to Henry "Hotspur" Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Around 1404 John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford and she were married. She by marriage Baroness de Clifford. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. In 1426 Ralph Neville 2nd Earl of Westmoreland and she were married. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. On 26th October 1436 Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland died.

On 10th December 1430 [her former husband] John Neville 6th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 48] died. His nephew John [aged 30] de jure 7th Baron Latimer of Corby.

On 26th August 1466 Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge [aged 77] died.

Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge 1389-1466 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge 1389-1466

Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge 1389-1466

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Clifford 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Clifford 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Botreaux

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Vipont Lord Westmoreland 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Vipont 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Fitzjohn 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Lord Offaly 6 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emmeline Longespée Baroness Offaly Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Grandfather: Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Plantagenet Baroness Berkeley Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 3 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Zouche

Great x 3 Grandfather: Eudo Zouche

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bisset

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eva Zouche 9 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cantilupe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Millicent Cantilupe 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva de Braose 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

father: Thomas Clifford 6th Baron Clifford 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick 8 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Tosny 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bohun 3 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Grandmother: Maud Beauchamp Baroness Clifford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Braose 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Geneville 1st Baron Geneville 8 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Piers Geneville 9 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Baroness Geneville 8 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville 6 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh XII of Lusignan VII Count of La Marche III Count Angoulême 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Lusignan 5 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Fougères Countess Lusignan Countess La Marche and Angoulême

Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Ros Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Fitzpiers

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley 2 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Albini 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel de Albini 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley 3 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver Vaux

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Vaux

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Vaux Baroness Ros

Grandfather: Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley 4 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gunselin Badlesmere

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzbernard

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Lord Offaly 6 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emmeline Longespée Baroness Offaly Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

mother: Elizabeth Ros Baroness Clifford 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stafford 7 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Stafford 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Corbet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 9 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clinton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Clinton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Basset

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Basset 1st Baron Basset Drayton 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Somery Baroness Basset Drayton 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Basset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Grandmother: Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Audley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Longespée Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Iseult Mortimer 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Countess Stafford Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon