Person Sheet


Name Gilbert Fitzrichard DE CLARE , Earl of Clare
Birth Date ca 1066149,153
Death Date 1117149
Father Richard FitzGilbert DE CLARE (1035-1090)
Mother Rohese GIFFARD
Spouses
1 Alice DE CLAREMONT
Birth Date ? 149
Death Date ?
Father Hugh DE CLAREMONT , Count of Claremont
Children Richard FitzGilbert (<1100-1136)
Gilbert FitzGilbert (ca1100-1147)
Alice (?-1163)
Notes for Gilbert Fitzrichard DE CLARE , Earl of Clare
"The following is from Richard Thomson: An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, London, 1829; Pages 270 – 272: ... 'The place whence the title of Clare took its origin, is stated by Heylin, to be an ancient town on the borders of Suffolk, where it joins to Essex, not far from the banks of the Stour, which divides the Counties; the Castle and Church being both in ruins.'"153
Research Notes
DEAT: His date of death is also given as 1114/1117.153
Last Modified Apr 5, 2003 Created Dec 31, 2003 by Reunion for Macintosh

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