| Name |
Gilbert DE CLARE , Earl of Gloucester, Earl of Hertford & Clare |
| Alias/AKA |
Gilbert of Gloucester149 |
| Birth Date |
ca 1180149,153 |
| Death Date |
Oct 25, 1230149,153 |
| Death Place |
Penros (now Perros-Guirec), Côtes-d-Armor, Bretagne, France |
| Burial Place |
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England149 |
| Burial Memo |
Tewkesbury Abbey |
| Father |
Richard DE CLARE , Earl of Hertford & Clare (ca1153-1217) |
| Mother |
Amicia OF GLOUCESTER (?-1225) |
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| Marriage Date |
Oct 9, 1217153 |
| Marriage Place |
Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England |
| Marriage Memo |
Tewkesbury Abbey |
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| Notes for Gilbert DE CLARE , Earl of Gloucester, Earl of Hertford & Clare |
"Earl of Hertford. Clare; Tonbridge; St. Hilary; half ( Gifford, Gloucester, Glamorgan, Gwynllwg). The Complete Peerage vol. V, pp 694-6."149
"Gilbert de Clare was one of the 25 Sureties of the Magna Charta. The following is from Richard Thomson: An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, London, 1829; Pages 289 – 290:
"'Gilbert de Clare, was the first Earl who held the titles both of Gloucester and Hertford; and he was the eldest son of Richard de Clare . . . whose Armorial Ensigns he also bare. He likewise seems to have been one of the Peers to whom the Welsh Lordships were granted . . ..
"' . . . he was one of the principal of those Barons who were in arms against King John; one of the 25 elected to govern the kingdom . . . one of those excommunicated by Innocent III; and one, who, adhering to Louis the Dauphin, was made prisoner at the Battle of Lincoln by the Earl of Pembroke, who sent him to Gloucester. After the conclusion of the Civil Wars, however, he married Isabel one of the daughters, and at length co-heirs of that celebrated Baron . . ..'"153 |
| Research Notes |
| MARRIAGE: The date of his marriage to Isabella is also given as 1214.149 |
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