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Richard de Clare, lord of Clare

Male Abt 1088 - 1136  (48 years)


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  • Name Richard de Clare   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Suffix lord of Clare 
    Born Abt 1088  of, Clare, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Apr 1136  Coed-dias, Ffwyddog, Cwm-iou, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18] 
    Buried Cathedral of Gloucester, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22] 
    Person ID I100014123  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2008 

    Family Adeliz de Chester [le Meschin],   b. Abt 1098, of, , Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 15 Apr 1136  (Age 38 years) 
    Children 
     1. Adles [de Clare],   b. 1121, of, Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hertford,   b. Bef 1115, of, , Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1152  (Age 37 years)
     3. Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford,   b. Bef 1134/1135, of, Clare, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1173  (Age 38 years)
     4. [unknown] [de Clare],   b. of, , Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2002 
    Family ID F100011223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • KINSHIP: Son and heir.

      CHURCH: Founder of the priory of Tonbridge.

      TITLES: Often supposed to have been created Earl of Hertford, there appears to be no ground for this belief: 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 3 p. 243.
      TITLES: Earl of Clare. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 7 p. 444)
      TITLES: Succeeded to the honor of Clare before 1131. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 5 p. E69)

      PROPERTY: Lord of Usk. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 3 p. 2)
      PROPERTY: Lord of the lordships of Usk and Raglan.
      PROPERTY: Lord of Clare, Suffolk, England.

      DEATH: He was slain by Morgan ab Owain, brother of Iorwerth ab Owain, lord {arglwydd} of Caerleon, by whom he was taken in ambush in 1135. The place of this ambush was Coed-dias ('the wood of revenge') on the estate of Ffwyddog in the ecclesiastical parish of Cwm-iou. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1 p. 247)

      (Research) TITLES: Conflict/Error> Bradney's 'History of Monmouthshire' volume 3 page 2 states he was created Earl of Hertford by king Stephen.
    • KINSHIP: Son and heir.

      CHURCH: Founder of the priory of Tonbridge.

      TITLES: Often supposed to have been created Earl of Hertford, there appears to be no ground for this belief: 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 3 p. 243.
      TITLES: Earl of Clare. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 7 p. 444)
      TITLES: Succeeded to the honor of Clare before 1131. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 5 p. E69)

      PROPERTY: Lord of Usk. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 3 p. 2)
      PROPERTY: Lord of the lordships of Usk and Raglan.
      PROPERTY: Lord of Clare, Suffolk, England.

      DEATH: He was slain by Morgan ab Owain, brother of Iorwerth ab Owain, lord {arglwydd} of Caerleon, by whom he was taken in ambush in 1135. The place of this ambush was Coed-dias ('the wood of revenge') on the estate of Ffwyddog in the ecclesiastical parish of Cwm-iou. (Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol. 1 p. 247)

      (Research) TITLES: Conflict/Error> Bradney's 'History of Monmouthshire' volume 3 page 2 states he was created Earl of Hertford by king Stephen.

  • Sources 
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