De Clare / FitzRobert Ancestry
Sources:
- Book of Bruce: Ancestors and Descendants of King Robert of Scotland by Lyman Horace Weeks (1907)
- FamilySearch: Family Tree of Gilbert De Clare, Earl of Gloucester
- King, Edwin. Lionheart: Living in History, England 1190AD (1987).
- The Descendants of William the Conqueror by Alan G. Freer, Society of Genealogists, London, England
- Baronical Order of Magna Charta
Note: Some RESEARCH needs to be verified. On this page only: Solid lines are verified and dashed lines still need to be researched and verified.
Ralph "The Staller" |Earl of Norfolk, Earl of Suffolk b. before 1101, Brittany, France d. after February 1068 | ↓ |
Ancestry through parents William FitzOsbern and Alice (Adelise) De Toeni, Countess of Hereford ↑ | | |
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| Ralph Seigneur De Gael, Earl of Norfolk b. before 1040, Gael, Brittany, France d. after 1095 |
m. 1075, Exning, Cambridgeshire, England | Emma FitzOsborne b. ca. 1059, Breteuil, Normandy, France d. after 1095 |
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| Ralph de Waiet b. ca. 1080 d. |
m. | Emma (Avise) FitzOsborne b. ca. 1082, Nofolk County, England d. |
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Ancestry through parents Gilbert de Clare of Tonebruge (Gilbert FitzRichard), 2nd Earl of Clare, and Adeliza de Clermont (Alice Claremont) ↑ | | | |
Ancestry through parents Ranulph (De Briquessart) Le Meschin, Earl of Chester, and Lucy, Countess of Chester ↑ | | | |
Ancestry through parents Robert de Beaumont, (Robert of Meulan) 1st Earl of Leicester and Elizabeth (Elisabeth or Isabel) of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester ↑ | | | |
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Richard De Clare b. ca. 1084, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d. 15 April 1136, Near, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales Weeks writes that he was killed by the Welsh in 1139 (p. 262). |
m. ca. 1111 | Alice (Adeliza) De Meschines b. ca. 1098, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d. 1128 |
James (Du Harcourt) De Saint Hilary (Saint Hilaire) b. ca. 1105, Harcourt, Normandy, France d. |
m. ca. 1130, France | Aveline b. ca. 1109, France d. |
Beaumont
One of the great Norman families in England. Originating in Beaumont, a town in the heart of Normandy, they were counts of Meulan and acquired the earldom of Leicester during the reign of Henry I. Waleran de Beaumont was the Earl of Worcester and his twin brother Robert was the second Earl of Leicester; a younger brother, Hugh de Beaumont, was the Earl of Bedford; their cousin Roger de Beaumont was Earl of Warwick; and a brother-in-law, Gilbert de Clare, was Earl of Pembroke. Robert de Beaumont served as Chief Justiciar of England from 1153 until 1168. The Beaumont power has declined since the third Earl of Leicester, also called Robert, opposed Henry II in the rebellion of 1173-74; he was allowed to keep his title, but was excluded from holding royal office.
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Robert (Bossu) De Beaumont, Earl of Leicester b. 1104, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 5 April 1168, England Burial: Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
m. ca. 1120, Brittany, France | Amice de Gael (Waiet) (Uta), Countess of Leicester b. ca. 1108, Norfolk County, England d. |
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| Richard is said to have been the first to hold the title Earl of Hertford according to Weeks, p. 263.
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  Ancestry through parents Robert (The King's Son) De Caen, Earl of Gloucester, and Maud (Mable) (Sibyl) FitzHammon ↑ | | |
The father Robert (Bossu) De Beaumont is verified. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ↓ |
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Roger De Clare, Earl of Hertford b. 1116, Tunbridge Castle, Tunbridge, Kent, England d. 1173, Oxfordshire, England Burial: Eynsham Priory, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England |
m. ca. 1153 | Maud (Matilda) De Saint Hilary b. 1132, Buckenham, Norfolk, England d. 24 December 1193, Norfolk County, England Burial: Carbrooke Priory, Carbrooke, Norfolk, England |
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William (Mafonache) FitzRobert, Earl of Cloucester b. ca. 23 November 1116, Gloucestershire, England d. 23 November 1183 Burial: Keynsham Abbey, Keynsham, Somersetshire, England |
m. ca. 1150, Leicestershire, England "William, son of Robert, the first Earl of Gloucester, by his wife Mabel Fitz Hamon, succeeded his father and became the second Earl of Gloucester. He married Hawse, daughter of Robert, surnamed Bossu, Earl of Leicester. He died in 1173, leaving no son but three daughters, and with him the earldom of Gloucester in the male line of his family ceased" (Weeks, p. 260). |
Hawise De Beaumont of Leicester, Countess of Gloucester b. ca. 1129, Leicestershire, England d. 24 April 1197 |
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Weeks lists Amicia's father as "William, the second Earl of Gloucester" (p. 264). |
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| Richard was a surety and supporter of the Magna Carta in 1215 (Source: Baronical Order of Magna Charta). | Richard De Clare, Earl of Hertford b. 1162, Tunbridge Castle, Tunbridge, Kent, England d. 30 December 1218 |
m. before 1178 Separated by order of the Pope in 1198 on grounds of consanguinity |
Amice (Amicia) FitzRobert, Countess of Gloucester b. 1160, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 1 January 1224 / 1225 |
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| | | ↓ descendants through son Gilbert De Clare, Earl of Gloucester |
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