NameGilbert de Clare 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester
Birth1182, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Death25 Oct 1230
MotherAmice Fitzrobert (1160-1224)
Spouses
Birth9 Oct 1200, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Death17 jan 1239/1240, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England-
Death Memoanother source says d. January 15, 1240
BurialBeaulieu, Southampton, England
MotherIsabel De Clare (~1172-1220)
Marriage9 Oct 1217
ChildrenRichard (1222-1262)
Notes for Gilbert de Clare 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester
Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. Magna Charta Surety 1215.

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Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford
5th (or 1st) Earl of Gloucester
Born
1180
Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Died
25 October 1230
Penrose, Brittany, France


Gilbert de Clare, adapted from Tewkesbury Abbey stained glass window
Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester (1180 – 25 October 1230) was the son of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, from whom he inherited the Clare estates. He also inherited from his mother, Amice Fitz William, the estates of Gloucester and the honour of St. Hilary, and from Rohese, an ancestor, the moiety of the Giffard estates. In June 1202, he was entrusted with the lands of Harfleur and Montrevillers.
In 1215 Gilbert and his father were two of the barons made Magna Carta sureties and championed Louis "le Dauphin" of France in the First Barons' War, fighting at Lincoln under the baronial banner. He was taken prisoner in 1217 by William Marshal, whose daughter Isabel he later married on 9 October, her 17th birthday.
In 1223 he accompanied his brother-in-law, Earl Marshal, in an expedition into Wales. In 1225 he was present at the confirmation of the Magna Carta by Henry III. In 1228 he led an army against the Welsh, capturing Morgan Gam, who was released the next year. He then joined in an expedition to Brittany, but died on his way back to Penrose in that duchy. His body was conveyed home by way of Plymouth and Cranborne to Tewkesbury. His widow Isabel later married Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall & King of the Romans. His own arms were: Or, three chevronels gules.
Hertford had six children by his wife Isabel, née Marshal:[1]
• Agnes de Clare (b. 1218)
Amice de Clare (1220–1287), who married the 6th Earl of Devon
Richard de Clare (1222–1262)
Isabel de Clare (1226–1264), who married the 5th Lord of Annandale
• William de Clare (1228–1258)
• Gilbert de Clare (b. 1229)
Notes for Isabel (Spouse 1)
1. Richard de CLARE
2. Isabel de CLARE*
3. Amice de CLARE*

Family 2: Richard*
* Marriage: 30 MAR 1231

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Chilren with Richard of Cornwall:
John of Cornwall (31 January 1232 – 22 September 1233), born and died at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, buried at Reading Abbey
Isabella of Cornwall (9 September 1233 – 10 October 1234), born and died at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, buried at Reading Abbey
Henry of Almain (2 November 1235 – 13 March 1271), murdered by his cousins Guy and Simon de Montfort, buried at Hailes Abbey
Nicholas of Cornwall (b. & d. 17 January 1240 Berkhamsted Castle), died shortly after birth, buried at Beaulieu Abbey with his mother
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