Amicia FitzWilliam

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Amicia FitzWilliam , Countess of Hertford (* around 1170 - † January 1225 ) was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman.

Amicia was the second daughter of William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester and his wife Hawise de Beaumont . She was married to Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford , around 1180 . Since Robert, her father's only son, had died in 1166, she and her two sisters were one of the heiresses of their father, who owned the Honor of Gloucester and Glamorgan in South Wales. However, when her father died in 1183, King Henry II took over management of the inheritance in the face of a Welsh revolt in Glamorgan . Amicia's younger sister Isabel had been engaged to Johann Ohneland , the king's youngest son , since 1176 . After the king's death in 1189, Johann married his fiancée and took over the management of Glamorgan himself. However, he separated from her again in 1199. Only around this time did he hand over parts of the Honor of Gloucester to his brother-in-law Richard de Clare as part of the inheritance of the Earl of Gloucester, but kept the majority himself.

Amicia and her husband Richard de Clare also lived separately from 1200 onwards. Amicia then lived a secluded life and probably had little contact with her children. She was charitable and founded a hospital in Suffolk . To do this, she made foundations for Stoke Priory at Clare . When her sister Isabel died childless in October 1217, Amicia inherited the title Countess of Gloucester . Although he was long separated from her, her husband became the sole heir of her father's possessions through her. Richard de Clare died a little later, so that their eldest son Gilbert became the heir to the Honor of Gloucester. Only after her death did he inherit the title of Earl of Gloucester and the associated income from Gloucestershire .

progeny

Amicia had several children with her husband Richard de Clare, including:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 25
  2. ^ Rees R. Davies: The Age of Conquest. Wales 1063-1415. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1991, ISBN 0-19-820198-2 , p. 280
  3. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 31
  4. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 26
personal data
SURNAME Amicia FitzWilliam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clare, Amicia de; Amicia FitzWilliam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Norman nobles
DATE OF BIRTH around 1170
DATE OF DEATH January 1225