Amicia de Clare
Amicia de Clare, Countess of Devon (also Amice de Clare ) (* May 27, 1220 , † before January 21, 1284 ) was an English noblewoman. She was the founder of Buckland Abbey .
Amicia de Clare was a daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and his wife Isabel Marshal . She was engaged to be married to Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon , grandson and heir to William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon in 1226 . The marriage took place around 1235, from their marriage they had at least two children:
- Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon (1236-1262)
- Isabel de Redvers, 8th Countess of Devon (1237–1293)
Her husband died in 1245. Amicia subsequently administered the estates of the de Redvers family for her underage son Baldwin. In her second marriage she married Robert de Guines (or Gynes ), a smaller English baron, who is believed to be an uncle of the French Count Arnuold III , of her own volition and with the permission of the King . de Guînes was. After her son died childless in 1262, her daughter Isabel became the heir to her husband's possessions. With her she led a long-standing legal dispute over her Wittum . As a rich widow, she went on several pilgrimages and other trips abroad. In 1278 she founded the Cistercian monastery Buckland Abbey . She died in January 1284.
Web links
- Amice de Clare on thepeerage.com , accessed May 12, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 32
- ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 47
- ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 32
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| SURNAME | De Clare, Amicia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clare, Amicia de; De Clare, Amice; De Redvers, Amicia, Countess of Devon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1220 |
| DATE OF DEATH | before January 21, 1284 |