Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford

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Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford († 1152 ) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman from the de Clare family .

He was the eldest son of Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and his wife Adeliza, daughter of Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester . After his father's assassination in 1136, he inherited his southern English possessions of Clare and Tonbridge , while the Welsh possessions were lost to the Welsh victory at the Battle of Crug Mawr . He was named Earl of Hertford under King Stephen around 1138 . In the succession dispute between Stephan and his rival Matilda , the Anarchy , he initially stood on the side of the king and fought in the battles of Lincoln and Winchester . In 1146 he turned himself hostage to the king for his uncle Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester . But when Ranulph switched sides again, the king forced him to hand over his castles to him. When Gilbert was released, he also sided with Stephen's opponents.

From his marriage to Lucy, whose origin is unknown, he had at least one daughter, Margaret, who married William de Montfichet († before 1156). Since Gilbert died without male heirs, his lands fell to his younger brother Roger . His widow Lucy was second married to Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 23
  2. ^ Richard Mortimer: Clare, Roger de, second earl of Hertford (d. 1173). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  3. ^ A b c Ralph Henry Carless Davis: King Stephen, 1135-1154 . University of California Press, Berkeley, 1967.
  4. ↑ Nicholas Vincent: Montfichet, Richard de (b. After 1190, d. 1267). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
predecessor Office successor
New title created Earl of Hertford
1138-1152 		Roger de Clare
personal data
SURNAME Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Norman nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH 1152