Isabel de Clare (noblewoman, 1263)

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Isabel de Clare (also Isabella de Clare ; * 1263 ; † 1338 ) was an English noblewoman.

Isabel de Clare was the eldest daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, and of his first wife Alice de Lusignan . Her parents' marriage was officially separated in 1271 and annulled in 1285. In 1290 her father married Joanna of England , a daughter of King Edward I , who was nine years younger than Isabel. Isabel and her younger sister Joan were excluded from their father's inheritance by the prenuptial agreement that her father had to sign with the king . Her father died in late 1295. Her stepmother Johanna von England left her Burford in Oxfordshire for use in 1297 until her half-brother Gilbert, her father's heir, came of age. In 1297 Isabel was engaged to be married to Guy de Beauchamp , the son and heir of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick . After his father's death in 1298, Guy inherited his title and possessions, but although the engagement continued, he did not marry her.

Isabel's half-brother Gilbert confirmed her ownership of Burton and Skipton in Oxfordshire in 1307 for lifelong use. When Gilbert died in 1314 with no descendants, there were confusion in the division of the inheritance, as Isabel supposedly should also be entitled to inheritance. This delayed the division of the inheritance, but it was ultimately divided between her three half-sisters in 1317. In 1316, at the age of 53, Isabel married Maurice de Berkeley , a baron from Gloucestershire , who was 20 years his junior . The marriage remained childless and her husband died in 1326.

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  1. ↑ Clive H. Knowles: Clare, Gilbert de, seventh earl of Gloucester and sixth earl of Hertford (1243-1295). 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
  2. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 39
  3. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 50
  4. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 166
personal data
SURNAME Clare, Isabel de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clare, Isabella de; Berkeley, Isabel de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobles
DATE OF BIRTH 1263
DATE OF DEATH 1338