Maud de Clifford
Maud de Clifford (also Matilda de Clifford ) († between December 1282 and May 9, 1285) was an English noblewoman.
Maud de Clifford was the only daughter of Sir Walter de Clifford and Margaret ferch Llywelyn. Her mother was a daughter of the Welsh prince Llywelyn from Iorwerth , her father was a wealthy Marcher Lord from Glasbury in Breconshire . She was married in 1254 to William III Longespée , heir to County Salisbury. Her husband died in late 1256 or early 1257 as a result of a tournament accident. After the death of her father in 1263, she inherited his goods, in addition to Glasbury Bronllys Castle in Breconshire, Llandovery Castle in Deheubarth and other goods in Shropshire . Matilda was now a rich widow; in addition to her father's property, she had received a Wittum from her husband's property . Presumably Sir John Giffard tried to marry her. As the negotiations dragged on, the impatient Giffard kidnapped Maud from her estate in Canford , Wiltshire, against her will in October 1271 . This kidnapping caused a tremendous scandal, but eventually Giffard was given permission to marry Maud, through whose goods he rose to the rank of Marcher Lord.
From her first marriage to William Longespée, Maud had a daughter:
- Margaret Longespée (around 1254 – between 1306 and 1310) ∞ Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln
From her second marriage to John Giffard, she had several daughters:
- Katherine Giffard (before 1272 – after 1322) ∞ Nicholas Audley
- Eleanore ∞ Fulk Lestrange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere
- Maud ∞ William de Geneville
After her death her possessions remained under the administration of her husband, after his death in 1299 they were divided among their daughters.
Web links
- Maud de Clifford on thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Crouch: Giffard, John, first Lord Giffard (1232-1299). 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
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Clifford, Maud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Clifford, Margaret; Longespée, Maud; Giffard, Maud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between December 1282 and May 9, 1285 |