Richard de Clare, Lord of Thomond

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Richard de Clare, Lord of Thomond (* between 1282 and 1287; † May 10, 1318 with Dysert O'Dea ) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman.

origin

Richard de Clare came from the Anglo-Norman family Clare . He was the second son of Thomas de Clare and his wife Juliana FitzMaurice . His father was a younger son of Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester, and had conquered Thomond in Ireland from 1276 . In addition to his two sons from his marriage, he also had an illegitimate son, who was also named Richard . However, in contrast to his half-brother, he was called clergyman and master Richard .

Lord of Thomond

Richard de Clare's father died in 1287. His heir was Richard's older brother, Gilbert de Clare , but after he died in 1307 without heirs, Richard inherited the Thomond reign and the family's English goods. His brother had been a close confidante of the English heir to the throne Edward and had often stayed at his court, so that he had neglected his Irish possessions. 1308 there was an uprising of the Irish population in Thomond, which Richard was able to suppress. Presumably in the same year he arranged the double wedding of his cousin Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, to Maud de Burgh , a daughter of the Anglo-Irish nobleman Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster , and of his cousin Elizabeth , one Sister of Gilbert, with Maud's brother John de Burgh .

In 1309 Richard was appointed to the English Parliament as Baron de Clare . In the same year and from 1312 to 1316 he was Sheriff of Cork , Ireland. After his cousin Gilbert de Clare died in 1314, he became administrator of Kilkenny , Ireland , until it was divided among the three sisters of Gilbert in 1318. From 1315 Richard fought against the invasion of Edward Bruce , brother of the Scottish King Robert the Bruce , in Ireland. He fell in the Battle of Dysert O'Dea in Thomond against an Irish coalition under King Muircheartach O'Brien , who was allied with Edward Bruce. The defeat and death of Richard de Clare led to the collapse of English rule in Thomond.

Descendants and inheritance

Richard was married to a Joan whose origins are unknown. He left a son, Thomas , who was the last male member of the Clare family. However, Thomas died as early as 1321 at the age of three, after which the two sisters of Richard, Maud and Margaret inherited his possessions. The goods were divided between them or their husbands. Robert de Welles , Maud's husband, died childless as early as 1320. In the Despenser War , Bartholomew de Badlesmere , Margaret's husband, was executed in 1322. Richard de Clare's possessions fell to the king, who, however, was never able to bring the Irish possessions under his rule. Thomond was taken over by Irish lords and was lost to England from 1543 until the reconquest under King Henry VIII .

literature

  • Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, pp. 196-197.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Altschul: A baronial family in medieval England. The Clares . The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore 1965, p. 46.
  2. ^ Clare County Library: The Battle of Dysert O'Dea and the Gaelic Resurgence in Thomond by Katharine Simms. Retrieved May 17, 2015 .