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 1200 - 1240 (39 years)
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| Name |
Isabel Marshal |
| Title |
Lady |
| Suffix |
Countess Marshall |
| Birth |
9 Oct 1200 |
Pembroke Castle, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales  [1, 2] |
- Pembroke Castle (Welsh: Castell Penfro) is a medieval castle in Pembroke, West Wales. Standing beside the River Cleddau, it underwent major restoration work in the early 20th century. The castle was the original seat of the Earldom of Pembroke.
In 1093 Roger of Montgomery built the first castle at the site when he fortified the promontory during the Norman invasion of Wales. A century later this castle was given to William Marshal by Richard I. Marshall, who would become one of the most powerful men in 12th-Century Britain, rebuilt Pembroke in stone creating most of the structure that remains today.
Photos, history & source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembroke_Castle
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| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
17 Jan 1240 |
Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertforshire, England [1, 2] |
- Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The castle was built to obtain control of a key route between London and the Midlands during the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century. Robert of Mortain, William the Conqueror's half brother, was probably responsible for managing its construction, after which he became the castle's owner. The castle was surrounded by protective earthworks and a deer park for hunting. The castle became a new administrative centre, and the former Anglo-Saxon settlement of Berkhamsted reorganised around it. Subsequent kings granted the castle to their chancellors. The castle was substantially expanded in the mid-12th century, probably by Thomas Becket.
Photos, map, history & source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkhamsted_Castle
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| Person ID |
I45549 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Father |
Sir William Marshal, Templar Knight, 1st Earl Pembroke, b. 1146-1147, (Berkshire, England) d. 14 Apr 1219, Caversham, Berkshire, England (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Lady Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, b. 1172, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 14 Oct 1217, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage |
0Aug 1189 |
London, England [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Family ID |
F16620 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sir Gilbert de Clare, Knight, 4th Earl of Hertford, b. 0___ 1180, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d. 25 Oct 1230, Brittany, France (Age ~ 50 years) |
| Marriage |
9 Oct 1217 |
Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England GL20 5RZ [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Sir Richard de Clare, Knight, 6th Earl of Gloucester, b. 4 Aug 1222, Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England d. 14 Jul 1262, Waltham, Canterbury, England (Age 39 years) |
| | 2. Lady Isabel de Clare, b. 2 Nov 1226, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d. 10 Jul 1264 (Age 37 years) |
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| Family ID |
F16622 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Isabel Marshal (9 October 1200 - 17 January 1240) was a medieval English countess. She was the wife of both Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester and Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (son of King John of England). With the former, she was a great grandparent of King Robert the Bruce of Scotland.
Family
Born at Pembroke Castle, Isabel was the seventh child, and second daughter, of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare. She had 10 siblings, who included the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Earls of Pembroke; each of her brothers dying without a legitimate male heir, thus passing the title on to the next brother in line. Her last brother to hold the title of Earl of Pembroke died without legitimate issue, and the title was passed down through the family of Isabel's younger sister Joan. Her sisters married, respectively, the Earls of Norfolk, Surrey, and Derby; the Lord of Abergavenny and the Lord of Swanscombe.
First marriage
On her 17th birthday, Isabel was married to Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester, who was 20 years her senior, at Tewkesbury Abbey. The marriage was an extremely happy one, despite the age difference, and the couple had six children:
Agnes de Clare (b. 1218)
Amice de Clare (1220–1287), who married the 6th Earl of Devon
Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford (1222–1262)
Isabel de Clare (2 November 1226– 10 July 1264), who married the 5th Lord of Annandale; through this daughter, Isabel would be the great grandmother of Robert the Bruce
William de Clare (1228–1258)
Gilbert de Clare (b. 1229), a priest
Isabel's husband Gilbert joined in an expedition to Brittany in 1229, but died 25 October 1230 on his way back to Penrose, in that duchy. His body was conveyed home by way of Plymouth and Cranborne, to Tewkesbury, where he was buried at the abbey.
Second marriage
Isabel was a young widow, only 30 years old. She had proven childbearing ability and the ability to bear healthy sons; as evidenced by her six young children, three of whom were sons. These were most likely the reasons for both the proposal of marriage from Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, and Isabel's acceptance of it, despite the fact that her husband had just died five months previously. The two were married on 30 March 1231 at Fawley Church, much to the displeasure of Richard's brother King Henry, who had been arranging a more advantageous match for Richard. Isabel and Richard got along well enough, though Richard had a reputation as a womanizer and is known to have had mistresses during the marriage. They were the parents of four children, three of whom died in the cradle.
John of Cornwall (31 January 1232 – 22 September 1233), born and died at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, buried at Reading Abbey
Isabella of Cornwall (9 September 1233 – 10 October 1234), born and died at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, buried at Reading Abbey
Henry of Almain (2 November 1235 – 13 March 1271), murdered by his cousins Guy and Simon de Montfort, buried at Hailes Abbey.
Nicholas of Cornwall (b. & d. 17 January 1240 Berkhamsted Castle), died shortly after birth, buried at Beaulieu Abbey with his mother
Death and burial[edit]
Isabel died of liver failure, contracted while in childbirth, on 17 January 1240, at Berkhamsted Castle. She was 39 years old.
When Isabel was dying she asked to be buried next to her first husband at Tewkesbury Abbey, but Richard had her interred at Beaulieu Abbey, with her infant son, instead. As a pious gesture, however, he sent her heart, in a silver-gilt casket,[1] to Tewkesbury. [1]
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| Sources |
- [S9228] "Isabel Marshal (9 October 1200 - 17 January 1240)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Marshal, downloaded.
- [S4828] "Dermot Dairmait Mac MURCHADA (King of Leinster)", pedigree & registry, http://gw.geneanet.org/belfast8?n=murchada&oc=0&.
- [S9219] "Joan de Munchensi" biography, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_de_Munchensi, updated March 12, 2016 by David A. Hennes.
- [S9221] "William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshal,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke,.
- [S9222] "Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Clare,_4th_Countess_of_Pe.
- [S14298] "Isabel (Vipont) de Clifford (about 1251 - before 14 May 1292)", Ancestors, Descendants, Biography with Sources, https:/.
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