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 1100 - 1148 (~ 48 years)
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| Name |
Gilbert de Clare |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
Knight, 1st Earl of Pembroke |
| Nickname |
Strongbow |
| Birth |
~ 1100 |
Tonbridge, Kent, England  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
6 Jan 1148 |
Tintern Abbey, Chapel Hill, Monmouthshire, England [2] |
| Person ID |
I48136 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
26 Dec 2018 |
| Father |
Sir Gilbert FitzRichard, Knight, 2nd Lord of Clare, b. 21 Sep 1065, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 17 Nov 1114, Winterbourne Monkton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (Age 49 years) |
| Mother |
Adeliza de Claremont |
| Marriage |
Y [3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F17738 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Isabel de Beaumont, b. ~1101, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. Aft 1172, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales (Age ~ 71 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1130 [1, 5] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F17745 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare (c.?1100 – 6 January 1148), was created Earl of Pembroke in 1138. He was commonly known as Strongbow.[a]
Life
Born at Tonbridge, Gilbert de Clare was a son of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and Alice de Claremont.[1] He started out without land and wealth of his own but was closely related to very powerful men, specifically his uncles Walter de Clare and Roger de Clare.[2]
In 1136 Gilbert fitz Gilbert led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the town, including the church of Notre Dame, but was interrupted by the forces of William III, Count of Ponthieu and escaped the resulting melee only after suffering heavy losses.[3] Gilbert was a Baron, that is, a tenant-in-chief in England, and inherited the estates of his paternal uncles, Roger and Walter, which included the baronies and castles of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy. He held the lordship of Nether Gwent and the castle of Striguil (later Chepstow). King Stephen created him Earl of Pembroke, and gave him the rape and castle of Pevensey.
After Stephen's defeat at Lincoln on 2 February 1141, Gilbert was among those who rallied to Empress Matilda when she recovered London in June, but he was at Canterbury when Stephen was recrowned late in 1141.[4] He then joined Geoffrey's plot against Stephen, but when that conspiracy collapsed, he again adhered to Stephen, being with him at the siege of Oxford late in 1142. In 1147 he rebelled when Stephen refused to give him the castles surrendered by his nephew Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Hertford, whereupon the King marched to his nearest castle and nearly captured him. However, the Earl appears to have made his peace with Stephen before his death the following year.[5]
Family
He married Isabel de Beaumont, before 1130, daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan, and Elizabeth de Vermandois.[6] Isabel had previously been the mistress of King Henry I of England.[7]
By her Gilbert had:
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke[b][8]
Basilia, who married (1) Raymond FitzGerald (Raymond le Gros) and (2) Geoffrey FitzRobert.[9]
a daughter who married William Bloet.[10]
end of biography [2]
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- [S9968] "Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester" biography, accessed & downloaded Thurssday, November 17th, 2016 by David A.
- [S10730] "Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke" biography, was found, retrieved, uploaded and published March 23rd, 2017 by Dav.
- [S10731] "Gilbert Fitz Richard" biography, was found, retrieved, uploaded and published March 23rd, 2017 by David A. Hennessee, i.
- [S10721] "Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk" biography, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017.
- [S13481] Isabel (Beaumont) de Clare (abt. 1101 - aft. 1172), Pedigree, Registry & Biography, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beaumo.
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