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Gilbert (FitzRichard) -de Clare, de Tonburce (b. Abt. 1066, d. Abt. 1117)
Gilbert (FitzRichard) -de Clare, de Tonburce (son of Richard "de Tonbridge" de Clare FitzGilbert and Rohese Giffard)4166 was born Abt. 10664166, and died Abt. 11174166. He married Alice (Adeliza) de Clermont on Bef. 10904166, daughter of Hugh de Clarmont and Marguerite de Roucy.
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Record Change: February 04, 20064166
More About Gilbert (FitzRichard) -de Clare, de Tonburce and Alice (Adeliza) de Clermont:
Marriage: Bef. 10904166
Marriage Notes for Gilbert (FitzRichard) -de Clare, de Tonburce and Alice (Adeliza) de Clermont:
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Alice de Clermont
# Born: Abt 1058, Northamptonshire, England
# Married Bef 1090 to Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare Lord of Ceredigion
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Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare Lord of Ceredigion
# Born: Abt 1066, Clare, Suffolk, England
# Married Bef 1090 to Alice de Clermont
# Died: Abt 1117, England
Gilbert de Clare from a stained glass window at Tewkesbury Abbey
Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Lord of Ceredigion, Lord of Clare, Tonbri dge, Cardigan
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From: http://www.castlewales.com/clare.html
Richard de Clare (d.1090), the son of Gilbert, count of Brionne, accomp anied William the Conqueror to England in 1066. He took his new title f rom the fief of Clare in Suffolk. Richard descendants acquired the earl dom of Gloucester by marriage, and became the leading barons of the sou th-eastern March by early in the 13th century. By the middle of that ce ntury another Richard de Clare (1222-62) had expelled the Welsh rulers f rom the western valleys of Glamorgan, as far as the Rhondda, whilst lea ving the rest undisturbed.
Richard de Clare was a leading member of the reforming party of barons i n England. King Henry III's personal style of government and his relian ce on foreign advisers had antagonized many of the barons who regarded t he royal policy as diminishing their own power and influence. Llywelyn a p Gruffydd (d.1282), prince of Gwynedd, exploited this division and dis sension amongst the English. On Richard's death in 1262, Llywelyn moved u p the Usk valley, capturing the Brecon lands of Humphrey de Bohun (guar dian of the young de Clare heir), and reaching the northern edge of Gla morgan. By 1267 Llywelyn had become master of the greater part of moder n Wales, except for the southern coastal plain.
Richard de Clare's heir, Gilbert (1243-95) - Gilbert "the Red" as he wa s known after the fiery color of his hair - was to become involved in t he turbulent English politics of the 1260s. At the time of his father's d eath Gilbert was a minor, though he was given possession of the Glouces ter estates in 1263. To begin with, Gilbert continued in good terms wit h his powerful neighbor, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. However, over the next f ew years a series of military and political events was to completely ch ange this situation; the building of de Clare's masterpiece Caerphilly C astle, can be seen as the last and most dramatic episode in this story.
The end of the Baronial revolt of the 1260s left Llywelyn ap Gruffydd a s the only potential enemy of King Henry III. Prudently, Llywelyn decid ed to make peace, and by the Treaty of Montgomery (1267) he was recogni zed as "prince of Wales," and as the feudal lord of the other Welsh pri nces. Already in 1266 Gilbert de Clare had seized upland Senghennydd fr om the local ruler, Gruffydd ap Rhys, since King Henry III had given th e earl authority to take over the lands of those Welshmen in Glamorgan w ho had supported Llywelyn. Consequently, on 11 April 1268, Gilbert's wo rkmen began building at Caerphilly, only a few months after the Treaty o f Montgomery had been sealed. The young earl was just 25 at the time, y et the scheme for the stronghold at Caerphilly was one of the most ambi tious ever to have been conceived in the kingdom.
During the summer of 1268, Llywelyn's forces invaded upper and northern S enghennydd. A truce was arranged by the king and the dispute dragged on f or two years, until Llywelyn finally lost patience and burnt some of th e fortifications at Caerphilly, on 13 October 1270. Gilbert de Clare re commenced building on 1 June, and Llywelyn prepared for outright war, b ut the crown intervened and Llywelyn reluctantly accepted the promise o f future arbitration over the ownership of Caerphilly. This never mater ialized, and as Gilbert began to gain allies Llywelyn was forced back i nto Brecon, leaving de Clare to complete his massive building project a t Caerphilly.
By 1287 Gilbert de Clare had cleared the road to Brecon and had begun a nother castle on his new frontier at Morlais near Merthyr Tydfil. Here h e came into conflict with Humphrey de Bohun (d.1298), the earl of Heref ord, who disputed possession both of the land and the castle at Morlais . Earl Gilbert was to experience further difficulties just a few years l ater. In the autumn of 1294, the Welsh broke in revolt under Madog ap L lywelyn, mainly against the actions of new royal administrators in nort h and west Wales. The uprising quickly spread to Glamorgan, where it wa s led by Morgan ap Maredudd, a local Welsh ruler dispossessed by Earl G ilbert in 1270, and attacks were directed against the de Clare estates. M orlais Castle was captured, and half the town of Caerphilly was burnt - a lthough the castle itself held out. Eventually the rebels surrendered, n ot to de Clare but to the king himself.
Earl Gilbert died at the age of 52 in December 1295, and his estates we re administered by his widow until her death in 1307. The young heir, a nother Gilbert, was killed at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314. His un timely death meant the extinction of the de Clare male line, and the Gl oucester inheritance was divided among three sisters.
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03/07/05
Children of Gilbert (FitzRichard) -de Clare, de Tonburce and Alice (Adeliza) de Clermont are:
- +RohesiaClare, de, b. Abt. 11104166, d. 11494166.

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