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Family of Gilbert of CLARE and Isabel + of BEAUMONT

Husband: Gilbert of CLARE (1100-1147)
Wife: Isabel + of BEAUMONT (1102-1172)
Children: Richard + of CLARE (1130-1176)
Baldwin of CLARE (c. 1132- )
Agnes of CLARE (c. 1134- )
Basilia of CLARE (c. 1136- )
Marriage 1130 Tunbridge, Kent, England

Husband: Gilbert of CLARE

Name: Gilbert of CLARE
Sex: Male
Father: Gilbert * + FITZRICHARD (1065-1114)
Mother: Adeliza * +of CLERMONT (1065- )
Birth 21 Sep 1100 Tunbridge, Kent, England
Occupation Earl of Pembroke
Death 6 Jan 1147 (age 46)

Wife: Isabel + of BEAUMONT

Name: Isabel + of BEAUMONT
Sex: Female
Father: Robert + of BEAUMONT (1050-1118)
Mother: Isabel + of VERMANDOIS (1085-1131)
Birth 1102 Leicester,Leicestershire, England
Death 1172 (age 69-70)

Child 1: Richard + of CLARE

Name: Richard + of CLARE
Sex: Male
Nickname: Strongbow
Birth 1130 Tunbridge, Kent, England
Occupation Earl of Pembroke
Title Earl of Pembroke
Death 20 Apr 1176 (age 45-46) Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Burial Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Child 2: Baldwin of CLARE

Name: Baldwin of CLARE
Sex: Male
Birth 1132 (est)

Child 3: Agnes of CLARE

Name: Agnes of CLARE
Sex: Female
Birth 1134 (est)

Child 4: Basilia of CLARE

Name: Basilia of CLARE
Sex: Female
Birth 1136 (est)

Note on Husband: Gilbert of CLARE

Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare (c. 1100 – 6 January 1147/8), son of Gilbert Fitz Richard and Alice de Claremont, was sometimes referred to as "Strongbow", although his son is better remembered by this name, was the first Earl of Pembroke from 1138.

 

Born at Tonbridge, Gilbert de Clare became a Baron, that is, a tenant-in-chief, obtaining the estates of his paternal uncles, Roger and Walter, which included the baronies and castles of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy, 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. Gilbert de Clare decided to live near the roof in the Great Hall so he could see what was going on at all times.

 

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. 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.

 

He married Isabel de Beaumont (ca. 1102 – ca. 1172), around 1130, daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan, and Elizabeth de Vermandois. Isabel had previously been the mistress of King Henry I of England. By her he had two daughters (Agnes and Basilia) and two sons (Baldwin and Richard.