Earl Gilbert De Clare GLOUCESTER, Sr 1
- Born: 1182, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
- Married: 9 Oct 1217, , , England
- Died: 25 Oct 1230, Penrose, Brittany, France
- Buried: 10 Nov 1230, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Another name for Gilbert was GLOUCESTER Earl.
Ancestral File Number: 8WKL-2P. User ID: 18909880.
General Notes:
Earl of GLOUCESTER, Signer of Magna Carta.
BOOKS Barber Grandparents: 125 Kings, 143 Generations, Ted Butler Bernard and Gertrude Barber Bernard, 1978, McKinney TX, p95: "444J Gilbert De Clare, Earl of Clare, (S of 434, F of 452); singer of the Magna Charta; died in 1230; married 445P, Isabel Marshall, (D of 435, M of 452).
A History of the Plantagenets, Vol II, The Magnificent Century, Thomas B Costain, 1951, Doubleday & Co, p114: "There was an equal number of daughters, Matilda, Isabella, Sibilla, Eva, and Joanna, handsom and high-spirited girls who had married representatives of other powerful families, Bigod, Warenne, Clare, Derby, Braose, Warin, Valence. Isabella, the second of the five daughters, who was the real beauty of the family, was first married to Gilbert de Clare and brought six children into the world. On her husband's death in 1230 she was still so beautiful that the King's brother, Richard of Cornwall, who had been lookingfor a wife among the princesses of Europe, gave up the quest and elected instead to take the young widow as his bride. They seem to have been quite happy and had four children before Isabella died at a relatively early age..."
ANCESTRY.COM World Ancestral Chart No. 17450 Ancestors of Wayne G Thorpe and Olive Loraine Slade: Gilbert De Clare Born Abt 1180 Died 10 Oct 1230 Penros Brittany France. World Ancestral Chart No. 31759 Ancestors of Warren Cash 1760.
ANCESTRAL FILE Ancestral File Ver 4.11 8WKL-2P Gilbert De CLARE Born 1182 Hertford Hertford- shire England Mar 9 Oct 1217 Isabel MARSHALL 8XJ6-6P England Died 25 Oct 1230 Penrose Brittany France Bur 10 Nov 1230 Tewkesbury Gloucestershire England.
FAMILY SEARCH ANCESTRAL FILE Ancestral File Ver 4.19 8WKL-2P.
Marriage Information:
Gilbert married Countess Isabella Marshal GLOUCESTER, daughter of Earl William Marshall PEMBROKE, Sr and Countess Isabel De Clare PEMBROKE, on 9 Oct 1217 in , , England. (Countess Isabella Marshal GLOUCESTER was born about 1203 in , Pembrokeshire, Wales, died on 16 Jan 1240 in Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England and was buried in Beaulieu, Southampton, England.)
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