Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester
Richard de Clare | |
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Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford | |
| Mother | Isabel Marshal |
Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester, 2nd Lord of Glamorgan, 8th Lord of Clare (4 August 1222 – 14 July 1262) was the son of
Early life
On his father's death, when he became
Marriage
Richard's first marriage to Margaret or Megotta, as she was also called, ended with either an
Military career
Richard joined in the Barons' letter to the Pope in 1246 against the exactions of the Curia in England. He was among those in opposition to the King's half-brothers, who in 1247 visited England, where they were very unpopular, but afterwards, he was reconciled to them.[8]
In August 1252/3 the King crossed over to
Meanwhile, the Scottish
Death and legacy
Richard died at John de Criol's Manor of Asbenfield in
Richard left extensive property, distributed across numerous counties. Details of these holdings were reported in a series of inquisitions post-mortem that took place after his death.[12]
Family
Richard had no children by his first wife, Margaret de Burgh. By his second wife,
- Isabel de Clare (c. 1240–1270); m. William VII, Marquess of Montferrat[14]
- Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester(2 September 1243 – 7 December 1295)
- Juliana FitzGerald
- Bogo de Clare (c. 1248–1294)
- Margaret de Clare (c. 1250–1312); m. Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
- Rohese de Clare (c. 1252); m. Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray
- Eglentina de Clare (d. 1257); died in infancy.
Richard's widow Maud, who had the Manor of Clare and the Manor and Castle of Usk and other lands for her dower, erected a splendid tomb for her late husband at Tewkesbury. She arranged for the marriages of her children. She died before 10 March 1288/9.[15]
Ancestry
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See also
References
- ^ a b Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ a b History of Tewkesbury by James Bennett 77
- ^ "Annals of Tewkesbury": H.R. Luard (ed.), 'Annales de Theokesberia', in Annales Monastici, Rolls Series, 4 vols (Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green 1864), I, pp. 41–180. (Internet Archive) (British Library Cottonian MS Cleopatra A. vii. In Latin).
- ^ Weikert 2017, p. 137.
- ^ a b Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Tewkesbury Annals p. 102 ; Worcest Ann. p. 428 ; Matt. Paris, vi. 63, 64; Land of Morgan, p. 126
- ^ "Annals of Tewkesbury", as 1237, p. 106; Pat. Rolls, 17 b
- ^ Altschul, Michael. A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217–1314, 1965
- ^ Tewkesbury Annals, i. 66, 77, 83
- ^ "Annals of Tewkesbury", sub anno 1262, p. 169.
- ^ Annals of Tewkesbury, p. 102
- ^ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 1, Nos. 530 & 531.
- ^ Wilkinson 2016, p. 155.
- ^ Kinkade 2004, p. 165.
- ^ In Calendar of Close Rolls, 1288–1296, p. 6 an entry dated 10 March 1288/9 refers to the death of Maud, countess of Gloucester.
Sources
- Kinkade, Richard P. (2004). "Beatrice "Contesson" of Savoy (c. 1250–1290): The Mother of Juan Manuel". La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. 2, Number 3, Summer (3): 163–225. S2CID 163041548.
- Weikert, Katherine (2017). "The Princesses Who Might Have Been Hostages: The Custody and Marriages of Margaret and Isabella of Scotland, 1209-1220s". In Bennett, Matthew; Weikert, Katherine (eds.). Medieval Hostageship c.700-c.1500: Hostage, Captive, Prisoner of War, Guarantee, Peacemaker. Routledge. pp. 122–139.
- Wilkinson, Louise J. (2016). "Reformers and Royalists: Aristocratic Women in Politics, 1258-1267". In Jobson, Adrian (ed.). Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258-1267. The Boydell Press. pp. 152–166.