Lord of Clare and Tunbridge Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, II

Abt 1065 - 1114  (49 years)

• Name	Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	Lord of Clare and Tunbridge
  Suffix	II
  Birth	Abt 1065	Clare, Suffolk, England   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	It has been hinted that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II
  Religion	Founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk
  Residence	1110	Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales
  	King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes and gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle
  		Castle-Cardigan Cardigan Castle
  Death	17 Nov 1114	Wales   [3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Tonbridge Priory (Defunct), Tonbridge, Kent, England   [5]
  		Church - Priory Tonbridge Tonbridge Priory was a priory in Tonbridge, Kent, England that was established in 1124. It was destroyed by fire in 1337 and then rebuilt. The priory was disestablished in 1523. The building stood in 1735, but was a ruin by 1780. The remains of the priory were demolished in 1842 when the South Eastern Railway built the railway through Tonbridge,…
  Person ID	I22686	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Lord of Clare, Bienfaite, Orbec and Tonbridge Richard FitzGilbert,   b. 1035, Bienfait, Somme, Picardie, France d. 1090, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rohese Giffard,   b. 1034, Longueville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France d. 1133, Clare, Suffolk, England (Age 99 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1054
  	Prior, Huntingdonshire, England
  Family ID	F8958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelize 'Alice' de Clermont,   b. 1058, Northamptonshire, England d. 1117, Clare, Suffolk, England (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1090
  Children	1. 1st Earl of Pembroke Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare,   b. 21 Sep 1100, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 6 Jan 1148 (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Alice de Clare,   b. 1 Jan 1091, Essex, England d. 1163, Tendring, Essex, England (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Lord of Clare, Lord of Tonbridge, and Lord of Cardigan Richard FitzGilbert de Clare,   b. 1094, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d. 15 Apr 1136, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1065 - Clare, Suffolk, England Residence - King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes and gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle - 1110 - Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales Death - 17 Nov 1114 - Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-CLARE Clare Coat of Arms

  
  

  Places		Church - Priory Tonbridge Tonbridge Priory was a priory in Tonbridge, Kent, England that was established in 1124. It was destroyed by fire in 1337 and then rebuilt. The priory was disestablished in 1523. The building stood in 1735, but was a ruin by 1780. The remains of the priory were demolished in 1842 when the South Eastern Railway built the railway through Tonbridge,…
  		Castle-Cardigan Cardigan Castle

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Gilbert DeClare [S202] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;). [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Gilbert “the Marshall” de Clare 1055-1117. Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Lord of Clare, 2nd Lord of Tonbridge, and 1st Lord of Cardigan was the son of Richard fitz Gilbert, 1st Lord of Clare, 1st Lord of Tonbridge (1035–1090) and Rohese de Giffard. He married Adeliza de Breteuil and had eight children by that marriage. He was one of the first to use the "de Clare" designation instead of "Fitz" after the Honor of Clare (his English Barony). He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery whilst his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy. In 1088 he fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of His Majesty, King William II Rufus of England, but the King's forces managed to take the castle and Lord de Clare was taken prisoner. After the death of King Rufus in August 1100, he attended the court of King Henry I at Westminster in 1101. In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from HRH Owain ap Cadwgan, Prince of Powys (1070-1116), son of HRH Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, Prince of Powys (1051-1111) as punishment for a number of crimes and gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle to Gilbert de Clare. He also founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159792533/gilbert-de_clare