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Richard fitz Gilbert II, 1st Earl of Hertford
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Cawley is unsure which of Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare's wives was his mother
Family
ClaimDetailEvidence
FatherGilbert fitz Richard I, Lord of Cardigan (e1060-~1117) [S756] [S2856]
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MotherAdelisa de Clermont (e1061-) [S756]
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SpouseAlice of Chester (e1099-) 
Child +Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (e1135-1173) [S756] [S775:VII.672] [S925]
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Attributes
ClaimDetailEvidence
GenderMale
NameRichard fitz Gilbert [S756]
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NameRichard de Clare [S756] [S1694:19]
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NameRichard FitzGilbert , Lord of Clare [S775:VII.675]
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NameRichard FitzGilbert of Clare [S775:VII.672]
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NameRichard FitzGilbert de Clare [S925] [S954] [S2856]
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NameRichard fitz Gilbert II, 1st Earl of Hertford
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FatherGilbert fitz Richard I, Lord of Cardigan (e1060-~1117) [S756] [S2856]
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MotherAdelisa de Clermont (e1061-) [S756]
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TitleLord of Clare [S756]
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BurialGloucestershire, England [S756]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birthest 1098 (1081-1101)
 
DeathApr 15, 1136near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales [S954] [S2856]
was ambushed and killed by the Welsh chieftains, Joworth and his brother Morgan-ap-Owen, in a woody tract called "the ill-way of Coed Grano," or "the Wood of Revenge" near the Abbey of Lanthony
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Sources
IndexTitle
[S756] Weis, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England before 1700, 7th Ed." (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1999).
[S775] George Cokayne, "Complete Peerage" (https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE83409).
[S925] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - England Earls 1138-1143)" (2006-7 (v.1.1 Updated 26 Jun 2006 )).
[S954] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - England Earls 1067-1122)" (2006-7 (v1.1 Updated 23 April 2007)).
[S1694] Ormerod, George, "The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Volume 1" (1819) (https://books.google.com/books?id=DYY1AQAAMAAJ).
[S2856] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - English Untitled Nobility A-C)" (v4.8 Updated 06 June 2024) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntac.htm).
Kinship Lines for Richard fitz Gilbert II, 1st Earl of Hertford
Spouse/PartnerDegreeRelationshipMRCA
Alice of Chester (e1099-)114th Cousin 1x removedRichard I, Duke of Normandy (~932-996)
Alice of Chester (e1099-)187th Cousin 2x removedRobert I, King of France (866-923)
Alice of Chester (e1099-)198th Cousin 1x removedHerbert de Vermandois I, Count de Vermandois (~840-~907)
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