2nd Earl of Hertford Roger De Clare
1116 - 1173 (57 years)-
Name Roger De Clare Title 2nd Earl of Hertford Born 1116 Tonbridge, Kent, England 
Gender Male Reference Number 16042 Died 1173 Oxfordshire, England Person ID I16042 Thompson-Milligan Last Modified 12 Apr 2018
Father Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare, b. Clare, Suffolk, England , d. 15 Apr 1136, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales Relationship natural Mother Alice De Gernon, b. Abt 1100, d. 1128 (Age ~ 28 years) Relationship natural Married 1116 Family ID F5236 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Maud De St. Hilary, b. 1132, d. 24 Dec 1193 (Age 61 years) Children 1. Richard De Clare, b. Abt 1153, Tonbridge, Kent, England , d. 30 Dec 1218, Oxfordshire, England (Age ~ 65 years) [natural]2. Mabel De Clare, d. 1204 [natural] 3. James De Clare [natural] 4. Eveline De Clare, d. 4 Jun 1225 [natural] 5. Roger De Clare, d. 1241, Middleton, Norfolk, England [natural]6. John De Clare [natural] 7. Henry De Clare [natural] Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 Family ID F5232 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 1116 - Tonbridge, Kent, England 
Died - 1173 - Oxfordshire, England = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Roger de Clare was a son of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Alice de Gernon. He succeeded to the earldom when his brother Gilbert died without issue. In 1164 he assisted with the Constitutions of Clarendon. From his munificence to the Church and his numerous acts of piety, Roger was called the "Good Earl of Hertford".
He married (c. 1150) Maud de St. Hilary (1132-24 December 1193), daughter of James de St. Hilary and Aveline. Together they had seven children:
Mabel de Clare, d. 1204, m. (c. 1175), Nigel de Mowbray.
Richard de Clare, b. c. 1153, Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England, d. 28 November 1217, 3rd Earl of Hertford
James de Clare
Eveline (Aveline) de Clare, d. 4 June 1225, m. [1] (c. 1204), Geoffrey IV Fitz Piers (Fitz Peter), 1st Earl of Essex. m. [2] Sir William Munchensy, (b. c. 1184), son of Warin de Munchensy and Agnes Fitz John.
Roger de Clare, d. 1241, Middleton, Norfolk, England.
John de Clare
Henry de Clare
There is a first school, Roger de Clare School, in the village of Puckeridge, Hertfordshire, named after Roger de Clare.
- Roger de Clare was a son of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Alice de Gernon. He succeeded to the earldom when his brother Gilbert died without issue. In 1164 he assisted with the Constitutions of Clarendon. From his munificence to the Church and his numerous acts of piety, Roger was called the "Good Earl of Hertford".
