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6th Earl of Hertford Gilbert De Clare

Male 1243 - 1295  (52 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  6th Earl of Hertford Gilbert De Clare was born 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died 7 Dec 1295, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried , Gloucestershire, England.

    Other Events:

    • Name: "Red" Gilbert de Clare
    • Reference Number: 3757

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Tewkesbury Abbey

    Gilbert married Joan of Acre 30 Apr 1290. Joan (daughter of Edward Plantagenet and Eleanore of Castile) was born 1272; died 23 Apr 1307. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Margaret De Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Oct 1292, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales; died 9 Apr 1342, Badlesmere, Kent, England.
    2. 3. Gilbert De Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1291; died 1314.
    3. 4. Elizabeth De Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1295; died 1360.
    4. 5. Eleanor De Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1292; died 1337.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Margaret De Clare Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gilbert1) was born 12 Oct 1292, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales; died 9 Apr 1342, Badlesmere, Kent, England.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3758
    • Birth: Abt 1292
    • Death: 13 Apr 1342

    Notes:

    Margaret de Clare (October 1293 - April 1342) was one of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and his wife, Joan of Acre, and thus a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

    She was married to Piers Gaveston, the favourite of her uncle Edward II, in October 1307. According to the Vita Edwardi Secundi, this marriage was arranged by the King "to strengthen Piers and surround him with friends." Gaveston celebrated the marriage with a lavish tournament at Wallingford Castle. The marriage of such a high-born lady to a foreigner was not popular among the English nobility. They had one child:
    Joan Gaveston, born probably January 12/18th, 1312, at York.

    King Edward threw a grand celebration after the birth of this child, complete with minstrels. However, Piers Gaveston was executed only six months later, leaving Margaret a widow with a small child. Her dower rights as Countess of Cornwall were disputed, and so King Edward instead assigned her Oakham Castle and other lands. She joined the Royal household and in 1316 accompanied the King in his journey from London to York.

    Following the death of their brother, Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Hertford, at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, Margaret and her sisters, Elizabeth and Eleanor de Clare received a share of the inheritance. Margaret was now one of the co-heiresses to the vast Gloucester estate, and King Edward arranged a second marriage for her to another favourite, Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester.

    On April 28, 1317 Margaret de Clare wed Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester at Windsor Castle. They had one daughter:
    Margaret de Audley, born between January 1318 and November 1322.

    Hugh and Margaret were among the victims of their brother-in-law, Hugh the younger Despenser. In his rashness and greed for the Clare lands, he robbed Margaret of much of her rightful inheritance. In 1321, Hugh de Audley joined the other Marcher Barons in looting, burning, and causing general devastation to Despenser's lands.

    Hugh was captured at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322, and was saved from a hanging thanks to the pleas of his wife. He was imprisoned, and two months later Margaret was sent to Sempringham priory. She remained there until 1326, when Hugh escaped prison and she was released from Sempringham.

    In the meantime, her daughter Joan Gaveston had been sent to Amesbury Priory. A marriage was arranged for Joan with the son of Thomas Multon, but the girl died in early 1325.

    Hugh and Margaret were reunited sometime in 1326. In summer 1336, their only daughter, Margaret Audley, was abducted by Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford. Her parents filed a complaint, but King Edward III of England supported Stafford. He appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh Earl of Gloucester.

    Margaret died in April 1342 and her sister Elizabeth de Clare paid for prayers to be said for her soul at Tonbridge priory.


    Birth:
    Caerphilly Castle

    Margaret married Hugh De Audley 28 Apr 1317. Hugh (son of Hugh De Audley, I and Isolde De Mortimer) was born 1295, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England; died 10 Nov 1347, Tonbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. Margaret De Audley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1318, Stafford, Staffordshire, England; died 7 Sep 1347, Stafford, Staffordshire, England.

  2. 3.  Gilbert De Clare Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gilbert1) was born 1291; died 1314.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 16062


  3. 4.  Elizabeth De Clare Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gilbert1) was born 1295; died 1360.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 16064


  4. 5.  Eleanor De Clare Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gilbert1) was born 1292; died 1337.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 54922



Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Margaret De Audley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Margaret2, 1.Gilbert1) was born 1318, Stafford, Staffordshire, England; died 7 Sep 1347, Stafford, Staffordshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3710
    • Birth: Abt 1318

    Margaret — Ralph De Stafford. Ralph (son of Edmund Stafford and Margaret De Basset) was born 24 Sep 1301; died 31 Aug 1372, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Hugh Stafford, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1334, Staffordshire, England; died 16 Oct 1384.
    2. 8. Katherine De Stafford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1347, Staffordshire, England; died 1361.
    3. 9. Elizabeth De Stafford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1342; died 7 Aug 1375.
    4. 10. Ralph Stafford  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 11. Beatrice Stafford  Descendancy chart to this point died 1415.
    6. 12. Joan Stafford  Descendancy chart to this point died 1397.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Hugh Stafford, I Descendancy chart to this point (6.Margaret3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Gilbert1) was born Abt 1334, Staffordshire, England; died 16 Oct 1384.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 13482

    Hugh — Phillippe De Beauchamp. Phillippe (daughter of Thomas De Beauchamp and Katherine De Mortimer) was born Abt 1334, England. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 13. Ralph Stafford  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1354.

  2. 8.  Katherine De Stafford Descendancy chart to this point (6.Margaret3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Gilbert1) was born 1347, Staffordshire, England; died 1361.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3881

    Katherine married John Sutton, III 25 Dec 1357. John (son of John Sutton, II and Isabel De Cherleton) was born 1339, Malpas, Chester, England; died Abt 1370. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. John Sutton, IV  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Dec 1361, Coleshill, Warwickshire, England; died 10 Mar 1395.

  3. 9.  Elizabeth De Stafford Descendancy chart to this point (6.Margaret3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Gilbert1) was born 1342; died 7 Aug 1375.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 54869


  4. 10.  Ralph Stafford Descendancy chart to this point (6.Margaret3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Gilbert1)

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 13491


  5. 11.  Beatrice Stafford Descendancy chart to this point (6.Margaret3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Gilbert1) died 1415.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 13476


  6. 12.  Joan Stafford Descendancy chart to this point (6.Margaret3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Gilbert1) died 1397.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 13486