Biography of Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 1222-1262

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In or before 1218 [his father] Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford (age 37) and [his mother] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 71) and [his grandmother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke (age 45). He the son of [his grandfather] Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford and [his grandmother] Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 4th August 1222 Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford was born to Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford (age 42) and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 21). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 25th October 1230 [his father] Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford (age 50) died. His son Richard (age 8) succeeded 6th Earl Gloucester, 5th Earl Hertford, 8th Lord Clare, 2nd Lord Glamorgan.

On 30th March 1231 [his step-father] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 22) and [his mother] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 30) were married at Fawley, Lambourn. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his grandmother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 43). They were fifth cousins.

Chronica Majora. March 1237. About the same time, the king's anger was again kindled against the earl of Kent, [his future father-in-law] Hubert de Burgh (age 67), because Richard, earl of Gloucester (age 14), still a boy, under the king's care, secretly married Earl Hubert's daughter [his future wife] Margaret (age 15), without his, the king's, permission or connivance. For he had determined (as it was stated) to unite the said youth, the earl of Gloucester, together with his county and all his honours, to a young lady, a near relative of William, bishop elect of Valentia, a native of Provence. The king's anger was, however, at length set at rest by the intercession of a great many people, and on Hubert's declaring that he had not been aware of it, and that it had not been done by him, and on his promising a sum of money to the king. In the same year, by the management of the emperor Frederick (age 42), another senator was created at Rome, in order that, by the united skill and power of two senators, the insolence of the Romans might be checked, and the city be pacified, and governed more safely, and easily ruled by their counsels.

Before November 1237 Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 15) and Margaret Burgh Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. She the daughter of Hubert de Burgh Count Mortain 1st Earl Kent (age 67) and Margaret Dunkeld Countess Kent (age 44). He the son of Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 37). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In November 1237 [his wife] Margaret Burgh Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 15) died.

After November 1237 Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 15) and Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. She the daughter of John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 45) and Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 31). He the son of Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 37). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Around 1240 [his daughter] Isabel Clare Marchinoness of Montferrat was born to Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 17) and [his wife] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 16).

On 17th January 1240 [his mother] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 39) died.

On 2nd September 1243 [his son] Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford was born to Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 21) and [his wife] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 20).

Around 1245 [his son] Thomas de Clare was born to Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 22) and [his wife] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 21) at Tonbridge, Kent [Map].

On 21st July 1247 [his daughter] Bogo de Clare was born to Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 24) and [his wife] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 24).

In 1250 [his daughter] Margaret Clare Countess Cornwall was born to Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 27) and [his wife] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 26).

In 1253 [his son] Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 9) and [his daughter-in-law] Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Hugh XI of Lusignan VI Count of La Marche II Count Angoulême and Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême (age 34). He the son of Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 30) and [his wife] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 29). They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Around 1255 [his daughter] Rohese Clare Baroness Mowbray was born to Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 32) and [his wife] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 31).

Around July 1258 [his son-in-law] William 7th Marquis of Montferrat (age 18) and [his daughter] Isabel Clare Marchinoness of Montferrat (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 35) and [his wife] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 35).

On 14th July 1262 Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 39) died. His son [his son] Gilbert (age 18) succeeded 7th Earl Gloucester, 6th Earl Hertford, 9th Lord Clare, 3rd Lord Glamorgan. [his daughter-in-law] Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 26) by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford.

On 10th March 1289 [his former wife] Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 66) died.

[his brother] William de de Clare was fatally poisoned by his steward whilst having breakfast with his brother Richard, who was also poisoned but survived, and Prince Edward.

[his daughter] Eglentina Clare was born to Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford and Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford.