Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford

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Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford 6th Earl of Gloucester 7th Earl of Clare
Born	1180 Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Died	25 October 1230 Penrose, Brittany, France

Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford (1180 – October 25, 1230) was the son of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, from whom he inherited the Clare estates, from his mother, Amice Fitz Robert, the estates of Gloucester and the honour of St. Hilary, and from Rohese, an ancestor, the moiety of the Giffard estates. In June 1202, he was entrusted with the lands of Harfleur and Montrevillers.

In 1215 Gilbert and his father were two of the barons made Magna Carta sureties and championed Louis "le Dauphin" of France in the First Barons' War, fighting at Lincoln under the baronial banner. He was taken prisoner in 1217 by William Marshal, whose daughter Isabel he later married.

In 1223 he accompanied his brother-in-law, Earl Marshal, in an expedition into Wales. In 1225 he was present at the confirmation of the Magna Carta by Henry III. In 1228 he led an army against the Welsh, capturing Morgan Gam, who was released the next year. He then joined in an expedition to Brittany, but died on his way back to Penrose in that duchy. His body was conveyed home by way of Plymouth and Cranborne to Tewkesbury. His widow Isabel later married Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall & King of the Romans. His own arms were: Or, three chevronels gules.

Hertford had six children by his wife Isabel, née Marshal:^[1]

• Agnes de Clare (b. 1218)
• Amice de Clare (1220–1287), who married the 6th Earl of Devon
• Richard de Clare (1222–1262)
• Isabel de Clare (1226–1264), who married the 5th Lord of Annandale
• William de Clare (1228–1258)
• Gilbert de Clare (b. 1229)

[edit] References

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 54-30, 63-28, 63-29

Peerage of England
Preceded by Richard de Clare	Earl of Hertford 1217–1230	Succeeded by Richard de Clare
Preceded by New Creation	Earl of Gloucester 1217–1230

Persondata
NAME	Clare, Gilbert de, 5th Earl of Hertford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	1st Earl of Gloucester
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	1180
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
DATE OF DEATH	25 October 1230
PLACE OF DEATH	Penrose, Brittany, France