Walter de Clifford
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Walter I de Clifford (1113 – 1190)[1] was an Anglo-Norman marcher lord of Bronllys Castle[2] on the Welsh border, and Clifford Castle (from the 1130s[3]), in Herefordshire. He is now best known for his daughter, Rosamund Clifford, with Margaret de Toeni, daughter of Ralph de Toeni[4].
He was the son of Richard FitzPons and Matilda the sister of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford.
Walter's other children were[5]:
- Walter II de Clifford
- Gilbert
- Richard
- Amicia, married Osbern fitz Hugh of Richards Castle
- Lucia, married Hugh de Say of Clun Castle
- Fair Rosamund Clifford the mistress of King Henry II.
[edit] Notes
- ^ [1]]
- ^ Bronllys Castle
- ^ [2]; up to that point he was known as Walter Fitz Richard.
- ^ My Lines - Person Page 106
- ^ clifford01
[edit] References
- Remfry, P.M., Clifford Castle, 1066 to 1299 (ISBN 1-899376-04-6)
