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Gilbert FitzGilbert, Earl of Pembroke

Male 1100 - 1147  (47 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Gilbert FitzGilbert, Earl of Pembroke was born in 1100 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (son of Gilbert FitzRichard, lord of Clare and Adeliz of Clermont); died on 6 Jan 1147; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Wexford, Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Gilbert "de Clare" fitz Gilbert

    Notes:

    IDENTIFIER: Styled "de Clare" and probably "Strongbow".

    KINSHIP: 2nd son.
    KINSHIP: Guardian to his nephew Gilbert de Montifitchet.

    BIRTH: Date> Probably about 1100.

    MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Battle of Lincoln 1140/1141.

    TITLES: Succeeded uncle Roger FitzRichard in baronies and castles of Bienfaite and Orbec, Normandy.
    TITLES: Succeeded uncle Walter FitzRichard as lord of Nether Gwent, probably in 1137/1138.
    TITLES: Styled de Clare and probably Strongbow.
    TITLES: Created Earl of Pembroke, 1138

    DEATH: Date> Probably 6 Jan 1147/1148 or possibly1148/1149.

    KINSHIP: Investigate> Probably uncle of Alice who married William de Percy, see The Complete Peerage vol. 10 p. 348 fn. (e).

    Gilbert married Isabel de Beaumont about 1129. Isabel (daughter of Robert Earl of Leicester and Elizabeth of Vermandois) was born about 1106 in Meulan, Île-de-France, France; died after 1172. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gilbert FitzRichard, lord of Clare was born in 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England (son of Richard FitzGilbert, lord of Clare and Rohese Giffard); died in 1114.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 8WKM-FQ
    • Name: Gilbert "de Clare" fitz Richard
    • Name: Gilbert de Tonbridge" fitz Richard
    • Name: Gilbert fitz Richard
    • UID: BF44838D1C8C49F1A9947D800B3DFB3AACBB

    Notes:

    IDENTIFIER: Styled "de Clare" or "de Tonbridge"

    CHURCH: Property> Founder of the Priory at Clare, 1090.

    TITLES: Succeeded father, about 1090, as holder of the Honour of Clare, title created temp. William I.

    PROPERTY: Lord of Clare {Clare, Suffolk, England}.
    PROPERTY: Lord of Tonbridge {Tonbridge, Kent, England}.
    PROPERTY: Succeeded to the English possessions of his father.
    PROPERTY: Granted by Henry I, the Lordship of Cardigan, 1107-1111.

    DEATH: Date> 1114 or 1117.

    Gilbert married Adeliz of Clermont on Yes, date unknown. Adeliz (daughter of Hugh Count of Clermont and Marguerite of Montdidier and Rouci) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Adeliz of Clermont (daughter of Hugh Count of Clermont and Marguerite of Montdidier and Rouci); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 8XJS-QX
    • UID: 4972B9C0F12B41299D0F254D88B33D3686D5

    Children:
    1. Alice fitz Gilbert was born in Clare, Suffolk, England; died about 1163.
    2. Baldwin fitz Gilbert Fitz Gilbert, lord of Bourne was born in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; died in 1154.
    3. Rohese fitz Gilbert and died.
    4. Margaret fitz Gilbert died after 1185.
    5. Richard FitzGilbert, lord of Clare was born about 1088 in Clare, Suffolk, England; died on 15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England; was buried in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
    6. 1. Gilbert FitzGilbert, Earl of Pembroke was born in 1100 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 6 Jan 1147; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Wexford, Ireland.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Richard FitzGilbert, lord of Clare was born before 1035 in Clare, Suffolk, England (son of Count of Brionne Gilbert Crispin); died about 1090; was buried in Priory, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: V9V9-6G
    • Name: Richard "de Bienfaite" fitz Gilbert
    • Name: Richard "de Clare" fitz Gilbert
    • Name: Richard "de Tonbridge" fitz Gilbert
    • Name: Richard fitz Gilbert
    • UID: E4662B73EE5846B581D5B397B8A53EED51AC

    Notes:

    IDENTIFIER: Styled "de Bienfaite" or "de Clare" or "de Tonbridge"

    MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Accompanied his kinsman William the Conqueror into England.
    OFFICE: During the King's absence was Joint Chief Justiciar, and, as such, suppressed the revolt of 1075.

    TITLES: Holder of the Honour of Clare, title created temp. William I.

    PROPERTY: Lord of Clare {Clare, Suffolk, England} - with the Castle of Clare.
    PROPERTY: Lord of Tonbridge, Kent, England (with the Castle of Tonbridge).
    PROPERTY: Seigneur of Bienfaite, , France.
    PROPERTY: Seigneur of Orbec, Normandy, France.
    PROPERTY: Held 176 Lordships, of which 95 were in Suffolk and attached to the hon our of Clare.

    LIVING: 1081.

    Richard married Rohese Giffard on Yes, date unknown. Rohese (daughter of Walter [the elder] Giffard, lord of Longueville and Ermengarde Flaitel) was born about 1045; died after 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Rohese Giffard was born about 1045 (daughter of Walter [the elder] Giffard, lord of Longueville and Ermengarde Flaitel); died after 1113.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: FSLM-H5
    • UID: 42C0E75B52F64EE983E34E35AD064D4AF61C

    Notes:

    KINSHIP: Aunt and heiress of Walter GIFFARD, 2nd Earl of Buckingham - see 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 14 p. 183 [CLARE p. 242 line 28].

    BIRTH: Date> Say 1045.

    LIVING: 1113.

    Children:
    1. Roger FitzRichard died after 1130.
    2. Robert fitz Richard died in 1134; was buried in Priory, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England.
    3. Rohese fitz Richard and died.
    4. 2. Gilbert FitzRichard, lord of Clare was born in 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England; died in 1114.

  3. 6.  Hugh Count of Clermont was born in Clermont, Oise, France; died in 1101.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 8XJT-7H
    • Name: Hugh de Creil
    • Name: Hugues
    • UID: CF7EEC5172C742FB9DC18479D8C87A38AD2B

    Notes:

    TITLES: Count of Clermont (in Beauvaisis).

    PROPERTY: Clermont in Beauvaisis {Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, France}

    Hugh married Marguerite of Montdidier and Rouci about 1080. Marguerite (daughter of Hilduin Count of Mondidier and Rouci and Alix de Roucy) was born in , Montdidier, Somme, France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Marguerite of Montdidier and Rouci was born in , Montdidier, Somme, France (daughter of Hilduin Count of Mondidier and Rouci and Alix de Roucy); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: V9V7-3N
    • Name: Margaret of Montdidier and Rouci
    • UID: D5C3C733FCD446B5AEB3DA1C634A5355099D

    Children:
    1. 3. Adeliz of Clermont and died.
    2. Renaud II Comte de Clermont was born in Clermont, Oise, France; died about 1162.
    3. Ermentrude of Clermont and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Count of Brionne Gilbert Crispin and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 9162-C5
    • Name: Gilbert
    • UID: C51A5E46E60246519E2CBB6E517F34383108

    Notes:

    KINSHIP: Son and heir.

    TITLES: Count of Brionne in Normandy.

    DEATH: Cause> Murdered by the sons of Giroie.

    Children:
    1. Seigneur de Meules and du Sap Baldwin fitz Gilbert was born in Okehampton, Devon, England; died in 1090.
    2. 4. Richard FitzGilbert, lord of Clare was born before 1035 in Clare, Suffolk, England; died about 1090; was buried in Priory, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England.

  2. 10.  Walter [the elder] Giffard, lord of Longueville was born in Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Maritime, France; died before 1085.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 9HNQ-CB
    • Name: Walter Giffard
    • UID: 73C612F87BD644B5804A0A2AE6CCB5A7997A

    Notes:

    KINSHIP: Cousin of William the Conqueror.
    BIRTH: Date> Say 978.

    MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Accompanied William the Conqueror in the Norman invasion of England, 1066.

    PROPERTY: Lord of Longueville, Normandy {Longueville-sur-Scie, Normandy, France}.
    PROPERTY: Received grants of no less than 107 lordships, of which 48 were in Buckinghamshire.

    Walter married Ermengarde Flaitel. Ermengarde and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 11.  Ermengarde Flaitel and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 8WKM-ZH ?
    • Name: Agnes
    • UID: 045580CD986F4A0F8F62FDA73E2E45FD4954

    Children:
    1. William Gifford and died.
    2. Osbert Gifford, lord of Brimpsfield was born about 1042 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; died before 1095.
    3. 5. Rohese Giffard was born about 1045; died after 1113.
    4. Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham was born about 1051; died on 15 Jul 1102 in , , , England; was buried in Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Maritime, France.
    5. Berenger Gifford was born about 1054; and died.

  4. 14.  Hilduin Count of Mondidier and Rouci was born in , Montdidier, Somme, France; died in 1062.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Hildouin III de Rameru

    Notes:

    TITLES: Count of Montdidier and Rouci.

    PROPERTY: Seigneur of Rameru.

    Hilduin married Alix de Roucy in 1031. Alix died in 1062. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 15.  Alix de Roucy died in 1062.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: 8XJT-DC
    • Name: Adele de Roucy
    • UID: 18F9BABD17884CE4B9B83884A14ABBC9F319

    Children:
    1. 7. Marguerite of Montdidier and Rouci was born in , Montdidier, Somme, France; and died.
    2. Reina d'Aragón y Navarra Félice de Montdidier was born in , Montdidier, Somme, France; died in 1086.
    3. Béatrix de Montdidier was born in , Montdidier, Somme, France; and died.
    4. Adèle de Montdidier was born in , Montdidier, Somme, France; and died.