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Gilbert FitzGilbert, Earl of Pembroke

Male 1100 - 1147  (47 years)


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  • Name Gilbert FitzGilbert 
    Suffix Earl of Pembroke 
    Birth 1100  Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Name Gilbert "de Clare" fitz Gilbert  [1
    Death 6 Jan 1147  [2
    Burial Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Wexford, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22920  Master
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2016 

    Father Gilbert FitzRichard, lord of Clare,   b. 1066, Clare, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1114 (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Adeliz of Clermont   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F5956  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabel de Beaumont,   b. Abt 1106, Meulan, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1172 (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1129 
    Family ID F5972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1100 - Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Wexford, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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  • 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).

  • Sources 
    1. [S701] Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, (Royal Ancestry Series. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2005), vol. 3 p. 243 fn. (d); vol. 4 appndx. H chart III, FHL book 942 D5rdm; FHL book 942 D5rdm.

    2. [S707] Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, (7th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, c1992), p. 69 line 66:25, p. 157 line 184:4, FHL book 974 D2w 1992; FHL book 974 D2w 1992.