Gilbert FitzGilbert, Earl of Pembroke: JEM Genealogy

Gilbert FitzGilbert, Earl of Pembroke

1100 - 1147 (47 years)

Generation: 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.

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]