CLARE 

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie, Saire de Quincey, Robert de Vere)

ALIANORE CLARE was born in October 1292 and died on 30 June 1337. She married Sir Hugh Despencer, Junior, Governor of Odiham Castle, who was hanged and quartered on 29 November 1326.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie, Saire de Quincey)

MARGARET CLARE was born about 1292 and died on 13 April 1342. At Windsor on 28 April 1317, she married, second, Hugh Audley, 8th Earl of Gloucester, Lord Audley, Ambassador to France, who died on 10 November 1347.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie, Saire de Quincey)

ELIZABETH de CLARE married, second, Theobald de Verdon, 2nd Baron Verdon, who was born in 1282 and died in 1316. She married, third, Ralph (d'Amory) de la Roche.

ALIANORE, MARGARET and ELIZABETH were the daughters of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie, Saire de Quincey)

GILBERT de CLARE the Red Earl, Crusader, Knt., 9th Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester, was born 2 September 1243 and died on 7 December 1295. In May 1290, he married, second, Joan of Acre (see England-Plantagenet), who was born in 1272 and died on 23 April 1307.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie, Saire de Quincey)

THOMAS de CLARE (see below), Lord of Incheguin and Yougae, Governor of the City of London, was killed in battle in Ireland in 1286/87. He married Julian Fitz Maurice. 

GILBERT and THOMAS were the children of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Gilbert de Clare,  Richard de Clare, John de Lacie, Saire de Quincey)

RICHARD de CLARE, 6th Earl of Hertford, 8th Earl of Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, was born 4 August 1222 and died on 15 July 1262. On 25 January 1237/38, he married, second, Maud Lacie, Countess of Lincoln, who died in 1288/89.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Gilbert de Clare,  Richard de Clare, William de Mowbray)

AGNES (Rose or Rohese) CLARE married Roger de Mowbray.

(Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox)

ISABEL CLARE died in 1226. In 1240, she married Robert Bruce (see Scotland-Bruce) who was born in 1210 and died in 1295.

RICHARD and AGNES and ISABEL were the children of 

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Gilbert de Clare)

SIR GILBERT de CLARE, Magna Charta Surety, 7th Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester, was born about 1180 and died on 25 October 1230. On 9 October 1217, he married Isabella Marshall who died on 17 January 1239/40.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie)

MAUD CLARE married Roger de Lacie, Baron of Halton and Pontfract, Constable of Chester, who died in 1211.

SIR GILBERT and MAUD were the children of 

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie)

RICHARD de CLARE, Magna Charta Surety, 4th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Clare, Earl of Gloucester, died in October/November 1217. He married Amicia Meullent (see Meullent and Fitz Robert), Countess of Gloucester, who died on I January 1224/25.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox)

AVELINE de CLARE died about 1225. She married, first, before 1186, Sir William de Munchesy, who died about 1204. She married, second, as his second wife, Geoffrey Fitz Pier, Earl of Essex.

RICHARD and AVELINE were the children of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie,)

ROGER de CLARE the Good Earl, Earl of Hertford, Earl of Clare, was born before 1116 and died in 1173. He married Maud St. Hilary.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury)

ADELA (Alice) CLARE married William de Percy, who was born in 1112 and died in 1168.

ROGER and ADELA were the children of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Gilbert de Clare,  Richard de Clare, John de Lacie)

RICHARD Fitz Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford, Lord of Clare, was born before 1105 and died on 15 April 1136. He married Adeliza Meschines (see OIester), who died in 1128.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Hugh Bigod, Gilbert de Clare)

GILBERT de CLARE (see below), Earl of Pembroke, died on 6 January 1147/48. He married Isabel (Elizabeth) Beaumont.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, John Fitz Robert, Robert de Vere)

ADELIZA CLARE married Alberic de Vere, Great High Chamberlain of England, who was slain on 15 May 1141.

RICHARD, GILBERT and ADELIZA were the children of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John Fitz Robert, John de Lacie, Robert de Roos)

GILBERT de TONBURCE, Earl of Clare, Lord of Clare, was born before 1066 and died around 1114/17. He married Adehza Clermont.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury)

ROBERT, ancestor of the Butler and Fitz Walter families (see Butler).

GILBERT and ROBERT were the sons of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John Fitz Robert, John de Lacie, Robert de Vere)

RICHARD FITZ GILBERT de Bienfaite, Lord of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy, and Lord of Clare of Tonbridge, Chief Justice of England, kinsman and companion of William the Conqueror, was born before 1035 and died about 1090. He married Rohese Giffard. Richard was the son of

GISLEBERT CRISPIN, Count of Eu and Brionne, was the son of

GODFREY (Geoffrey), Count of Eu and Brionne, was the natural son of

RICHARD the Fearless (see Normandy), Duke of Normandy, was born in 933 and died in 996. The mother of Godfrey was Gunnora Crepon.

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury)

MARGARET de CLARE died in 1365. She married, second, Bartholomew Baldesmere, Governor of Bristol Castle, who was hanged in 1332. Margaret was the daughter of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacie, Saire de Quincey)

THOMAS de CLARE (see above), Lord of Incheguin and Youngae, Governor of the City of London, was killed in battle in Ireland in 1286/87. He married Juliane Fitz-Maurice.

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(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Hugh Bigod, Gilbert de Clare)

ISABEL de CLARE died in 1220. She married in August 1189 Sir William Marshall, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Marshal of England, who was born in 1146 and died on 14 May 1219. Isabel was the daughter of

RICHARD de CLARE "Strongbow," 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Buckingham, Justiciar of Ire- land, was born about 1130 and died on 20 April 1176. He married, about 26 August 1171, Eva MacMurrough (see Ireland-Leinster), Countess of Ireland, Countess of Strigoil. Richard was the son of

GILBERT de CLARE, Earl of Pembroke, died on 6 January 1147/48. He was the first husband of Isabel (Elizabeth) Beaumont. Gilbert was the son of

GILBERT de TONEBRUGE, 2nd Earl of Clare, Lord of Clare, Tonbridge and Cardigan, was born in 1066 and died around 1114/17. He married Alice (Adeliza) de Clermont.

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Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury

AVICE de CLARE married Robert de Stafford, Sheriff of Staffordshire, who died in 1088.

Ref: Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 386, Vol. III, p. 242, Vol. V, p. 696, Vol. VI, p. 498, and Vol. X, p. 348, Appendix H; Ancestral Roots, pps. 27, 70 and 144; Magna Charta, pps. 89, 421, 1751 and 1981; Irish Pedigrees, Vol. II, p. 83.