Melisende DE CHÂTEAUDUN
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 955 Christening: Death: 1040 - ( aged about 85) Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Fulcois DE NOGENT (Abt 950 - 1031) Marriage: Unknown Status: Children: 1. Hugues DE PERCHE (Abt 974-After 1046)
Notes
General:
Melisende "Vicomtesse de Châteaudun" Nogent formerly de ChateaudunResearch:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/De_Chateaudun-8
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Biography
Melisende de Chateaudun was born about 0955 and died in 1040.
Sources
Cawley, Charles. "MELISENDE." Medieval Lands. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. [1]
-Also-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melisende,_Viscountess_of_Ch%C3%A2teaudun
Melisende (died before 1040), was the ruling Viscountess of Châteaudun in 1026\endash 1030.
She was the daughter of Hugues I, Viscount of Châteaudun, and Hildegarde of Perche. She inherited the fief from her brother in 1026.
Very little is known about Melisende. The only written record concerns the donation of the Church of Champrond in Nogent-le-Rotrou (the former capital of Perche) in the first year of the reign of Henry I of France by her son Geoffrey.
Melisende married Fulcois, Count of Mortagne, son of Rotrou, Seigneur de Nogent. Melisende and Fulcois had two children:
Geoffrey II, Viscount of Châteaudun and Count of Perche
Hugues, married Béatrice de Mâcon, widow and heiress of the Count of Gâtinais.
She was succeeded by her son Geoffrey as Viscount of Châteaudun in 1030.
Sources
Kerrebrouck, Patrick van., Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, vol. 1: La Préhistoire des Capétiens. 1993.
(wikitree profile apparently needs work from someone, reason I included it is due to being accepted enough to have been added to the Henry II project, it is possible that there may be additional source material cited there. Still to check -ST-
Geoffrey DE CHÂTEAU-LANDON Comte de Gâtinais
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1000 - Chateau Landon, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France Christening: Death: 30 Apr 1045 - Chateau-Landon,France ( aged about 45) Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hugues DE PERCHE (Abt 974-After 1046) Mother: Beatrix MÂCON (Abt 970-After 1028)
Spouses and Children
1. *Ermengarde D'ANJOU (Abt 1018 - 18 Mar 1076) Marriage: Unknown Status: Children: 1. Foulques D'ANJOU Count of Anjou (Abt 1043-1109)
Notes
General:
Geoffrey Perche.Research:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perche-31
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Biography
Birth
Born: Say 1000.
Rough estimate based on his appearance in charters in the 1020s, and the birth of his younger son Fulk IV circa 1042. His mother's first husband was still living in 991, but probably dead by 997.
Marriage and Children
Married: Béatrix, daughter of Aubry II, count of Mâcon, and widow of Geoffroy (II), count of Gâtianis after 991 when her first husband is last known to have been living with certainty.
Sources
Footnotes and citations:
Source list:
Baldwin, Stewart. "Geoffroy (III), Count of Gâtinais." The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England. Website. (2001-present). Accessed April 2018. Home Page, Henry Project FAQ, Index, Henry II Ancestor Table
Wikipedia page.
MedLands: Geoffroy II.
Note: his widow Ermengarde became Countess of Anjou in her own right after his death.
Adeliza DE CLARE
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1093 - Risbridge, Suffolk, England Christening: Death: 1 Nov 1163 - St Osyth Priory, Essex, England ( aged about 70) Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Sir Gilbert FtizRichard DE CLARE (1065-Abt 1114) Mother: Adeliza DE CLERMONT (Abt 1065-After 1124)
Spouses and Children
1. *Aubrey DE VERE II (Abt 1087 - 15 May 1141) Marriage: 1102 - Suffolk, England Status: Children: 1. Rohese DE VERE (Abt 1110-After 1166)
Notes
Research:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clare-21
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Biography
Alice or Adelaide de Tonbridge (died between 1148 and c1166), probably daughter of Richard FitzGilbert de (Lord of) Clare by Alice, sister of Ranulph, Earl of Chester. [Burke's Peerage]
Sources
Farrer, William & Brownbill, J. The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster (Archibald Constable and Co. Limited, London, 1906) Vol. 1, Page 300
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, p 161-24
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, p. 2118
Sir Gilbert FtizRichard DE CLARE
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1065 Christening: Death: Abt 17 Nov 1114 - Winterbourne Monkton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ( aged about 49) Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Adeliza DE CLERMONT (Abt 1065 - After 1124) Marriage: Bef 1089 - Kent, England Status: Children: 1. Adeliza DE CLARE (Abt 1093-1163)
Notes
Research:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clare-14
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Biography
Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, aka Gilbert of Tonbridge
Earl Gilbert de Clare was born before 1066. He lived in Tonebridge and died in 1114/1117 in England. He was the son and eventual heir of Richard FitzGilbert of Clare, who had been with William the Conqueror during the conquest of England and Rochese Giffard. After Richard's death, his extensive properties in Normandy and England were divided between his two eldest sons. The Norman fiefs of Bienfaite and Orbec passed to Roger, while Gilbert inherited the English honors of Clare and Tonbridge. Earl Gilbert's inheritance made him one of the wealthiest magnates in early twelfth-century England.
Gilbert held Tonbridge Castle against William Rufus (who would become King William II), but was wounded and captured. {-Encycl. Brit., 1956, 5:754}. He was later reconciled, after King William I's death in 1088. He was involved in rebellion between 1088 and 1095. He may have been present at the suspicious death of William II in the New Forest in 1100.
Earl Gilbert married Adeliza de Clermont in 1113. Adeliza was born about 1065, lived in Northamptonshire, England. She was the daughter of Count Hugh de Clermont and Marguerita de Roucy. She died after 1117 in England.
Adeliza married second, Aubrey II de Vere. Aubrey was born about 1082 in Hedingham, Essex, England. He was the son of Alberic de Vere and Beatrix Gand. He died on 15 May 1141 in London, England and was buried in Coine Priory, Earls Coine, Essex, England.
Adeliza remarried a de Montmorency after his death.
He was granted lands and the Lordship of Cardigan by Henry I and built the second castle at Caerdigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Since 1096 the Clares had owned the castle of Striguil on the Severn, opposite Bristol; they also held Goodrich fortess nearby. A marriage brought it into the hands of William Marshall, who soon controlled the strongest castles on the peninsula. The keep has been transformed into a modern house. Of all the castles that finally came into William Marshall's possession, this was the most important to the area. Scholars believe there is evidence that it was originally built of wood. He founded the Cluniac priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.
Parents
Father
Earl Richard "De Tonbridge" FitzGilbert (~1024 - ~1090) Count Hugh de Clermont (1030 - 1102)
Grand Parents
Count Gilbert "Crispin" de Brionne (~0979 - ~1040) Renauld de Clermont (~1010 - >1098)
Constance de Eu Ermengarde de Clermont (~1010 - )
Mother
Rochese Giffard (~1034 - >1133) Marguerita de Roucy (~1035 - >1103)
Grand Parents
Walter Giffard de Bolebec (~1010 - 1085/1102) Count Hildwan IV (~1010 - ~1063)
Agnes Ermentrude Fleitel (~1014 - ) Adela de Roucy (~1013 - 1063)
Children
Walter de Clare 1086 1149
Margaret de Clare 1090 1185 m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stanstead Mountfitchet.
Adelize/Alice de Clare, born circa 1077-1092, died circa 1163, married circa 1105 Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice Gand. She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's Priory, Essex;
Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Bourne born circa 1092, died 1154, married Adeline de Rollos;
Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, born circa 1094, died 1136, 1st Earl of Hertford;
Hervey de Clare, born circa 1096;
Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, born circa 1100, died 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke;
Rohese de Clare, born circa 1105, died 1149, married circa 1130 Baderon of Monmouth;
Margaret de Clare born circa 1101, died 1185, married circa 1108 Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stanstead Mountfitchet;
Abbot of Ely Lord of Clare
2nd Earl Clare, Lord of Tunbridge and Cardigan [1107-1111], and Marshall of England.
From "A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314", by Michael Altschul, Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins press, 1965. The Clares came to England with the Conqueror. Like many other great families settled in England after the Conquest, they were related to the dukes of Normandy and had established themselves as important members of the Norman feudal aristocracy in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. The origin of the family can be traced to Godfrey, eldest of the illegitimate children of Duke Richard I (the Fearless), the Conqueror's great-grandfather. While the Duke granted Godfrey Brionne, he did not make him a count. Godfrey's comital title derives from the grant of the county of Eu made to him after 996 by his half-brother, Duke Richard II. After Godfrey's death, Eu was given to William, another of Duke Richard I's bastard sons, and Gilbert, Godfrey's son, was left with only the lordship of Brionne. However, under Duke Robert I, father of William the Conqueror, Gilbert assumed the title of count of Brionne while not relinquishing his claim to Eu. When Count William of Eu died shortly before 1040, Gilbert assumed the land and title, but he was assassinated in 1040 and his young sons, Richard and Baldwin, were forced to flee Normandy, finding safety at the court of Baldwin V, count of Flanders. When William the Conqueror married Count Baldwin's daughter, he restored Gilbert's sons to Normandy, although he did not invest them with either Brionne or Eu or a comital title. William granted the lordships of Bienfaite and Orbec to Richard fitz Gilbert, and Le Sap and Meules to Baldwin. While Gilbert's descendants later pressed a claim for Brionne, it was never restored. Richard and Baldwin fitz Gilbert took part in the Norman conquest of England, and both assumed important positions in the Conqueror's reign. Baldwin was made guardian of Exeter in 1068, and appears in the Domesday Book as sheriff of Devon, lord of Okehampton and numerous other estates in Devon, Dorset, and Somerset. His sons William and Richard were also sheriffs of Devon and participated in the abortive Norman penetration of Carmarthen in the early twelfth century.
However, the lasting position of the family in England must be credited to Baldwin's brother, Richard fitz Gilbert I. He was regent of England jointly with William de Warenne during the Conqueror's absence in 1075, and he served in various other important capacities for the King. King William rewarded his cousin well, granting him one of the largest fiefs in the territorial settlement. The lordship centered on Clare (obviously the origin of the Clare family name), Suffolk, which had been an important stronghold in Anglo-Saxon times. The bulk of Richard fitz Gilbert's estates lay in Suffolk, Essex, Surrey, and Kent, but comprised holdings in various other counties in the southern and eastern parts of the kingdom as well. In addition, King William arranged for Richard's marriage to Rohese, sister of Walter Giffard, later earl of Buckingham, and her dowry, consisting of lands in Huntingdon and Hertford, became absorbed in the family inheritance. After Richard's death, his extensive properties in Normandy and England were divided between his two eldest sons. The Norman fiefs of Bienfaite and Orbec passed to Roger, while Gilbert, inherited the English honors of Clare and Tonbridge.
Part II While Gilbert fitz Richard I found himself at odds with the Conqueror's successor, William Rufus, he and other members of the family enjoyed great favor with Rufus' successor King Henry I. Some have suggested that Henry's largesse was due to the fact that Walter Tirel, husband of Richard's daughter Adelize, shot the arrow which slew Rufus. Proof of this is lacking, but with certainty the wealth and position of the Clare family increased rapidly during Henry's reign. One of Rohese Giffards brothers (Walter) was made earl of Buckingham and another bishop of Winchester. Gilbert fitz Richard's brothers were also rewarded: Richard, a monk at Bec, was made abbot of Ely in 1100; Robert was granted the forfeited manors of Ralph Baynard in East Anglia; Walter, who founded Tintern Abbey in 1131, was given the great lordship of Netherwent with the castle of Striguil in the southern march, territories previously held by Roger, son of William fitz Osborn, earl of Hereford, who had forfeited them in 1075. In 1110 Gilbert was granted the lordship of Ceredigion (Cardigan) in southwestern Wales, and immediately embarked upon an intensive campaign to subjagate the area.
After Gilbert fitz Richard I died in 1117, his children continued to profit from royal generosity and favorable connections. His daughters were all married to important barons; William de Montfichet, lord of Stansted in Essex, the marcher lord Baderon de Monmouth, and Aubrey de Vere, lord of Hedingham in Essex and father of the first Vere earl of Oxford. Of the five sons, little is known of two: Hervey, whom King Stephen sent on an expedition to Cardigan abt 1140, and Walter, who participated in the Second Crusade of 1147. Baldwin established himself as an important member of the lesser baronage by obtaining the Lincolnshire barony of Bourne through marriage. Richard fitz Gilbert II, the eldest and heir, was allowed to marry Adeliz, sister of Ranulf des Gernons, earl of Chester, thus acquiring lands in Lincoln and Northampton as her marriage portion. He tried to consolidate the gains made by his father in Cardigan, but was killed in an ambush in 1136 and the lordship was soon recovered by the Welsh. Of Gilbert fitz Richard I' sons, Gilbert was the only one to achieve any great prominence, being the founder of the great cadet branch of the family and the father of one of the most famous men in English history. Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare was high in the favor of Henry I, perhaps because his wife Isabell, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, count of Meulan and earl of Leicester, was one of Henry's favorite mistresses. When Gilbert's uncle Roger died without heirs, Henry granted Gilbert the lordships of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy. When another uncle, Walter, lord of Netherwent in South Wales, died without issue in 1138, King Richard? gave Gilbert this lordship in addition to the lordship of Pembroke, which had been forfeited by Arnulf of Montgomery in 1102. Gilbert was also created earl of Pembroke in 1138. At his death in 1148, he was succeeded by his son Richard fitz Gilbert, aka "Strongbow" who led the Norman invasion of Ireland and obtained the great lordship of Leinster in 1171.
Part III Thus, in just two generations, the cadet branch of the Clares became one of the most important families in England. Strongbow was Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Netherwent,and Lord of Leinster being the most powerful of the marcher and Anglo-Irish magnates under King Henry II. Strongbow d. in 1176 and son Gilbert d. abt. 1185, ending the male line. In 1189, the inheritance passed to Strongbow's dau. Isabel and her husband, William Marshal. Meanwhile, the senior side prospered. After Richard fitz Gilbert II d. in 1136, Clare, Tonbridge, and other estates passed to the eldest son Gilbert fitz Richard II, who was created Earl of Hertford by King Stephen. Gilbert d. probably unmarried in 1152, when his younger brother Roger inherited the estates and comital title. Roger resumed the campaign against the Welsh in Cardigan where, after 8 years, he was defeated in 1165. However, Roger did add some lands and nine knights' fees through his marriage to Maud, daughter and heir of the Norfolk baron James de St. Hillary. Roger d. in 1173 and his widow, Maud, conveyed the remainder of the inheritance to her next husband, William de Aubigny, earl of Arundel. The Clare estates along with the earldom passed to Roger's son, Richard, who for the next 4 decades until he d. in 1217, was the head of the great house of CLARE, adding immensely to the wealth, prestige, and landed endowment of his line.
Part IV: Roger's son Richard, hereinafter Richard de CLARE acquired half of the former honor of Giffard in 1189 when King Richard I, in need of money for the Third Crusade, agreed to divide the Giffard estates between Richard de CLARE and his cousin Isabel, Strongbow's dau. based on their claims to descendancy to Rohese Giffard. Richard de CLARE obtained Long Crendon in Buckingham, the caput of the Giffard honor in England, associated manors in Buckingham, ambridge, and bedfordshire, and 43 knights' fees, in addition to some former Giffard lands in Normandy. When Richard de CLARE's mother Maud d. in 1195, he obtained the honor of St. Hilary. Maud's 2nd husband, William de Aubigny, earl of Arundel, who had held St. Hilary jure uxoris, d. in 1193, and despite the fact he had a son and heir, the honor reverted to Maud and after her death escheated to the crown. Richard de CLARE offered £360 and acquired it. The honor later became absorbed into the honor of CLARE and lost its separate identity. Richard de CLARE's most important act, however, was his m. to Amicia, 2nd dau. and eventual sole heir to William earl of Gloucester. The Gloucester inheritance included the earldom and honor of Gloucester with over 260 knights' fees in England, along with the important marcher lordships of Glamorgan and Gwynllwg. It was not easy though!! William d. 1183, leaving 3 daughters. The eldest, Mabel, m. Amaury de Montfort, count of Evreux, while the second, Amicia m. Richard de CLARE. King Henry II meanwhile arranged the m. of the youngest Isabel, to his son John, count of Mortain, in 1189. When John became King in 1199, he divorced Isabel to m. Isabelle of Angoulême, but, he kept the 1st Isabel in his custody. Then in 1200, John created Mabel's son Amaury earl of Gloucester. In addition, Richard de CLARE and his son Gilbert were given a few estates and 10 fees of the honor of Gloucester of Kent; otherwise, John kept the bulk of the honor, with the great lordships of Glamorgan and Gwynllwg. Mabel's son Amaury d. without issue in 1213 Shortly thereafter, John gave the 1st Isabel in marriage to Geoffrey de Mandeville, earl of Essex, who was also created earl of Gloucester. When Geoffrey died, the inheritance was assigned to Hubert de Burgh, the justiciar. Hubert m. Countess Isabel shortly before her daeth in Oct. 1217, however, he did not retain the estates, since they passed to Amicia, now recognized as countess of Gloucester, and her husband Richard de CLARE, despite the fact Richard and Amicia had been separated since 1200.
Part V: Richard outlived Isabel by several weeks and by 28 Nov 1217, he was dead, leaving Gilbert, aged 38, as the sole heir to the Clare and Gloucester estates and title. Gilbert de CLARE assumed the title of earl of Gloucester and Hertford and was charged £350 relief for the honors of Clare, Gloucester, St. Hilary and his half of the old Giffard barony. He controlled some 456 knights fees, far more than any other, and it did not include some 50 fees in Glamorgan and Gwynllwg. By a remarkable series of fortuitous marriages and quick deaths, the Clares were left in 1217 in possession of an inheritance which in terms of social prestige, potential revenues, knights' fees, and a lasting position of great importance among the marcher lords of Wales. They were probably the most successful family in developing their lands and power during the 12th century and in many ways the most powerful noble family in 13th century England. By 1317, however, the male line of Clares became extinct and the inheritance was partitioned. Between 1217 and 1317 there were four Clare generations. Gilbert de CLARE, b. abt 1180 had a brother Richard/Roger and a sister Matilda. Richard accompanied Henry III's brother, Richard of Cornwall, to Gascony in 1225-26 and was never heard from again. Matilda was married to William de Braose (d. 1210 when he and his mother were starved to death by King John), eldest son of the great marcher baron William de Braose (d. 1211), lord of Brecknock, Abergavenny, Builth, Radnor, and Gower, who was exiled by King John. Matilda returned to her father and later (1219) sued Reginald de Braose, second son of William, for the family lands, succeeding only in recovering Gower and the Sussex baronry of Bramber. Gilbert de CLARE, earl of Gloucester and Hertford from 1217 to 1230, m. Oct. 1214 his cousin Isabel, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William Marshal (d 1219), earl of Pembroke. Gilbert and Isabel had three sons and two daughters, with the eldest son and heir Richard, b. 4 Aug 1222, thus only 8 when his father died. In 1243, Richard de CLARE came of age and assumed the estates and titles of his father until he d. 15 July 1262. His brother William, b. 1228 held lands of Earl Richard in Hampshire and Norfolk for the service of a knight's fee. In June 1258, during a baronial reform program, William was granted custody of Winchester castle. A month later he died, reportedly by poison administered by the Earl Richard's seneschal- a steward or major-domo. Walter de Scoteny, in supposed collaboration with Henry III's Poitevin half-brothers, who strongly opposed the baronial program and Earl Richard's participation in it. Earl Gilbert's daughters were very well placed. Amicia, b. 1220, was betrothed in 1226 to Baldwin de Reviers, grandson and heir to William de Reviers, earl of Devon (d 1217). Baldwin was only a year or two older than Amicia and Earl Gilbert offered 2,000 marks to the King for the marriage and custody of some Reviers estates during Baldwin's minority. The marriage must have been consummated around 1235, since Baldwin's son and heir (Baldwin) was b. the next year. After Baldwin d. in 1245, Amicia (d 1283) controlled the lands of her son (d. 1262) and was given permission to marry a minor English baron, Robert de Guines/Gynes, uncle of Arnold III, Count of Guines. Earl Gilbert's other daughter, Isabel b. 1226, m. 1240 the Scots baron Robert Bruce, lord of Annandale (d 1295), and by him was the grandmother of the hero of Bannockburn. Her marriage was probably arranged by her mother Isabel and uncle, Gilbert Marshal who gave her the Sussex manor of Ripe as a marriage portion. Isabel Marshal outlived Earl Gilbert de CLARE by ten years, during which time she was busy. In 1231 she m. Richard of Cornwall, to the displeasure of Richard's brother King Henry III, who was trying to arrange another match for Richard. She d 1240, after 4 children by Richard, only one of which lived past infancy. According to the Tewkesbury chronicle, she wished to be buried next to her 1st husband, but Richard of Cornwall had her buried at Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire, although as a pious gesture he allowed her heart to be sent to Tewkesbury.
MARSHALL to the ROYAL HOUSEHOLD, Royal Serjeant and Marshal to Henry I, LORD OF STRIGUL
Gilbert FitzRichard d. 1114/7 was son and eventual heir of Richard FitzGilbert of Clare and heiress Rohese Giffard. He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1091; his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy. Earl Gilbert's inheritance made him one of the wealthiest magnates in early twelfth-century England.
Gilbert may have been present at the suspicious death of William II in the New Forest in 1100. He was granted lands and the Lordship of Cardigan by Henry I, including Cardigan Castle. He founded the Cluniac priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.
Earl Gilbert de Clare - was born before 1066, lived in Tonebridge and died in 1114/1117 in England . He was the son of Earl Richard "De Tonbridge" FitzGilbert and Rochese Giffard.
Present at the murder of William II in 1100. Received lands in Wales from Henry I, including Cardigan Castle in Wales.
Built a Castle at Caerdigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales. A marriage brought it into the hands of William Marshall, who soon controlled the strongest castles on the peninsula. The keep has been transformed into a modern house. Of all the castles that finally came into William Marshall's possession, this was the most important to the area. Scholars believe there is evidence that it was originally built of wood.
Sources
? Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester
See also:
Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry" (2013), II;171-2.
Wikipedia: Gilbert fitz Richard
Clare family.
Americans of Royal Descent.
G.E.C.: Complete Peerage, III: 242-43
J.H. Round, Feudal Eng. p. 523, 473
Dict. of Nat'l Biog.
"Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700", Frederick Lewis Weis, 1992, seventh edition.
"Europaische Stammtafeln", Isenburg.
"Plantagenet Ancestry", Turton.
Gary Boyd Roberts, "Ancestors of American Presidents".
Gary Boyd Roberts, "The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants", (1993).
"Magna Charta Sureties, 1215", F. L. Weis, 4th Ed.
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
'The Thomas Book'
Farrer, William & Brownbill, J. The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster (Archibald Constable and Co. Limited, London, 1906), Vol. 1, Page 300.
Adeliza DE CLERMONT
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1065 - Picardy, France Christening: Death: After 1124 - Clare, Suffolk, England Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Sir Gilbert FtizRichard DE CLARE (21 Sep 1065 - Abt 17 Nov 1114) Marriage: Bef 1089 - Kent, England Status: Children: 1. Adeliza DE CLARE (Abt 1093-1163)
Notes
Research:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clermont-4
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Biography
Adelisa de Clermont (1065 - aft. 1117)
Alias: Adeliza de Clermont[1][2][3]
Early Life
p. Hugh de Clermont and Marguerite de Montdidier m. abt 1065 Picardy, France[4]
Family
m. Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare. Issue:
Gilbert "Strongbow" de Clare[5][6]
(Adeliza, Adelaide) de Clermont m. Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Earl of Clare (b. c.1066 - 1114 /17). Issue:
· Baldwin FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Bourne
· Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, mentioned next.
· Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
· Alice de Clare who married Aubrey de Vere, Justicar of England.
· Rohese de Clare
m.1 Alfbert FitzRichard de Clare (b.1066 Clare). Issue:
Baldwin FitzGilbert de Clare (b.1088 Lincolnshire)
m.2 Gilbert de Clare (b. anti 1070 France). Issue:
Richard DE CLARE (b: 1090 Abergavenny, Monmouthshire)
Gilbert DE CLARE b: 21 Sep 1100
Baldwin FitzGilbert de Clare (b. abt 1088 Bourne, Lincolnshire)
Adelize FitzGilbert de Clare (b.1080-1092 Tunbridge, Kent)
Rohesia DE CLARE b: 1092 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent
Hawise DE CLARE b: Abt 1099 Kent
Agnes DE CLARE b: Abt 1091 in Tonbridge, Kent
Margaret FITZ GILBERT DE CLARE
Hervey WALTER DE CLARE b: Abt 1086-1111 Clare, Suffolk
Research Notes
Comment on profile as of 20 October 2023 without further discussion: "Some sources also cite a marriage to Bouchard de Montmorency, III de Seigneur (1064-1124), but no timing is given (and both were pretty well occupied with their existing families), nor issue stated."
The wikidata entry for "Alice de Clermont", daughter of Hugh, citing thepeerage.com, lists both Gilbert and Bouchard as her husbands (m Gilbert in 1083 & Bouchard in 1117), with Hervey, son of Bouchard,[7] born in 1130.[8]
Douglas Richardson's entry for Gilbert fitz Richard ("also styled de Clare"), lists his widow's marriage to Bouchard as before 1123 and that they had one son - Hervé de Montmorency.[9]
From his Dictionary of Irish Biography article:
"Montmorency, Hervey de (a. 1130\endash p. 1185), son of Bouchard de Montmorency and his wife Adeliza.... by 1169 had come to England and entered the service of his nephew Richard de Clare (qv) (Strongbow), earl of Strigoil."[8]
He was uncle of Isabel & Gilbert's son Richard by way of Adeliza (Alice) Clermont - mother of both Gilbert and Hervey.[9]
Sources
? Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650 Abbreviation: Ancestral Roots, 6th ed. Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1988
? Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Edition: 7th ed. Abbreviation: Ancestral Roots, 7th ed. Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Editor: Sheppard Jr., Walter Lee Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1992
? Jones, Winona Stevens,. Our royal ancestors. Lexington, Ky.,: Transylvania Print. Co., 1971.
? Becky Bierbrodt fitzrandtocharlemange.FTW;
father, Hugh Count of Clermont. Note from 'The Thomas Book': Renaud Count of Clermont in Beauvaisis, living in 1087, had a son Hugues, md. Marguerite de Roucy, dau. of Hilduin, Count of Montdidier, & Alix, Countess de Roucy, & had a son Renaud, & dau. Adeliza (the one this is written for);
Hugh DE CLERMONT b: abt 1030 Clermont, Oise, France
Margaret MARGUERITE DE MONTDIDIER b: 1048 Montdidier, Somme, France
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MEDLANDS: GILBERT de Clare "Strongbow", son of GILBERT FitzRichard de Clare & his wife Adelisa de Clermont (1100 [CP X 348] - 6 Jan 1148 or 1149, bur Tintern Abbey).
Guillaume de Jumièges names "Richardum qui ei successit et Gislebertum et Walterium et unam filiam...Rohais" as the children of "Gislebertus ex filia comitis de Claromonte".
The Liber Vitæ of Thorney abbey lists "…Gilebt fili[us] Ricardi, Ricard fili[us] eius…Aaliz uxor Gilbti filii Ricardi, Comes Gilbt, Galteri…filii sui…"
"Adeliz, uxor Gilberti filii Ricardi, et Gillebertus et Walterus et Baldewinus et Rohaisia pueri Gilberti" donated property to Thorney Monastery, by undated charter witnessed by "Gilberto filio Gilberti, Galterio, Hervæo, Baldwino fratribus eius et Rohaisia sorore eorum".
He inherited the estates of his paternal uncles Roger de Clare (after 1131, in the baronies of Bienfaite and Orbec, Normandy) and Walter de Clare (in 1138, as lord of Nether Gwent with the castle of Strigoil, later known as Chepstow). He was created Earl of Pembroke in 1138 by King Stephen. The Annales Cambriæ record the death in 1149 of "Gilbertus comes, qui Strangboga dictus est"[1444].
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Gilbert aka "Strongbow", but his son Richard is better remembered by this name. He was born circa 1100 and died on January 6, 1147. Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare m. Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont
? Wikidata: Item Q18669672 help.gif for Alice de Clermont (accessed 20 October 2023).
? 8.0 8.1 Dictionary of Irish Biography: Hervey de Montmorency, contributed by David Beresford (accessed 20 October 2023).
? 9.0 9.1 Royal Ancestry, 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. II. p. 172.
Herlève DE FALAISE
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1003 - Falaise, Normandie Christening: Death: Abt 1055 - Mortain, Normandie ( aged about 52) Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Robert DE NORMANDIE Duc de Normandie (22 Jun 1000 - Bef 3 Jul 1035) Partnership: Status: No evidence this couple married Children: 1. Guillaume DE NORMANDIE King of England (Abt 1027-1087)
Notes
Research:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Falaise-2
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Biography
Notables Project
Herleva (Falaise) de Mortain is Notable.
Herleve[1] : Herlava; Arlette (c.1003- c.1050)[2][3]
Arlette [1]
Parents
Herleve's father was Fulbert de Falaise. [4][5]
Herleve's mother was named Doda or Duwa. [5] [6]
The earliest accounts of Herleva come from Orderic Vitalis (1075 \endash c. 1142).[7] They were not written down until 80 years after she met Robert the Magnificent. It was only through Wace and Benoit in the 12th century, and later 17th century writings, that she became known as a the daughter of tanner.[8]
Scholarship discounts this based on examination of the original source, the context of the public heckling of Duke William, and the Latin and French words later chroniclers had trouble translating.[8]
According to van Houts (1986), Fulbert was probably a mortician. He is described as, "a person who laid out corpses," and "might have embalmed bodies." As Chamberlain of the ducal court, this was one of Fulbert's duties.[8]
The Legend of Robert and Herleve
According to one legend, still recounted by tour guides at Falaise, it all started when Robert, the young Duke of Normandy saw Herleva from the roof of his castle tower. The walkway on the roof still looks down on the dyeing trenches cut into stone in the courtyard below, which can be seen to this day from the tower ramparts above. The traditional way of dyeing leather or garments was for individuals to trample barefoot on the garments which were awash in the dyeing liquid in these trenches. Herleva, legend goes, seeing the Duke on his ramparts above, raised her skirts perhaps a bit more than necessary in order to attract the Duke's eye. The latter was immediately smitten and ordered her brought in (as was customary for any woman that caught the Duke's eye) through the back door. Herleva refused, saying she would only enter the Duke's castle on horseback through the front gate, and not as an ordinary commoner. The Duke, filled with lust, could only agree. In a few days, Herleva, dressed in the finest her father could provide, and sitting on a white horse, rode proudly through the front gate, her head held high. This gave Herleva a semi-official status as the Duke's mistress. [9]
1027 Robert I and William the Bastard
There is some controversy as to whether Herleve married Robert. Freeman reports their relationship as a marriage: "Herleve married first Robert, Duke of Normandy. Issue: William the Conqueror [10]
There is also the possibility that they were married according to "More danico", the "Danish Way". [11] She was referred to in the Grestain abbey as "a legitimate wife according to old Norman traditions." [12]
At the same time, up-and-coming reformists like pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand of Sovana) hoped to ban these customs and establish authoritarian rule. As a "concubine" through this lens, a "frilla" like Herleve is a glance at the long process of the Christianization of Europe, and the outing of indigenous culture.[13][14]
Still struggling for power and legitimacy, the seat of Rome had barely cleaned up its own house, before it got caught between the Roman aristocracy, and the slaughter of the Saracens and unstoppable Norman "barbarians." Unable to maintain its own security, the papacy cut a deal with the devil, and asked for the backing of the Norman military. It worked, but Rome paid a fateful price before it was able to achieve absolute rule.[14]
So at this juncture, the lack of a wedding sanctioned by the Roman church was no threat to the rank or inheritance of England's future Norman king.[15] And by the time the Conqueror was on the throne, the papacy was lucky to have any influence on him at all.[16] Incidentally, William was born around c.1028 in Falaise, Normandy.[17]
Nevertheless, contemporary genealogists such as Douglas Richardson state that "she became the mistress of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, and by him had one illegitimate son, William the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy."[1]
It should also be noted that while William was never known as "the Conqueror" during his life time, he was often referred to as "William the Bastard." [18]
1030 Marriage of Herleve and Herluin
About 1030 Herleve married Herluin de Conteville, Vicomte, seigneur of Conteville. [1] Some writers assume that the marriage to Herluin occurred only after Robert's death.
Herleve and Herluin had two sons, and one daughter:[1]
Eudes or Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, Earl of Kent, died Jan 1097 [1]
Robert de Mortain, Count of Mortain, [1] born after 1040 - d. 8 Dec 1090.
Muriel. [1]
1050 Grestain Abbey: ? Abbey Notre Dame de Grestain ?
Herluin founded Grestain Abbey i Normandy about 1050. He and his wife renounced their claim to the tithe of Toutainville and to the vill called Mesnil-Dastin to Preaux Abbey. [1][19]
At some point, Herlave's second husband supposedly had leprosy.[20] This is said to have inspired the couple to found the Abbey Notre-Dame de Grestain in 1050,[20] but other sources state Herleva had no part in it.[21] It's assumed Herlave is buried there or Mortain, Haute-Normandie.[22]
1050 Death
Herluin's wife, Herleve, is thought to have been living in 1050-51, but died soon afterwards. [1]
Herluin and his first wife, Arlette, were buried in Grestain Abbey. [1]
Remarriage of Husband
Herluin married, 2nd, Fredesende. They had two sons, Jean, who appears to have died young, and Raoul Fitz Herluin (or de Conteville), seigneur of Corneville-sur-Risle and Martainville-en-Lieuvin, presumably Domesday tenant of Chapel Allerton, Huish (in Burnham), Adber (in Trent) and Brent, Somerset. Herluin de Conteville died about 1066. [1]
His widow, Fredesende, granted part of dower lands at Le Neubourg, Cantelou, and Honnaville, to Grestain Abbey. [1]
Issue
Documented Children
Herleve had children by both Robert and Herluin. Herleve and Herluin had two sons, and one daughter:[1]
Guillaume de Normandie or William of Normandy, son of Herleve and Robert of Normandy, born at Falaise Castle in Normandy in 1027.
Eudes or Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, Earl of Kent. [1], born 1030, died 1097.
Robert de Mortain, Count of Mortain, [1] born after 1040 - d. 8 Dec 1090.
Muriel. [1]
Other Children Attributed to Herleve
An uncertain daughter married Guillaume de la Ferté-Macé. She might have been the dau. of Frendesendis [23]
Adelais de Lens, born 1035 in Falaise Castle. [24]
Emma d'Avranches born April 30, 1039 in Conteville, Calvados
Research Notes
Some say family was from Chaumont in diocese of Liège but moved to Falaise, Calvados, Basse Normandie. Other state they were from Huy.[citation needed]
living 1049.[6]
Additional notes from Unknown-290714
From http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/normans.htm
Falaise CastleEngland's first Norman king, the formidable William I, was born in 1028 at Falaise Castle. Wiliam was the illegitimate son of Robert 'the Devil' or the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy and his mistress Herleve, (sometimes called Arlette) the daughter of Fullbert, a tanner of Falaise. Before history renamed him the Conqueror he was more commonly known to his contemporaries as William the Bastard. Herleve was reported to have attracted Duke Robert with her dancing, in some accounts, he is said to have first caught sight of her while she was washing her linen in the castle moat.
The Norman dynasty had been founded by Robert's ancestor Rollo or Hrolf the Ganger, a Viking raider chief, who was granted the duchy by Charles the Simple, King of France, in 911, at the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, in exchange for feudal allegiance and conversion to Christianity at which he took the baptismal name of Robert.
William's mother, Herleve, also had a daughter, Adelaide, to Duke Robert. Although they had a long relationship, the gap in their social standing rendered marriage out of the question and Herleve was married off to one of Robert's vassals, Herluin, a knight. From this marriage, Herleve produced two further sons, Robert, who later became Count of Mortain and Odo, destined to become Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent and also to play a part in England's history.
Sources
? 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Kimball G. Everingham, ed. Salt Lake City, Utah: 2013. Volume 5, page 487
? Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands. [1]
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? 5.0 5.1 Charles Cawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medieval Lands Database. [3]
? Royals and Nobles: A Genealogist's Tool. pp.45. iUniverse, 2002).[4]
? Wikipedia: Orderic Vitalis
? 8.0 8.1 8.2 Van Houts, (1986). The Origins of Herleva, Mother of William the Conqueror. The English Historical Review, 101(399), pp. 399-404. Oxford University Press. JSTOR. Retrieved 26 Mar 2014.
? Posted by Roger Wehr, 2011
? "When the said William had been born, in that same year Duke Robert took as his wife the boy's mother, whom he had deflowered." (Freeman, 1870, pp.615)
? Danish Way."
? Arlette. Abbey Notre-Dame de Grestain
? Abbey Notre-Dame de Grestain: The family of Arlette.
? 14.0 14.1 Norwich, J. J. (2011). A History of the Papacy: Absolute Monarchs. NY: Random House. eBook.
? Danish Way
? Wikipedia:Pope Gregory VII
? "William the Conqueror," (n.d.). bio.com. Web. Accessed 08 Mar 2014.
? Wikipedia. William the Conqueror. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror. Accessed May 12, 2017. jhd
? Wikipedia: Grestain Abbey; Abbey Notre-Dame de Grestain;
? 20.0 20.1 Wikipedia: Grestain Abbey
? Wikipedia: Herleva
? Ogle, B. (2014, March 26). Herlave Falaise Mortain: Biography. WikiTree. Web.
? Cawley, 2006.[5]
? 1 GEDCOM asserts she had another daughter with Robert named Adelaide of Normandy (1029-1090).[citation needed]
Find A Grave: Memorial #90987094
See also:
Abbott, J. (1903). William the Conqueror (pp. 41). N.p.
Chronicle of St-Maxentius.
Crouch, D. (2002). The Normans- The History of a Dynasty, (pp 52\endash 53, 58). Hambledon.
Douglas, D.C. (1964). William the Conqueror, (pp. 15, 381-382). Berkeley and LA: University of California Press.
Freeman, E. A. (1867). The History of the Norman Conquest, (pp. 530, 615). N.p.
McLynn, F. (1999). 1066: The Year of the Three Battles, (pp. 21\endash 23). N.p.
Palgrave, F. (1864). The History of Normandy and of England, (pp.145). N.p
Thomas DE FERRERS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1305 - England Christening: Death: Burial: Abt 28 Jul 1353 - Fairstead, Essex, England Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Ankeret LE BOTELER (Abt 1310 - 8 Oct 1361) Marriage: 21 Jul 1349 - England Status:
Notes
Research:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ferrers-35
King Louis DE FRANCE Capet
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Aby 1120 - Marne, Champagne, France Christening: Death: 18 Sep 1180 - Saint Pont-Allier, France ( at age 60) Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Eleanor OF AQUITAINE (Abt 1124 - 31 Mar 1204) Marriage: 25 Jul 1137 - Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France Status: Annulled - 12 Mar 1152
Notes
General:
Louis VII, King of France
Bertrade DE GOMETZ
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1001 - Ile-de-France, France Christening: Death: 1051 - Épernon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France ( aged about 50) Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Amaury DE MONTFORT (Abt 1000 - After Apr 1052) Marriage: 1022 - France Status: Children: 1. Simon DE MONTFORT Seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury (Abt 1025-1087)
Notes
Research:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gometz-1
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Biography
Parents
Her parents are unknown. [1]
Research Notes
Bertrade has been disconnected as the daughter of Guillaume de Gometz.
Baldwin and Farmerie's website explains: [2]
"Supposed father (improbable): Guillaume de Gometz, fl. 1043-1071, m. Alberade."
"[RFC2, 68 (line 90)] An otherwise unidentified Guillaume de Gometz appears frequently on websites as the supposed father of Bertrade, but without any clear documentation in primary sources. The earliest known Guillaume de Gometz would appear to be the Guillaume de Gometz who appears for the first time on 20 May 1043 witnessing a charter of king Henri I of France ["Signum Guilelmi Comitis de Goms" RHF 11: 578 (#12)]. He also appears as a witness for Philippe I on 29 May 1067 ["Willelmus de Gomethiaco" Rec. actes Philippe I, 94 (#30)], again in 1067 ["Guillelmus Giometensis castri" Rec. actes Philippe I, 98 (#32)], and on 2 November 1071 ["Willelmi de Gumetho" Rec. actes Philippe I, 160 (#60)]. He had a son of the same name, who had only recently attained majority on 16 May 1081 ["... quoniam junior Willelmus, predecessoris sui, eodem vocabulo nuncupati, heres legitime ut filius, eo anno quo de potestate et custodia Hervei de Montemorentiaco, sub cujus bajulatione parvulus fuerat, exiit, ... ipse supramemoratus Willelmus pro patris ac matris suique anima libentissime concessit, suasque culturas dominicas, sicut mater sua, nomine Albereda, pro anima patris sui Willelmi ... MLXXXI, xvij kal. junii ..." Charte Gometz, 356-7]. Thus, it seems clear that the elder Guillaume de Gometz was not in a generation early enough to be the father of Geoffroy and Bertrade. Nor does Geoffroy de Gometz appear to have been the father of Guillaume de Gometz, who does not appear among Geoffroy's sons in the above charter. Most likely they were collateral relatives, as suggested by Moutie [Moutie (1876), 2: 25-6]. While it is impossible to rule out the possibility that Geoffroy and Bertrade were indeed children of some different Guillaume de Gometz, the name does not appear to have any good basis, and cannot be accepted in the absence of evidence. The elder Guillaume de Gometz has also often been stated to have been the father of Hodierne, wife of Guy de Montlhéry, but Moutie has argued that she was more likely to be a sister [Moutie (1876), 2: 12 n. 2, 25]."
Sources
? Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2022, Seigneurs de Montfort-l'Amaury.
? Bertrade (de Gometz?).
Edmund DE HAMPDEN
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1335 - Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England Christening: Death: Bef 29 Apr 1420 - Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Joanna BELKNAP (Abt 1356 - 1420) Marriage: Oct 1395 - Hampden, Buckinghamshire. England Status:
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