Born in Clare Manor, Suffolk, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Joan Clare [half], Isabel (Clare) de Berkeley [half], Eleanor (Clare) la Zouche, Margaret (Clare) d'Audley, Elizabeth (Clare) Damory, Mary (Monthermer) MacDuff [half], Thomas (Monthermer) de Monthermer [half] and Hawise (De Monthermer) Bluett [half]
Husband of
Maud (Burgh) Clare
— married
29 Sep 1308 in Waltham Abby, Essex, , England
[children unknown]
Died
at age 23
in Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Biography
Sir Gilbert (Clare) de Clare was killed in Action during the First War of Scottish Independence at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Gilbert de Clare, 9th Earl of Gloucester, 7th Earl of Hertford, son and heir of Gilbert de Clare and his wife Joan Plantagenet, and great-grandson of Gilbert de Clare the Magna Carta Surety, was born at Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England, May 10th (or 11th), 1291.[1]
- Knighted by the king 22 May 1306.[1]
- m. Maud de Burgh 29 September 1308 at Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. They had a son, John.[1]
- appointed Regent of England in 1311 and 1313 while King Edward II was in foreign lands.[1]
- Gilbert died leading leading a fierce attack on the Scots at the Battle of Bannockburn 24 June 1314, and he was buried at Tewksbury Abbey at his father's right hand.[1]
Name
- Name: Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Hertford[1]
Birth
- Birth: 10 MAY 1291, Winchcombe, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England[1]
Death
- Death: 24 June 1314, Battle, Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland[1]
- Burial: Before 20 Nov 1314, Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage
- Husband: Gilbert de CLARE
- Wife: Maud (Matilda) de BURGH
- Marriage: 29 September 1308, Gloucestershire, England
- Husband: Gilbert 'the Red Earl' de CLARE
- Wife: Joan Plantagenet
- Child: Margaret de CLARE
- Child: Gilbert de CLARE
- Child: Eleanore de CLARE
- Child: Elizabeth de CLARE
- Marriage: 30 APR 1290, Westminister Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume II, pages 203-204 CLARE 8.i.
- Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
- Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
- England, Earls created 1067-1122, Chapter 11, C. EARLS of GLOUCESTER (CLARE), entry for 3. Gilbert de Clare 1243-1295
- Phillimore, W.P.W & Fry, George S. Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem Returned Into the Court of Chancery (British Record Society, London, 1893) Part IV. 20 Henry III. to 29 Edward I. 1236-1300, Page 177
- Battle of Bannockburn: Gilbert de Clare [1]
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Categories: Battle of Bannockburn | Earls of Gloucester | Earls of Hertford | Feudal Barony of Gloucester | Early Barony of Field Dalling | Early Barony of Clare | Early Barony of Long Crendon | Killed in Action, Scotland, First War of Scottish Independence
Wikidata has a date (4 April) not in the Wikipedia article, which is the same as WikiTree's date (10 May, although Richardson has 10 or 11 May & Wikipedia says about 10 May)