Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare ^{1 2 3 4}

   Other names for Gilbert were Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare and Gilbert Fitz Richard Earl of Clare and Lord of Tonbridge.

  Research Notes:

Lord of Clare, Tonbridge, and Cardigan, Wales; or Earl of Clare, Lord of Tonbridge and Cardigan.

From Wikipedia - Gilbert Fitz Richard :

Gilbert Fitz Richard (1065-1115) was son and heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert , earl of Clare, and heiress Rohese Giffard. He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1090; 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 and his wife Adeliza had nine children, two of whom became peers of the realm . He founded the Cluniac priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.

  Birth Notes:

http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f001/f95/a0019557.htm has b. 1065

  Death Notes:

http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f001/f95/a0019557.htm has d. 1114

  Noted events in his life were:

• Lord of Clare, Tonbridge and Cardigan.

• Founded: Priory of Clare, 1090, Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk, England. Cluniac priory

Gilbert married Adelaide de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, daughter of Hugh de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Marguerite de Rameru, about 1083. (Adelaide de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis was born about 1058 in <Northamptonshire, England> and died in <England>.)

  Marriage Notes:

FamilySearch has m. bef. 1076 in England. Thepeerage.com has m. abt 1083.