Gilbert Fitz Richard , Earl of Clare, Tonbridge and Cardigan

Sir Gilbert Fitz Richard , Earl of Clare, Tonbridge and Cardigan (1065-1115)

Name:	Gilbert Fitz Richard , Earl of Clare, Tonbridge and Cardigan
Sex:	Male
Name Prefix:	Sir
Father:	Richard Fitz Gilbert, Earl of Clare, Lord of Beinfaite, Orbec and Tonbridge (1035-1090)
Mother:	Rohese Giffard (1034?-1133)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	1065
Death	1115

Marriage

Spouse	Adelize (Alice) de Claremont ( - )
Children	Richard Fitzgilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford (1094-1136)
Marriage	1086

Individual Note

Gilbert Fitz Richard (1065-1115) was son of Richard Fitz Gilbert and Rohese Giffard. He succeeded to his father's possessions in England, his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, succeeding to his father's lands in Normandy.

He was granted lands and the Lordship of Cardigan by Henry I, including Cardigan Castle. He founded the Priory at Clare. Supposedly present at the suspicious death of William II in 1100. Fathered nine children, two of whom became peers of the realm.