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Birth:          21 Sep 1100 Tunbridge, Kent, England
Death:          6 Jan 1148 Wales
Burial:         Tintern Abbey,  Monmouthshire, Wales

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_de_Clare,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke
Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare (c.?1100 ? 6 January 1148), was created Earl of Pembroke 
in 1138. He was commonly known as Strongbow.[a]
Life[edit]

Born at Tonbridge, Gilbert de Clare was a son of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and 
Alice de Claremont.[1] He started out without land and wealth of his own but was 
closely related to very powerful men, specifically his uncles Walter de Clare and Roger 
de Clare.[2]

In 1136 Gilbert fitz Gilbert led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the 
town, including the church of Notre Dame, but was interrupted by the forces of William 
III, Count of Ponthieu and escaped the resulting melee only after suffering heavy 
losses.[3] Gilbert was a Baron, that is, a tenant-in-chief in England, and inherited the 
estates of his paternal uncles, Roger and Walter, which included the baronies and 
castles of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy. He held the lordship of Nether Gwent and 
the castle of Striguil (later Chepstow). King Stephen created him Earl of Pembroke, 
and gave him the rape and castle of Pevensey.

After Stephen's defeat at Lincoln on 2 February 1141, Gilbert was among those who 
rallied to Empress Matilda when she recovered London in June, but he was at 
Canterbury when Stephen was recrowned late in 1141.[4] He then joined Geoffrey's 
plot against Stephen, but when that conspiracy collapsed, he again adhered to 
Stephen, being with him at the siege of Oxford late in 1142. In 1147 he rebelled when 
Stephen refused to give him the castles surrendered by his nephew Gilbert, 2nd Earl 
of Hertford, whereupon the King marched to his nearest castle and nearly captured 
him. However, the Earl appears to have made his peace with Stephen before his 
death the following year.[5]

Family[edit]

He married Isabel de Beaumont, before 1130, daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, 1st 
Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan, and Elizabeth de Vermandois.[6] Isabel had 
previously been the mistress of King Henry I of England.[7]

By her Gilbert had:
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke[b][8]
Basilia, who married (1) Raymond FitzGerald (Raymond le Gros) and (2) Geoffrey 
FitzRobert.[9]
a daughter who married William Bloet.[10]

Parents
DE CLARE Gilbert Fitz Richard (ABT 1060 - ABT 1115)
DE CLERMONT Adeliza (ABT 1061 - )

Siblings
DE CLARE Adeliza (ABT 1079 - ABT 1163)
DE CLARE Richard Fitz Gilbert (ABT 1084 - 15 Apr 1136)
DE CLARE Baldwin Fitz Gilbert (ABT 1088 - 1171)
DE CLARE Hawise (ABT 1089 - )
DE CLARE Agnes (ABT 1091 - )
DE CLARE Rohese (ABT 1095 - BEF 1166)
DE CLARE Gilbert (21 Sep 1100 - 6 Jan 1148)

Marriage To DE BEAUMONT Isabel (Elizabeth) (ABT 1101 - ABT 1147)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE BEAUMONT Robert (ABT 1046 - 5 Jun 1118)
DE VERMANDOIS Elizabeth (Isabel) (1081 - Jul 1147)

Children by DE BEAUMONT Isabel (Elizabeth) ABT 1101 - ABT 1147
FITZGILBERT DE CLARE Richard "Strongbow" (ABT 1125 - 20 Apr 1176)

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