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Birth:          4 Aug 1222 Gloucestershire, England
Death:          14 Jul 1262 Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England
Burial:         28 Jul 1262 Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Clare,_6th_Earl_of_Gloucester
Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester, 2nd Lord of Glamorgan, 
8th Lord of Clare (4 August 1222 – 14 July 1262) was son of Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl 
of Hertford and Isabel Marshal.[1][2] On his father's death, when he became Earl of 
Gloucester (October 1230), he was entrusted first to the guardianship of Hubert de 
Burgh. On Hubert's fall, his guardianship was given to Peter des Roches (c. October 
1232); and in 1235 to Gilbert, Earl Marshall.[3] He was also a powerful Marcher Lord 
in Wales and inherited the Lordship of Glamorgan upon the death of his father.
Marriage[edit]

Richard's first marriage to Margaret or Megotta, as she was also called, ended with 
either an annulment or her death in November 1237. They were both about 14 or 15. 
The marriage of Hubert de Burgh's daughter Margaret to Richard de Clare, the young 
Earl of Gloucester, brought de Burgh into some trouble in 1236, for the earl was as yet 
a minor and in the wardship of King Henry III, and the marriage had been celebrated 
without the royal licence. Hubert, however, protested that the match was not of his 
making, and promised to pay the king some money, so the matter passed by for the 
time.[4][5] Even before Margaret died, the Earl of Lincoln offered 5,000 marks to King 
Henry to secure Richard for his own daughter. This offer was accepted, and Richard's 
second marriage, on 2 February 1238, was to Maud de Lacy, daughter of John de 
Lacy, 1st Earl of Lincoln[6]

Military career[edit]

He joined in the Barons' letter to the Pope in 1246 against the exactions of the Curia 
in England. He was among those in opposition to the King's half-brothers, who in 1247 
visited England, where they were very unpopular, but afterwards he was reconciled to 
them.[7]

In August 1252/3 the King crossed over to Gascony with his army, and to his great 
indignation the Earl refused to accompany him and went to Ireland instead. In August 
1255 the king sent him and John Maunsel to Edinburgh to find out the truth about 
reports which had reached the King that his son-in-law, Alexander III, King of 
Scotland, was being coerced by Robert de Roos and John Balliol. They were to try to 
bring the young King and Queen to him. The Earl and his companion, pretending to be 
the two of Roos's knights, obtained entry to Edinburgh Castle, and gradually 
introduced their attendants, so that they had a force sufficient for their defence. They 
gained access to the Scottish Queen, who complained to them that she and her 
husband had been kept apart. They threatened Roos with dire punishments, so that 
he promised to go to the King.[1][4][8]

Meanwhile, the Scottish magnates, indignant that their castle of Edinburgh was in 
English hands, proposed to besiege it, but they desisted when they found they would 
be besieging their King and Queen. The King of Scotland apparently travelled south 
with the Earl, for on 24 September they were with King Henry III at Newminster, 
Northumberland. In July 1258 he fell ill, supposedly poisoned together with his brother 
William by his steward, Walter de Scotenay. He recovered, but his brother died.[2]

Death and legacy[edit]

Richard died at John de Griol's Manor of Asbenfield in Waltham, near Canterbury, on 
14 July 1262 at the age of 39; it was rumoured that he had been poisoned at the table 
of Piers of Savoy. On the following Monday he was carried to Canterbury where a 
requiem mass was sung; his body was then taken to the canons' church at Tonbridge 
and interred in the choir. From there it was taken to Tewkesbury Abbey and buried 28 
July 1262, with great solemnity in the presence of two bishops and eight abbots in the 
presbytery at his father's right hand. Richard's own arms were: Or, three chevronels 
gules.[9]

Richard left extensive property, distributed across numerous counties. Details of these 
holdings were reported at a series of inquisitions post mortem that took place after his 
death.[10]

Family[edit]

Richard had no children by his first wife, Margaret (or "Megotta") de Burgh. By his 
second wife, Maud de Lacy, daughter of the Surety John de Lacy and Margaret de 
Quincy, he had:
Isabel de Clare (c. 1240-1270); m. William VII of Montferrat.
Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester (2 September 1243 - 7 
December 1295)
Thomas de Clare (c. 1245-1287); seized control of Thomond in 1277; m. Juliana 
FitzGerald
Bogo de Clare (c. 1248-1294)
Margaret de Clare (c. 1250-1312); m. Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
Rohese de Clare (c. 1252); m. Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray
Eglentina de Clare (d. 1257); died in infancy.

His widow Maud, who had the Manor of Clare and the Manor and Castle of Usk and 
other lands for her dower, erected a splendid tomb for her late husband at 
Tewkesbury. She arranged for the marriages of her children. She died before 10 
March 1288/9.[11]

Parents
DE CLARE Gilbert (1182 - 25 Oct 1230)
MARSHALL Isabel (9 Oct 1200 - 17 Jan 1240)

Siblings
DE CLARE Roese (ABT 1218 - )
DE CLARE Avicia (Amica) (27 May 1220 - )
DE CLARE Richard (4 Aug 1222 - 14 Jul 1262)
DE CLARE Isabel (8 Nov 1226 - AFT 10 Jul 1264)
DE CLARE William (18 May 1228 - 28 Jul 1258)

Marriage To DE LACY Maud (25 Jan 1223 - 10 Mar 1289)
    m. 2 Feb 1238 

Notes

Parents
DE LACY John (ABT 1192 - 22 Jul 1240)
DE QUINCY Margaret (ABT 1206 - Mar 1266)

Children by DE LACY Maud 25 Jan 1223 - 10 Mar 1289
DE CLARE Gilbert "the Red Earl" (2 Sep 1243 - 7 Dec 1295)
DE CLARE Thomas (ABT 1245 - Feb 1288)
DE CLARE Roese (Rohesia) (17 Oct 1252 - AFT 1316)

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