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Birth:          ABT 1153 Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England
Death:          30 Dec 1218 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Clare,_3rd_Earl_of_Hertford
Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, 6th Lord of Clare, 6th lord of Tonbridge, 5th 
Lord of Cardigan (c.?1153–1217), was a powerful Norman nobleman with vast lands in 
England and Wales.
Career[edit]

Richard was the son of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and Maud, daughter of 
James de St. Hillary.[1] More commonly known as the Earl of Clare, he had the 
majority of the Giffard estates from his ancestor, Rohese.[2] He was present at the 
coronations of King Richard I at Westminster, 3 September 1189, and King John on 27 
May 1199. He was also present at the homage of King William of Scotland as English 
Earl of Huntingdon at Lincoln.[citation needed]

Marriage[edit]

He married (c. 1172) Amice FitzWilliam, 4th Countess of Gloucester (c. 1160–1220), 
second daughter, and co-heiress, of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester, and 
Hawise de Beaumont. Sometime before 1198, Earl Richard and his wife Amice were 
ordered to separate by the Pope on grounds of consanguinity. They separated for a 
time because of this order but apparently reconciled their marriage with the Pope later 
on.[citation needed]

Magna Carta[edit]

He sided with the Barons against King John, even though he had previously sworn 
peace with the King at Northampton, and his castle of Tonbridge was taken. He 
played a leading part in the negotiations for Magna Carta, being one of the twenty five 
sureties. On 9 November 1215, he was one of the commissioners on the part of the 
Barons to negotiate the peace with the King. In 1215, his lands in counties 
Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex were granted to Robert de Betun. He and his 
son were among the Barons excommunicated by the Pope in 1215. His own arms were: 
Or, three chevronels gules.[citation needed]

Family[edit]

Richard and Amice had children:
Gilbert de Clare (ca. 1180 – 25 October 1230), 4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of 
Gloucester, (or 1st Earl of Gloucester of new creation). Married in 1217 Isabel 
Marshal.
Maud de Clare (ca. 1184–1213), married in 1206,[citation needed] Sir William de 
Braose, son of William de Braose and Maud de St. Valery.
Richard de Clare (ca. 1184 – 4 Mar 1228, London)[citation needed]
Mathilde, married Rhys Gryg son of Rhys ap Gruffydd, ruler of the kingdom of 
Deheubarth.

Parents
DE CLARE Roger (1116 - 1173)
DE ST. HILARY Maud (Matilda) (1132 - 24 Dec 1193)

Siblings
DE CLARE Richard (ABT 1153 - 30 Dec 1218)
DE CLARE Eveline (Aveline) (ABT 1172 - ABT 4 Jun 1225)

Marriage To FITZ ROBERT Amice (ABT 1155 - 1 Jan 1225)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
FITZ ROBERT William "Mafonache" (ABT 23 Nov 1116 - 23 Nov 1183)
OF LEICESTER Hawise "de Beaumont" (ABT 1129 - )

Children by FITZ ROBERT Amice ABT 1155 - 1 Jan 1225
DE CLARE Mathilde (ABT 1175 - )
DE CLARE Maud (Matilda) (ABT 1177 - 1213)
DE CLARE Gilbert (1182 - 25 Oct 1230)

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