« Born at Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. 1275-1297. The castle was passed down the de Clare line until Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester died at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, when the estate passed to his sisters. Isabel de Clare. However, to wed Joan he had to agree that should the union be childless his lands would be forfeit to his widow … and thus the crown. CHAMPAIGN — Another defensive player on the Illinois football team declared for the NFL Draft. He was born at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, a son of Roger de Clifford (d.1282) (a grandson of Walter II de Clifford (d.1221), feudal baron of Clifford) by his wife Isabella de Vipont (d.1291), one of the two daughters and co-heiresses of Robert II de Vipont (d.1264), feudal baron of Appleby, grandson of Robert I de Vieuxpont (d.1227/8). On the first day of inconclusive fighting, the English made little headway, and evening saw the the withdrawal of the vanguard behind the Bannock burn. Richard fitz Gilbert Clare, Suffolk Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester Clare Castle Country Park Born in the autumn of 1243, when he was only ten years old de Clare was married to Alice de Lusignan, a niece of Henry III through the oldest of the king’s Poitevin maternal half-brothers, Hugh XI of Lusignan. High-ranking, ambitious and splendid, the 23-year-old Gloucester was one of three earls fighting for Edward I. The first thing de Clare did for de Montfort was to slaughter the Jews of Canterbury in April 1264. Elizabeth de Clare was the heiress to the lordships of Clare, Suffolk in England and Usk in Wales. Eventually the rebels surrendered, not to de Clare but to the king himself. Meanwhile, Prince Edward had escaped and was gathering an army to free his father. De Clare was able to win his way back into Longshank’s good graces, though, and after the earl’s marriage to Alice de Lusignan was annulled in 1285, he was given the hand of Edward’s daughter, Joan of Acre, in marriage on 30 April 1290. Gilbert de Clare was born on 10th May 1291, the only son and heir of Gilbert (the Red) de Clare, seventh earl of Gloucester, and Joan of Acre, the daughter of Edward I. Unlike his deceased father-in-law, Despenser didn’t know when to fold on a bad hand, and his greed got him killed. Although he was one of the most powerful and wealthy of the Marcher Lords, de Clare was nonetheless dissatisfied about how much HE was getting from the crown. CLARE, Gilbert de, Lord Clare, Earl Gloucester & Hertf'd b: 1291 d: 24 Jun 1314 Battle of Bannockburn #: DCLA229 CLARE, Gilbert de, Earl Gloucester & Hertford == BURKE- + BURGH, Maud de #: BURK58 4C22 Gloucester quickly made his peace with Henry III and with Prince Edward. He was related to both kings, as Edward’s nephew and Bruce’s brother-in-law. Gilbert de Clare Click on a person's name, below, to go to that person's genealogy page. Children (5) Thomas de Clare Lord Of Thomond. It was considered Scotland’s unofficial national anthem for many years. With the Pope against them, Prince Edward on the warpath, and the earl’s own petty resentment that de Montfort was in command to spur him on, de Clare decided the time was ripe to change sides. The last male de Clare died in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn and the last female from this lineage still bearing the de Clare name died in 1360. ‘Scots Wha Hae’ (Scots, Who Have in English and Brosnachadh Bhruis in Scottish Gaelic) is a song written in 1793 in Scots and English. 1263-1300. Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl of Gloucester; Born: c. 10 May 1291 Clare Castle, Suffolk, England: Died: 24 June 1314 (aged 23) Bannockburn, Scotland: Cause of death: Killed in battle: Place of burial: Tewkesbury Abbey: Residence: Caerphilly Castle: Nationality: English: Net worth: c. £6,000 p.a. The English immediately ran into difficulties, and Hereford's cousin Henry de Bohunwas killed by King Robert the Bruce. Notable ancestors include William I of England (1027-1087), Charlemagne (747-814), Hugh Capet … Eager to shake off accusations of cowardice, the next day Gloucester charged boldly at the head of his cavalry division. She married, firstly, Robert de Clifford, 1st Lord Clifford, son of Roger de Clifford and Isabel de Vipont, on 3 November 1295 at Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to conquer Glamorgan, and saw extensive fighting between Gilbert and his descendants and the native Welsh rulers. Richard de Clare. Since de Clare had no surviving offspring, the family’s estates were divided among his three sisters, Eleanor, Margaret (the widow of Piers Gaveston) and Elizabeth. The young heir, another Gilbert, was killed at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Sed sodales scelerisque commodo. On 23 and 24 June 1314, Robert the Bruce faced King Edward II at Bannockburn, near Stirling. Proin consectetur nibh quis Integer laoreet placerat suscipit. The National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty The estates should have been immediately divided between Gilbert's three sisters, Eleanor, Margaret and Elizabeth. 1276-1327. This is an unexpected reversal that saw their shares rally in Hong Kong and China as several oil companies that were thought to be next. 1281-1314. He was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey. Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom . Under Edward I he spent several years fighting in Wales, or on the Welsh border. In 1314, Gilbert de Clare jointly commanded the vanguard of the English army at Bannockburn. The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey records the births of “duas filias, Agnetam et Isabellam” to “Gilberto…Gloucestriæ et Hertfordiæ comes” and his wife “domina Isabella filia Willielmi Marescalli senioris, comitis de Pembroke”, after the birth of their older brothers[2001]. Proin consectetur nibh quis urna gravid urna gravid eget erat suscipit in malesuada odio venenatis. At Bannockburn At Bannockburn, Pembroke’s company numbered about eighty cavalry. ALEXANDER FRASER The rebel earls were also able to take his son, Prince Edward (the future King Edward I), hostage when Edward tried to save his father. However, Eleanor’s husband, Hugh Despenser the Younger, a favourite and suspected lover of King Edward II, tried to get the whole pie for himself. Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 3rd Lord of Glamorgan, 9th Lord of Clare, was a terrible person, greedy and heartless to the point of psychopathy … so he did very well in the Middle Ages. De Montfort died at Evesham, and in October 1265 de Clare was rewarded for his support by being granted the titles to Abergavenny and Brecknock. At Bannockburn Gloucester shared command of the prestigious vanguard with Hereford. Gilbert did not have any children and so his death brought an end to the male line of the Clare family. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Whilst more of Tonbridge Castle stands today than the castle at Clare in Suffolk, it was at Clare that the family chose to make their administrative seat- hence the de Clare element of the name. On 23 June, he was thrown from his horse in the violence and confusion which followed Bruce’s killing of de Bohun. Gilbert, who was only 23 years old, was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey. The king was to was forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, which made Simon de Montfort the ruler of England in all but name. It was now two years since an English army had come to Scotland, and King Edward II of England had recently been on the verge of war with his barons after the murder of Piers Gavestonin the summer of 1312. While the king considered whether to camp for the night or to engage the Scots immediately, Gloucester and Hereford – either through insubordination or a misunderstanding – charged directly into the place called the New Park, where the Scots were encamped. When de Clare started a private war with Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, about land rights, the king imprisoned them both and they were each “sentenced to having their lands forfeit for life and de Clare, the Earl of Gloucester, as the aggressor, was fined 10,000 marks, and the Earl of Hereford 1,000 marks.They were released almost immediately and both of their lands completely restored to them – however they had both been taught a very public lesson and their prestige diminished and the King’s authority shown for all.”, Afterwards, conflicts between de Clare and Thomas de Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford, and Godfrey Giffard, Bishop and Administrator of Worcester Cathedral (and formerly Chancellor of England) about hunting rights were settled less dramatically in court. He was dragged to safety as his cavalry struggled against the bristling schiltron. Proin nunc erat, gravida a facilisis quis, ornare id lectus. The firstborn and only son, Gilbert, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester, inherited his father’s title when de Clare died at at Monmouth Castle on 7 December 1295, but his mother Joan kept the custody of the family’s lands, and paid homage to the king in her son’s name. He didn’t like the fact King Henry III’s half-brothers, the Lusignans, were marrying heiresses and gaining lands and castles. De Clare then joined Prince Edward’s victorious troops at Kenilworth on 16 July 1265, and again on 4 August at the Battle of Evesham. He had two elder half sisters by his father’s first marriage: … Gloucester was the most significant of all the English casualties – and would have been a valuable source of ransom income had he been captured alive. On 20 October 1264 the rebel barons, including Montfort and de Clare, were excommunicated by Pope Clement IV, and their lands placed under an interdict. Site and contents copyright © 2013 the National Trust for Scotland. The Red Earl was smart enough to know that Edward would have chewed him up and spit out the bones. Nam porta cursus lectus. With her sisters, Elizabeth de Clare and Margaret de Clare, she inherited her father’s estates after the death of her brother, Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Gloucester at Bannockburn in 1314. Gilbert de Clare, Eighth Earl of Gloucester and Seventh Earl of Hertford 1291 – 1314. Around Lent of 1314, Edward Bruce, brother of the Scottish King, began the siege of Stirling Castle, which was commanded by Sir Philip Mowbray. De Clare inheritance. He stayed close to the king’s side, and when it became clear that all was lost, he led the protesting king away from the battle. Others from various other marriages survived into the early 15th century, but little is known of these minorities and sometimes only a name is recorded in the annals of history at a specific time. He demonstrated his new loyalty to Prince Edward by destroying de Montfort’s ships at the port of Bristol, as well as those anchored near the bridge over the River Severn near Gloucester. Stirling was … He was known as the Red Earl, perhaps because he was ginger, but more likely because he had red hair and a bloody temper. Marriage: Lady Isabella le Despenser ... Juliana FitzGerald Lady of Thomond. Marriage to Hugh le Despenser The battle at Bannockburn was the worst defeat in English history. The earl’s martial inferiority to the king was confirmed in 1282 when de Clare led English forces against the Welsh at the Battle of Llandeilo Fawr, where de Clare was trounced. A depiction of the clash between the Bruce and de Bohun on the first day of the Battle of Bannockburn, from H E Marshall's 'Scotland's Story', published in 1906. Nam porta cursus lectus. Montfort and others, including de Clare, owned a lot of money to Jewish bankers, and they decided it was their “Christian duty” to wipe out the infidels … and their debts at the same time. Gilbert de Clare, 8th Lord of Gloucester, was killed at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 while serving in the army of his first cousin, King Edward II. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzMaurice. Unable to make any headway, Bruce agreed to a pact with Mowbray—if no relief came by midsummer 1314, the castle would surrender to Bruce. Robert Bruce respected Gilbert de Clare's bravery and allowed his body to be returned to his family. This marriage would already be an unhappy one by the time de Clare became the Earl of Gloucester in 1262. With no conscience to burden him, de Clare made an admirable turn-coat. It was in the de Clare’s nature to be loyal, but he was never foolish enough to rebel against King Edward I. So de Clare joined in a coalition of rebels under the leadership of another Marcher Lord, Simon de Montfort, in the Second Barons’ War. From Medlands: ISABEL de Clare (2 Nov 1226-after 10 Jul 1264). Gloucester was involved in a brief skirmish with the Scots on 23 June, the day before the main battle. for tickets, visit battleofbannockburn.com. The construction of a stone stronghold probably began at the end of the thirteenth or early fourteenth century, possibly on the initiative of Bogo de Clare. De Clare also signed the Barons’ letter to the Pope swearing their submission to the king, and “on 2 November, surrendered to the King his claim to the advowson of the Bishopric of Llandaff.”. Gilbert de Clare, 8th Lord of Gloucester, was killed at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 while serving in the army of his first cousin, King Edward II. 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