NameGilbert fitz Richard
Birth1065, Clare, Suffolk, England
Death1115, England
OccupationEarl of Clare, Tonbridge and Cardigan
ReligionCatholic
FatherRichard fitz Gilbert (<1036-1090)
MotherRohese verch Giffard (1034-1133)
Spouses
ReligionCatholic
ChildrenRichard fitz Gilbert de Clare (1094-1136)
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Gilbert Fitz Richard (1065-1115) was son and heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert, earl of Clare, and heiress Rohese Giffard. He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1090; his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy. Earl Gilbert's inheritance made him one of the wealthiest magnates in early twelfth-century England.
Gilbert may have been present at the suspicious death of William II in the New Forest in 1100. He was granted lands and the Lordship of Cardigan by Henry I, including Cardigan Castle. He and his wife Adeliza had nine children, two of whom became peers of the realm. He founded the Cluniac priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.
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