Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, de Bienfaite, Lord of Clare and of Tonbridge b. Abt 1024 Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France d. 15 Mar 1091 Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire, England: Our Family History

Abt 1024 - 1091 (67 years)

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Name	Richard FitzGilbert de Clare
Suffix	de Bienfaite, Lord of Clare and of Tonbridge
Birth	Abt 1024	Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France
Christening	Brionne, Eure, Upper Normandy, France
Gender	Male
Birth	30 Oct 1024	Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France
Military Service	Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
	He served at the Battle of Hastings, and assisted William in subduing the Anglo-Saxons.
Title of Nobility	1st Baron of Okehampton
Title of Nobility	England, United Kingdom
	Lord of Clare, Bienfaite, Orbec and Tonbridge
Occupation	Justiciar of England
Occupation	Devon, England, United Kingdom
	Sheriff of Devonshire
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Death	15 Mar 1091	Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire, England
Burial	Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire, England
Person ID	I32590	Ken Tree
Last Modified	6 Jul 2024

Father	Gilbert de Brionne, 2nd Count of Eu, 2nd Count of Brionne, b. 982 d. 24 Nov 1040, Plouigneau, Finistère, Brittany, France (Age 58 years)
Mother	Gunnora Heloise d'Anjou, b. Abt 1004, Eu, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France d. 1055, Eu, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France (Age 51 years)
Marriage	Normandy, France
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Family ID	F15520	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Father	Walter Old Walter Gilbert, b. 1000, Normandy, France d. 1040, Normandy, France (Age 40 years)
Mother	Gunnora Aunou, b. 984, Aunou-sur-Orne, Orne, Normandy, France d. Aft 1024, England, United Kingdom (Age > 41 years)
Marriage	Brionne, , Normandy, France
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Family ID	F14945	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Rohese Giffard, de Longueville, b. 13 Apr 1034, Longueville, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 1113, Clare, Suffolk, England (Age 78 years)

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Children

	1. Avice de Clare, b. 1044, Clare, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom d. 1131, Castle Church, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 87 years)
	2. Walter FITZRICHARD, de Clare, b. 1060, Tunbridge Castle, Kent, Eng d. 10 Mar 1138 (Age 78 years)
	3. Robert FITZRICHARD, de Clare, b. 1064, Tunbridge Castle, Kent, Eng d. 1136 (Age 72 years)
	4. Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, Lord of Clare, Tonbridge, and Cardigan, b. 1065, Clare, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom d. 17 Nov 1114, Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales, United Kingdom (Age 49 years)
	5. Rohaise de Clare, b. 1067, Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France d. 7 Jan 1120, Normandy, France (Age 53 years)
	6. Richard Fitz Richard de Clare, b. 1068, Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. 1107, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 39 years)
	7. Adelize de Clare d. 1138

Family ID F14933 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Apr 2026

Family 2 Rohese Giffard, b. 3 Apr 1034, Longueville, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 7 Jan 1113, Clare, Suffolk, England (Age 78 years)

Marriage Abt 1052 St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England

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Children

	1. Cecile de Clare, b. Abt 1053, Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, England d. 1104, Normandy, France (Age 51 years)
	2. Osbern FitzRichard, of Richard's Castle, b. 1056, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1080, England, United Kingdom (Age 24 years)
	3. Roger FITZRICHARD, de Clare, b. 1058, Tunbridge Castle, Kent, Eng d. Aft 1131 (Age > 74 years)
	4. Walter FITZRICHARD, de Clare, b. 1060, Tunbridge Castle, Kent, Eng d. 10 Mar 1138 (Age 78 years)
	5. Richard FITZRICHARD, de Clare- Abbot of Ely, b. 1062, Tunbridge Castle, Kent, Eng d. 1107 (Age 45 years)
	6. Richard FitzRichard de Clare Abbott of Ely, b. 1062, Tunbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. 1107, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 45 years)
	7. Robert Fitzrichard de Clare, Lord of Dunmow, b. 1064, Tunbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. 1134, Little Dunmow, Essex, England, United Kingdom (Age 70 years)
	8. Robert DeClare, b. 1064, Tunbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. 1136, Little Dunmow, Essex, England, United Kingdom (Age 72 years)
	9. Robert FITZRICHARD, de Clare, b. 1064, Tunbridge Castle, Kent, Eng d. 1136 (Age 72 years)
	10. Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, Lord of Clare, Tonbridge, and Cardigan, b. 1065, Clare, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom d. 17 Nov 1114, Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales, United Kingdom (Age 49 years)
	11. Countess Isabel FitzRichard de Clare, b. Abt 1065, Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. 1121, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom (Age 56 years)
	12. Walter FitzRichard, b. Abt 1065, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 10 Mar 1137, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 72 years)
	13. Gilbert FITZRICHARD, de Clare, b. Abt 1066, Tunbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. 1114 (Age 48 years)
	14. Rohaise de Clare, b. 1067, Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France d. 7 Jan 1120, Normandy, France (Age 53 years)
	15. Rohese FITZRICHARD, de Clare, b. 1067, Tunbridge Castle, Kent, Eng d. 1121 (Age 54 years)
	16. Avoye FitzRichard de Clare, b. 1070, Tunbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. 1138, England (Age 68 years)
	17. Elise de Clare, b. 1074, Clare, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom d. 1117, London, Middlesex, England (Age 43 years)
	18. Roger FitzRichard, Earl of Clare, b. Abt 1080, Devon, England, United Kingdom d. Aft Sep 1131 (Age > 51 years)
	19. Robert Fitz Richard, b. 1080, Great Dunmow, Essex, England, United Kingdom d. 1134, Priory, England (Age 54 years)
	20. Godfrey FitzRichard de Clare, b. 1084, Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom d. 1130 (Age 46 years)
	21. Adelize de Clare d. 1138

Family ID F14934 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Apr 2026

Family 3 Rohese de Giffard, b. 13 Apr 1034, Longueville, Seine-et-Marne, France d. 7 Jan 1113, Clare, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (Age 78 years)

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Children

	1. Isabel FitzRichard de Clare, b. Abt 1050, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1088 (Age 38 years)
	2. Roger FitzRichard de Clare, b. 1050, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France d. Sep 1131, Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (Age 81 years)
	3. Avice de Clare, b. Bef 1051 d. DECEASED
	4. Walter FitzRichard de Clare, b. 1060, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom d. 10 Mar 1137, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom (Age 77 years)
	5. Richard FitzRichard de Clare, b. 1062, Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. 1107, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 45 years)
	6. Robert Fitzrichard de Clare, Lord of Dunmow, b. 1064, Tunbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom d. 1134, Little Dunmow, Essex, England, United Kingdom (Age 70 years)
	7. Sir Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, b. Abt 1066, Clare, Suffolk, England d. Abt 1117 (Age 51 years)
	8. Rohaise de Clare, b. 1067, Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France d. 7 Jan 1120, Normandy, France (Age 53 years)
	9. Godfrey Fitz Richard de Clare, b. 1071, Normandy, France d. DECEASED
	10. Adelize de Clare d. 1138

Family ID F16409 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Apr 2026

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Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, de Bienfaite, Lord of Clare and of Tonbridge