Individual Details
Gilbert de Clare
(10 May 1291 - 24 Jun 1314)
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Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester1
M, #104848, b. 10 May 1291, d. 24 June 1314
Last Edited=29 Jan 2007
Consanguinity Index=0.06%
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester was born on 10 May 1291.2 He was the son of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre.3 He married Matilda de Burgh, daughter of Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, in 1308. He died on 24 June 1314 at age 23 at Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland, killed in action, without survivng issue.3
He succeeded to the title of 10th Lord of Clare [feudal baron] on 7 December 1295.3 He gained the title of 7th Earl of Gloucester on 7 December 1295.4 He gained the title of 8th Earl of Hertford on 7 December 1295.4 He fought in the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314.4 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.5
Citations
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume V, page 712. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 244.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 82. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995), de Clare, Gilbert. Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester1
M, #104848, b. 10 May 1291, d. 24 June 1314
Last Edited=29 Jan 2007
Consanguinity Index=0.06%
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester was born on 10 May 1291.2 He was the son of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre.3 He married Matilda de Burgh, daughter of Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, in 1308. He died on 24 June 1314 at age 23 at Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland, killed in action, without survivng issue.3
He succeeded to the title of 10th Lord of Clare [feudal baron] on 7 December 1295.3 He gained the title of 7th Earl of Gloucester on 7 December 1295.4 He gained the title of 8th Earl of Hertford on 7 December 1295.4 He fought in the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314.4 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.5
Citations
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume V, page 712. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 244.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 82. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995), de Clare, Gilbert. Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.
Events
| Birth | 10 May 1291 | ||||
| Death | 24 Jun 1314 |
Families
| Father | Gilbert "The Red" de Clare (1243 - 1295) |
| Mother | Joan of Acre (1272 - 1307) |
| Sibling | Eleanor de Clare (1292 - 1337) |
| Sibling | Margaret de Clare (1293 - 1342) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth de Clare (1295 - 1360) |