Individual Details

Margaret de Clare

(Ca 1287 - 1333)

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Margaret de Clare1
F, #3559, b. circa 1287, d. 1333
Last Edited=1 Jan 2004
Consanguinity Index=0.07%
Margaret de Clare was born circa 1287.2 She was the daughter of Sir Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzMaurice.1 She married, firstly, Gilbert de Umfreville, son of Gilbert de Umfreville, 8th Earl of Angus and Elizabeth Comyn, before 1303.1 She married, secondly, Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, son of Guncelin de Badlesmere and Joan FitzBernard, before 30 June 1308.1 She died in 1333.1
From before 1303, her married name became de Umfreville.1 From before 30 June 1308, her married name became de Badlesmere.1 As a result of her marriage, Margaret de Clare was styled as Lady Badlesmere on 26 October 1309. In 1321 she refused the Queen admission to the Royal Castle of Leeds, leading to the siege and capture of the Castle.2 Between 11 November 1321 and 3 November 1322 at Tower of London, The City, London, England, she was imprisoned.2
Children of Margaret de Clare and Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere

Margery de Badlesmere+3 b. c 1306, d. 18 Dec 1363
Maud de Badlesmere+3 b. c 1310, d. 1366
Elizabeth de Badlesmere+3 b. c 1313, d. 8 Jun 1356
Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Lord Badlesmere2 b. 18 Oct 1314, d. 7 Jun 1338
Margaret de Badlesmere+3 b. c 1315

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 I, page 149. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 372.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 373.

Events

BirthCa 1287
Miscellaneous1321 - 1322Imprisoned in the Tower of London
Death1333

Families

SpouseBartholomew de Badlesmere (1275 - 1322)
ChildMargery de Badlesmere (1306 - 1363)
ChildElizabeth de Badlesmere (1313 - 1356)
FatherThomas de Clare (1246 - 1287)
MotherJuliana FitzMaurice (1249 - 1300)
SiblingMaud de Clare (1276 - 1327)