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Roger succeeded to the title 5th Lord of Clare (feudal baron) in 1152. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Hertford in 1152, after the death of his brother Gilbert who died without issue.


Lord is a title with various meanings. It can denote a prince or a feudal superior (especially a feudal tenant who holds directly from the king, i.e., a baron). The title today is mostly used in connection with the peerage of the United Kingdom or its predecessor countries, although some users of the title do not themselves hold peerages, and use it 'by courtesy'. The title may also be used in conjunction with others to denote a superior holder of an otherwise generic title, in such combinations as "Lord Mayor" or "Lord Chief Justice". The title is primarily taken by men, while women will usually take the title 'lady'.

An earl is a member of the nobility. The title is Anglo-Saxon, akin to the Scandinavian form jarl, and meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory in a king's stead. ... In later medieval Britain, it became the equivalent of the continental count (in England in the earlier period, it was more akin to duke; in Scotland it assimilated the concept of mormaer).
In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above viscount.[1] There never developed a feminine form of earl; countess is used as the equivalent feminine title.

Wikipedia:
Roger de Clare was a son of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Alice de Gernon. He succeeded to the earldom when his brother Gilbert died without issue. In 1164 he assisted with the Constitutions of Clarendon. From his munificence to the Church and his numerous acts of piety, Roger was called the "Good Earl of Hertford".
He married (c. 1150) Maud de St. Hilary (1132-24 December 1193), daughter of James de St. Hilary and Aveline. Together they had seven children:
Mabel de Clare, d. 1204, m. (c. 1175), Nigel de Mowbray.
Richard de Clare, b. c. 1153, Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England, d. 28 November 1217, 3rd Earl of Hertford
James de Clare
Eveline (Aveline) de Clare, d. 4 June 1225, m. [1] (c. 1204), Geoffrey IV Fitz Piers (Fitz Peter), 1st Earl of Essex. m. [2] Sir William Munchensy, (b. c. 1184), son of Warin de Munchensy and Agnes Fitz John.
Roger de Clare, d. 1241, Middleton, Norfolk, England.
John de Clare
Henry de Clare

Birth	Abt 1116	Tunbridge Castle, Kent England
Marriage	Ca 1150	Maud de St. Hilary
Death	1173	Oxfordshire, England

Spouse	Maud de St. Hilary (1132 - 1193)
Child	Aveline de Clare ( - 1225)
Child	Richard de Clare Magna Carta Baron (1153 - 1216)

Father	Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare Lord of Clare (1084 - 1136)
Mother	Adeliza de Meschines Alice de Gernon (1102 - 1128)
Sibling	Alice de Tunbridge ( - 1148)
Sibling	Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl of Hertford (1115 - 1152)