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Family of Roger * + of CLARE and Maud * + of SAINT HILARY

Husband: Roger * + of CLARE (1116-1173)
Wife: Maud * + of SAINT HILARY (1132-1193)
Children: Richard * + of CLARE (1162-1218)
Aveline + of CLARE (1172-1225)
Marriage 1153 Dalling, Norfolk, England

Husband: Roger * + of CLARE

Name: Roger * + of CLARE
Sex: Male
Father: Richard * + FITZGILBERT (1084-1136)
Mother: Alice * + of GERNON (1102-1128)
Birth 1116 Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England
Occupation Earl of Hertford
Title frm 1153 to 1173 (age 36-57) Earl of Hertford
Death 1173 (age 56-57) Oxfordshire, England

Wife: Maud * + of SAINT HILARY

Name: Maud * + of SAINT HILARY
Sex: Female
Father: James + of SAINT HILARY (1105-1154)
Mother: Aveline + CANAMOR (1109-1159)
Birth 1132 Burkenham, Norfolk, England
Death 24 Dec 1193 (age 60-61) Norfolk, England

Child 1: Richard * + of CLARE

Name: Richard * + of CLARE
Sex: Male
Spouse: Amice * + FITZWILLIAM (1160-1224)
Birth 1162 Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England
Title Earl of Hertford (3rd)
Title Earl of Gloucester (4th)
Occupation Earl of Hertford and Gloucester
Death 30 Dec 1218 (age 55-56)

Child 2: Aveline + of CLARE

Name: Aveline + of CLARE
Sex: Female
Spouse: Geoffrey + FITZPIERS (1162-1213)
Birth 1172 Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Death 4 Jun 1225 (age 52-53)

Note on Husband: Roger * + of CLARE

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

There is a first school, Roger de Clare School, in the village of Puckeridge, Hertfordshire, named after Roger de Clare.