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| Husband: | Robert +* of CLIFFORD (1274-1314) | |
| Wife: | Maud + *of CLARE (1276-1327) | |
| Children: | Robert + of CLIFFORD (1299-1344) | |
| Roger of CLIFFORD (1300-1322) | ||
| Idonea * of CLIFFORD (1300-1365) | ||
| Marriage | 3 Nov 1295 | Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England |
| Name: | Robert +* of CLIFFORD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Roger + of CLIFFORD (1243-1282) | |
| Mother: | Isabella + of VIEUXPONT (1254-1291) | |
| Birth | 1 Apr 1274 | Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England |
| Title | frm 1299 to 1314 (age 24-40) | Baron of Clifford |
| Occupation | Baron of Clifford | |
| Death | 24 Jun 1314 (age 40) | Bannockburn, Sterlingshire, Scotland |
| Cause: killed in the Battle of Bannockburn | ||
| Burial | Shap Abbey, Westmoreland | |
| Name: | Maud + *of CLARE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Thomas * of CLARE (1245-1287) | |
| Mother: | Juliana * + FITZGERALD (1263-1300) | |
| Birth | 1276 | Gloucestershire, England |
| Death | 1 Feb 1327 (age 50-51) | |
| Name: | Robert + of CLIFFORD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Isabel + of BERKELEY (1307-1362) | |
| Birth | 21 Jan 1299 | Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England |
| Occupation | Sheriff of Westmorland | |
| Title | frm 1327 to 1344 (age 27-45) | Baron de Clifford |
| Death | 20 May 1344 (age 45) | Skipton Manor, Skipton, Craven, Yorkshire, England |
| Name: | Roger of CLIFFORD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1300 | |
| Occupation | Baron of Clifford | |
| Title | frm 1314 to 1322 (age 13-22) | Baron of Clifford |
| Death | 23 Mar 1322 (age 21-22) | York, Yorkshire, England |
| Cause: hung for rebellion against King Edward II | ||
| Name: | Idonea * of CLIFFORD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Henry * of PERCY (1301-1351) | |
| Birth | 1300 | Appleby-in-Westmoreland, Cumberland, England |
| Death | 24 Aug 1365 (age 64-65) | Beverly, Yorkshire, England |
Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, also 1st Lord of Skipton (c. 1274–1314), was an English soldier who became first Lord Warden of the Marches, defending the English border with Scotland. He was born in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, and was married there in 1295 to Maud de Clare, by whom he had three children.
A son of Roger de Clifford the younger (d.1282) and his wife Isabella de Vieuxpont, he inherited the estates of his grandfather, Roger de Clifford the elder, in 1286. He then obtained through his mother (d.1291) part of the extensive land of the Viponts. He was summoned to parliament as a baron in 1299. In 1308 he acquired on the death of his mother's sister Idonea the remainder of the Vipont lands and thus became one of the most powerful barons of his age.
During the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, Clifford was a prominent soldier from an early age. In 1296 he was sent with Henry Percy to quell the Scots who asked for terms at Irvine. He was appointed Governor of Carlisle. During the reign of the first king, he was styled Warden of the Marches and then, during the reign of the second, Lord Warden of the Marches, being the first holder of this office.[1] In 1298 he fought with Edward I at the Battle of Falkirk in which William Wallace was defeated, for which he was rewarded with Gocernorship of Nottingham Castle. He won great renown at the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300.
After the death of Edward I in 1307 and along with the Earls of Lincoln, Warwick and Pembroke he was appointed counsellor to Edward II and in the same year the new king appointed him as the Justiciar of England South of the Trent. In 1310 Edward also granted him Skipton Castle and the Honour of Skipton in Craven.
He took part in 1312 with the Earl of Lancaster in the movement against Edward's favourite, Piers Gaveston, besieging him at Scarborough Castle. Clifford was killed on 24 June 1314 fighting at the Battle of Bannockburn.[1] and was buried at Shap Abbey in Westmoreland. His son Roger succeeded him as the 2nd Baron de Clifford. Daughter Idonia married Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy, 9th Baron Percy and 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick.