Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford

Male 1116 - 1173  (57 years)


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  • Name Roger de Clare 
    Suffix 2nd Earl of Hertford 
    Born 1116  Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1173  Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Eynsham Abbey, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • Wikipedia
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Clare,_2nd_Earl_of_Hertford

      He was a powerful Norman noble during the 12th century England. He succeeded to the Earldom of Hertford when his brother Gilbert died without heirs. His other titles were 5th Lord of Clare, 5th lord of Tonbridge, 5th Lord of Cardigan.

      Roger was a son of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Alice de Gernon. In 1153, he appears with his cousin, Richard Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, as one of the signatories to the Treaty of Wallingford, in which Stephen recognizes Prince Henry as his successor.

      He received from Henry II a grant of whatever lands he could conquer in South Wales. This is probably only an expansion of the statement of the Welsh chronicles that in about 1 June 1157 he entered Cardigan and captured the castles of Humfrey, Aberdovey, Dineir, and Rhystud. Rhys ap Gruffydd, the prince of South Wales, appears to have complained to Henry II of these encroachments. There constant skirmishes and battles between the Welsh and de Clare with King Henry II leading an army into Wales in 1165, resulting in Cardigan being overrun and the Norman castles burned.

      Roger had been abroad for part of this time, and is found signing charters at Le Mans, probably about Christmas 1160, and again at Rouen in 1161. In July 1163 he was summoned by Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, to do homage in his capacity of steward to the archbishops of Canterbury for the castle of Tunbridge. His refusal, based on the grounds that he held the castle of the king and not of the archbishop, was supported by King Henry II.

      Early in 1170 he was appointed one of a band of commissioners for Kent, Surrey, and other arts of southern England. His last known signature seems to belong to June or July 1171, and is dated abroad from Chevaillée. He appears to have died in 1173, and certainly before July or August 1174, when we find Richard, Earl of Clare, his son, coming to the king at Northampton.

      Roger married Maud (Matilda) de St. Hilaire, daughter of James de St. Hilaire and Aveline. Together they had seven children:

      1. Mabel de Clare, d. 1204, m. (c. 1175), Nigel de Mowbray.

      2. Richard de Clare, b. c. 1153, Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England, d. 28 November 1217, 3rd Earl of Hertford

      3. James de Clare

      4. 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.

      5. Roger de Clare, d. 1241, Middleton, Norfolk, England.

      6. John de Clare

      7. Henry de Clare
    Person ID I36239  Master File
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2016 

    Father Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare,   b. Clare, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1136, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Alice de Gernon 
    Family ID F14955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maude (Matilda) de St. Hilaire,   b. 1132, Buckenham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1193, Buckenham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Children 
     1. Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex,   b. ca 1178,   d. 1225, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2016 
    Family ID F14954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart