Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford

1116 - 1173  (57 years)

• Name	Roger de Clare
  Suffix	2nd Earl of Hertford
  Born	1116	Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1173	Oxfordshire, England
  Buried	Eynsham Abbey, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England
  	Grave location, biography, and abbey photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60900403
  Notes	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 ,   d. 15 Apr 1136, Monmouthshire, Wales
  Mother	Alice de Gernon
  Family ID	F14955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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