Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Gilbert fitz Godfrey
Abt 1010 - 1040 (~ 30 years)1. Gilbert fitz Godfrey was born about 1010; died in 1040 in Eschafour, Eu, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France. Notes:
Also called Gilbert de Brionne; Giselbert; Gilbert Crispin. Comte d'Eu & Brionne. Assassinated.
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Baldwin fitz Gilbert died in 1090.
- 3. Richard fitz Gilbert was born about 1033 in of Bienfaite and Orbec, Normandy, France; died before Apr 1088; was buried in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England.
Generation: 2
2. Baldwin fitz Gilbert (1.Gilbert1) died in 1090. Notes:
Also called Baldwin the Sheriff; Baldwin of Exeter. Seigneur de Meules and du Sap in Normandy. Lord of Okehampton, Devon. Sheriff of Devon, 1080-86.
Family/Spouse: Albreda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. (Unknown) fitz Baldwin was born in of Dolton, Devon, England.
3. Richard fitz Gilbert (1.Gilbert1) was born about 1033 in of Bienfaite and Orbec, Normandy, France; died before Apr 1088; was buried in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Bef 1035
- Alternate birth: 1035
- Alternate death: May 1089
- Alternate death: Abt 1090
Notes:
Also called Richard "de Bienfaite", Richard de Clare, and Richard de Tonbridge. Joint chief justiciar of England in William's absence; in this role he suppressed the revolt of 1075.
Family/Spouse: Rohese Giffard. Rohese (daughter of Walter Giffard and Agnes Flaitel) died after 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Robert fitz Richard was born in of Dunmow, Essex, England; died after 28 Nov 1137; was buried in St. Neot's Priory, Cambridgeshire, England.
- 6. Avice fitz Richard died after 1112.
- 7. Adelisa de Clare
- 8. Rohese fitz Gilbert de Clare was born about 1055 in St.-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonniere, Calvados, Normandy, France; died in 1121; was buried in Abbey of Bec, Eure, Normandy, France.
- 9. Gilbert fitz Richard de Clare was born about 1060; died in 1117.
Generation: 3
4. (Unknown) fitz Baldwin (2.Baldwin2, 1.Gilbert1) was born in of Dolton, Devon, England. Notes:
French-language Wikipedia calls her Mathilde.
Family/Spouse: William d'Avranches. William (son of Guitmond d'Avranches) died about 1087. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
5. Robert fitz Richard (3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) was born in of Dunmow, Essex, England; died after 28 Nov 1137; was buried in St. Neot's Priory, Cambridgeshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Abt 1134
- Alternate death: Bef 1136
Notes:
Also called Robert de Clare, because apparently people were assigned de Clare as a surname entirely at random in the twelfth century. Steward to kings Henry I and Stephen.
Robert married Maud de Senlis in 1112. Maud (daughter of Simon I de Senlis and Maud of Northumberland) was born about 1092; died after 1158. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Maud de Senlis was born about 1125; died after 1185.
- 12. Walter fitz Robert was born before 1134 in of Little Dunmow, Essex, England; died in 1198 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England; was buried in Dunmow Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex, England.
6. Avice fitz Richard (3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) died after 1112. Avice married Raoul I de Fougères before 1086. Raoul (son of Main de Fougères and Adélaïde) died in 1124. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Henri de Fougères died about 1150 in Savigny Abbey, Normandy, France.
7. Adelisa de Clare (3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) Family/Spouse: Walter Tirel. Walter died after 1124. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 14. (Unknown) Tirel
8. Rohese fitz Gilbert de Clare (3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) was born about 1055 in St.-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonniere, Calvados, Normandy, France; died in 1121; was buried in Abbey of Bec, Eure, Normandy, France. Family/Spouse: Eudes fitz Hubert. Eudes (son of Hubert de Ryes) was born in of Colchester, Essex, England; died in 1120 in Préaux, Normandy, France; was buried on 28 Feb 1121 in Colchester, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Gilbert fitz Richard de Clare (3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) was born about 1060; died in 1117. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Bef 1066
- Alternate death: 1114
Notes:
Also called Gilbert de Clare; Gilbert de Tonbridge. Earl of Clare.
"The Welsh annals note his death in 1117." [Royal Ancestry]Family/Spouse: Alice de Clermont. Alice (daughter of Hugues and Marguerite de Montdidier) was born in of Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France; died after 1136. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 15. Baldwin fitz Gilbert was born in of Bourne, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died after 1154.
- 16. Alice de Clare died in 1163 in St. Osyth Priory, Essex, England.
- 17. Rohese fitz Gilbert died before 1166.
- 18. Margaret fitz Gilbert died after 1185.
- 19. Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare was born about 1090 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried in 1136 in Chapter House, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
- 20. Gilbert "Strongbow" fitz Gilbert was born about 1100; died on 6 Jan 1148; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Generation: 4
10. Robert d'Avranches (4.(Unknown)3, 2.Baldwin2, 1.Gilbert1) Family/Spouse: (Unknown daughter of Gelduin of Dol). (Unknown (daughter of Gelduin) was born in of Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 21. Maud d'Avranches died on 21 Sep 1173.
11. Maud de Senlis (5.Robert3, 3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) was born about 1125; died after 1185. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1135
Notes:
Also called Maud de St. Liz and (mysteriously) Maud de Clare.
Family/Spouse: William II d'Aubeney. William (son of William "Brito" d'Aubeney and Cecily le Bigod) was born in of Belvoir, Leicestershire, England; died in 1167. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 22. Maud d'Aubigny died after 1209.
- 23. William III d'Aubeney was born after 1146 in of Belvoir, Leicestershire, England; died on 7 May 1236; was buried in Newstead, Lincolnshire, England.
12. Walter fitz Robert (5.Robert3, 3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) was born before 1134 in of Little Dunmow, Essex, England; died in 1198 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England; was buried in Dunmow Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex, England. Family/Spouse: Maud de Lucy. Maud (daughter of Richard de Lucy and Rohese de Boulogne) was born in of Diss, Norfolk, England; died after 1170. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 24. Robert fitz Walter was born in Little Dunmow, Essex, England; died on 9 Dec 1235.
- 25. Alice fitz Walter died after 1213.
13. Henri de Fougères (6.Avice3, 3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) died about 1150 in Savigny Abbey, Normandy, France. Notes:
Died as a monk.
Family/Spouse: Olive of Brittany. Olive (daughter of Stephen of Brittany and Hawise) died after 1173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 26. Raoul II de Fougères died between 1191 and 1194.
14. (Unknown) Tirel (7.Adelisa3, 3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 27. Gerbert de Percy was born in of Poorstock, Dorset, England; died in 1179.
15. Baldwin fitz Gilbert (9.Gilbert3, 3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) was born in of Bourne, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died after 1154. Notes:
Also called Baldwin de Clare. Founder of Bourne Abbey.
Baldwin married Adeline de Rollos about 1130. Adeline (daughter of Richard de Rollos and Godiva) died after 1165. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 28. Emma fitz Baldwin was born in of Bourne, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died before 1168.
- 29. Rose fitz Baldwin was born about 1135.
16. Alice de Clare (9.Gilbert3, 3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) died in 1163 in St. Osyth Priory, Essex, England. Notes:
"Adeliza the wife of Aubrey de Vere is attested by a fairly unimpeachable source, her own son William in notes added to his life of St Osyth. According to him she lived for 22 years as a widow at St Osyth's priory in Essex, so she evidently died ca 1163." [Peter Stewart, citation details below]
Alice married Aubrey de Vere before 1106. Aubrey (son of Aubrey de Vere and Beatrice) was born before 1090 in of Hedingham, Essex, England; died on 15 May 1141 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 30. Juliana de Vere died after 1185.
- 31. Rohese de Vere was born about 1110; died in 1166.
- 32. Aubrey de Vere was born about 1110 in of Hedingham, Essex, England; died on 26 Dec 1194; was buried in Earl's Colne Priory, Halstead, Great Bromley, Essex, England.
- 33. Alice de Vere was born before 1141; died after 1185.
17. Rohese fitz Gilbert (9.Gilbert3, 3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) died before 1166. Notes:
Also called Rose; Rohese de Clare.
Family/Spouse: Baderon de Monmouth. Baderon (son of William de Monmouth) was born about 1100 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales; died between 1170 and 1176. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 34. Rohese de Monmouth was born between 1135 and 1140; died about 1180.
18. Margaret fitz Gilbert (9.Gilbert3, 3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) died after 1185. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Abt 1186
- Alternate death: Abt 1189
Notes:
Also called Margaret de Clare.
Family/Spouse: William de Montfitchet. William (son of William de Montfitchet and Rohese) was born in of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England; died in 1137. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 35. Richard de Montfichet was born in of Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland; died after 1177.
- 36. Gilbert de Montfitchet was born before 1135 in of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England; died in 1186.
19. Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare (9.Gilbert3, 3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) was born about 1090 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried in 1136 in Chapter House, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Notes:
Also called Richard de Clare; Richard of Ceredigion.
"Surprised and slain by the Welsh." [Royal Ancestry]Family/Spouse: Alice of Chester. Alice (daughter of Ranulf le Meschin and Lucy of Bolingbroke) died after 1148. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 37. Rohese de Clare
- 38. Roger de Clare was born in 1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England; died in 1173; was buried in 1173 in Stoke by Clare Priory, Suffolk, England.
20. Gilbert "Strongbow" fitz Gilbert (9.Gilbert3, 3.Richard2, 1.Gilbert1) was born about 1100; died on 6 Jan 1148; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 6 Jan 1149
Notes:
Earl of Pembroke. Also called Gilbert de Clare.
Family/Spouse: Isabel de Beaumont. Isabel (daughter of Robert of Meulan and Isabel de Vermandois) died after 1172. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 39. Richard "Strongbow" fitz Gilbert was born about 1130; died about 20 Apr 1176 in Dublin, Ireland; was buried in Christ Church, Dublin, Ireland.