1291 - 1314 (23 years)
Has more than 100 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1292 - 1337 (44 years)
Birth |
12 Oct 1292 |
Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales |
Died |
30 Jun 1337 |
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Father |
Earl Gilbert II de Clare, 'the Red', b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
Mother |
Joan of Acre, b. 1272, Acre, Palestine |
Married |
Nov 1289 |
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Family 1 |
Hugh le Despenser, "the Younger", b. 1280-1290, Barton, Cambridgeshire, England |
Married |
May 1306 |
Westminster, London, Middlesex, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Edward le Despencer |
| 2. Gilbert le Despenser |
+ | 3. Elizabeth le Despencer, b. Bef 1338 |
| 4. Hugh le Despenser, V, b. 1308 |
+ | 5. Isabel le Despenser, b. Abt 1312 |
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Family 2 |
Baron William la Zouche, b. Abt 1269, Ashby, Leceistershire, England |
Married |
1327 |
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1290 - 1326 (36 years)
Birth |
1280-1290 |
Barton, Cambridgeshire, England |
Died |
29 Nov 1326 |
Hereford, Herefordshire, England |
Buried |
Tewkesbury Abbey. |
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Father |
Earl Hugh le Despenser, "the Elder", b. 1 Mar 1260-1261 |
Mother |
Isabella de Beauchamp, b. Abt 1266, Warwick, Warwickshire, England |
Married |
1286-1287 |
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Family |
Eleanor de Clare, b. 12 Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales |
Married |
May 1306 |
Westminster, London, Middlesex, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Edward le Despencer |
| 2. Gilbert le Despenser |
+ | 3. Elizabeth le Despencer, b. Bef 1338 |
| 4. Hugh le Despenser, V, b. 1308 |
+ | 5. Isabel le Despenser, b. Abt 1312 |
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Abt 1269 - 1336 (67 years)
Birth |
Abt 1269 |
Ashby, Leceistershire, England |
Died |
28 Feb 1335-1336 |
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Father |
Robert de Mortimer, b. Abt 1246, Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England |
Mother |
Joyce la Zouche, b. Abt 1240, Kings Nympton, Devonshire, England |
Married |
Abt 1270 |
Devonshire, England |
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Family 1 |
Alice de Toeni, b. 1284, Flamsted, Hertfordshire, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Alan de Mortimer, Baron Zouche, b. 15 Sep 1317 |
+ | 2. Joyce la Zouche, b. Abt 1327, Mortimer, England |
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Family 2 |
Eleanor de Clare, b. 12 Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales |
Married |
1327 |
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1295 - 1360 (65 years)
Birth |
16 Sep 1295 |
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
Died |
4 Nov 1360 |
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Father |
Earl Gilbert II de Clare, 'the Red', b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
Mother |
Joan of Acre, b. 1272, Acre, Palestine |
Married |
Nov 1289 |
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Family 1 |
Earl John de Burgh, b. 1290 |
Married |
1308 |
Children |
+ | 1. Earl William de Burgh, "the Brown earl", b. 1312 |
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Family 2 |
Baron Theobald de Verdon, b. 8 Sep 1278 |
Married |
1315 |
near Bristol, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Isabel de Verdon, b. 21 Mar 1316-1317, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England |
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Family 3 |
Baron Roger Damory |
Married |
1317 |
Children |
+ | 1. Elizabeth Damory, b. 23 May 1318 |
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Family 4 |
Ralph de la Roche |
Married |
Aft 1322 |
Children |
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1290 - 1313 (23 years)
Birth |
1290 |
Died |
18 Jun 1313 |
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Father |
Earl Richard de Burgh, 'the Red Earl', b. 1259 |
Mother |
Margaret de Burgh, b. Abt 1263 |
Married |
Bef 27 Feb 1280-1281 |
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Family |
Elizabeth de Clare, b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1308 |
Children |
+ | 1. Earl William de Burgh, "the Brown earl", b. 1312 |
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1278 - 1316 (37 years)
Birth |
8 Sep 1278 |
Died |
27 Jul 1316 |
Alton, Staffordshire, England |
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Father |
Baron Theobald de Verdon, b. Abt 1248 |
Mother |
Margery (Margaret) de Bohun, b. Abt 1252 |
Married |
Bef 6 Nov 1276 |
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Family 1 |
Matilda de Mortimer, b. Abt 1286 |
Married |
29 Jul 1302 |
Wigmore, Herefordshire, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Elizabeth de Verdon, b. Abt 1306, Alton, Staffordshire, England |
| 2. John de Verdon |
+ | 3. Margaret de Verdun, b. 10 Aug 1310, Alton, Staffordshire, England |
+ | 4. Joan de Verdon, b. 9 Aug 1303, Wootton, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England |
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Family 2 |
Elizabeth de Clare, b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1315 |
near Bristol, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Isabel de Verdon, b. 21 Mar 1316-1317, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Robert Damory |
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Family |
Elizabeth de Clare, b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1317 |
Children |
+ | 1. Elizabeth Damory, b. 23 May 1318 |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Elizabeth de Clare, b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
Aft 1322 |
Children |
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1292 - 1342 (49 years)
Birth |
Oct 1292 |
Caerphilly Castle |
Died |
13 Apr 1342 |
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Father |
Earl Gilbert II de Clare, 'the Red', b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
Mother |
Joan of Acre, b. 1272, Acre, Palestine |
Married |
Nov 1289 |
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Family 1 |
Piers de Gaveston, b. Abt 1284, Bearn, Gascony |
Married |
1 Nov 1307 |
Children |
+ | 1. Amy de Gaveston, b. Abt 6 Jan 1311-1312 |
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Family 2 |
Earl Hugh de Audley, b. 1289 |
Married |
28 Apr 1317 |
Windsor, Berkshire, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Baroness Margaret de Audley, b. Abt 1318 |
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Abt 1284 - 1312 (28 years)
Birth |
Abt 1284 |
Bearn, Gascony |
Died |
19 Jun 1312 |
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Father |
Arnaud de Gabaston |
Mother |
Claramond de Marsau et de Louvigny |
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Family |
Margaret de Clare, b. Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle |
Married |
1 Nov 1307 |
Children |
+ | 1. Amy de Gaveston, b. Abt 6 Jan 1311-1312 |
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1289 - 1347 (58 years)
Birth |
1289 |
Died |
10 Nov 1347 |
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Father |
Baron Hugh de Audley, b. Abt 1267 |
Mother |
Isolt Mortimer |
Married |
1288 |
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Family |
Margaret de Clare, b. Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle |
Married |
28 Apr 1317 |
Windsor, Berkshire, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Baroness Margaret de Audley, b. Abt 1318 |
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1291 - 1314 (23 years)
Birth |
10 May 1291 |
Died |
24 Jun 1314 |
Battle of Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland |
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Father |
Earl Gilbert II de Clare, 'the Red', b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
Mother |
Joan of Acre, b. 1272, Acre, Palestine |
Married |
Nov 1289 |
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Family |
Matilda de Burgh |
Married |
1308 |
Children |
| 1. John de Clare, b. Abt 1312 |
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- 1320
Died |
2 Jul 1320 |
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Father |
Earl Richard de Burgh, 'the Red Earl', b. 1259 |
Mother |
Margaret de Burgh, b. Abt 1263 |
Married |
Bef 27 Feb 1280-1281 |
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Family |
Earl Gilbert de Clare, b. 10 May 1291 |
Married |
1308 |
Children |
| 1. John de Clare, b. Abt 1312 |
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Abt 1290 - 1368 (78 years)
Birth |
Abt 1290 |
Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
Died |
31 Mar 1368 |
Eshott, Northumberland, England |
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Father |
Earl Gilbert II de Clare, 'the Red', b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
Mother |
Joan of Acre, b. 1272, Acre, Palestine |
Married |
Nov 1289 |
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Family 1 |
Earl Robert de Umfreville, b. 1277, Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
Married |
Abt 1320 |
Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Baron Thomas de Umfreville, "the Elder", b. Abt 1305, Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
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Family 2 |
Roger Mauduit |
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1277 - 1325 (48 years)
Birth |
1277 |
Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
Died |
31 Mar 1325 |
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Father |
Earl Gilbert II de Umphraville, b. 1244 |
Mother |
Elizabeth Comyn |
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Family 1 |
Lucy de Kyme |
Children |
+ | 1. Elizabeth de Umfreville |
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Family 2 |
Countess Alianore de Clare, b. Abt 1290, Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
Married |
Abt 1320 |
Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Baron Thomas de Umfreville, "the Elder", b. Abt 1305, Castle Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
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Family |
Countess Alianore de Clare, b. Abt 1290, Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
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1243 - 1295 (52 years)
Birth |
2 Sep 1243 |
Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
Died |
7 Dec 1295 |
Monmouth Castle, England |
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Father |
Earl Richard de Clare, b. 4 Aug 1222 |
Mother |
Countess Maud de Lacy |
Married |
Abt 25 Jan 1238 |
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Family 1 |
Joan of Acre, b. 1272, Acre, Palestine |
Married |
Nov 1289 |
Children |
+ | 1. Eleanor de Clare, b. 12 Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales |
+ | 2. Elizabeth de Clare, b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
+ | 3. Margaret de Clare, b. Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle |
+ | 4. Earl Gilbert de Clare, b. 10 May 1291 |
+ | 5. Countess Alianore de Clare, b. Abt 1290, Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
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Family 2 |
Alice de Lusignan |
Married |
1253 |
Divorced |
1271 |
Children |
+ | 1. Joan de Clare |
| 2. Isabelle de Clare, b. 10 Mar 1263 |
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1272 - 1307 (35 years)
Birth |
1272 |
Acre, Palestine |
Died |
23 Apr 1307 |
Clare, Suffolk, England |
Buried |
26 Apr 1307 |
Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare. |
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Father |
King Edward Plantagenet, I, "Longshanks", b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England |
Mother |
Eleanor de Castilla, b. 1244, Castile, España |
Married |
18 Oct 1254 |
Abbey of Las Huelgas |
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Family 1 |
Earl Gilbert II de Clare, 'the Red', b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
Married |
Nov 1289 |
Children |
+ | 1. Eleanor de Clare, b. 12 Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales |
+ | 2. Elizabeth de Clare, b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
+ | 3. Margaret de Clare, b. Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle |
+ | 4. Earl Gilbert de Clare, b. 10 May 1291 |
+ | 5. Countess Alianore de Clare, b. Abt 1290, Prudhoe, Northumberland, England |
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Family 2 |
Ralph de Monthermer, b. Abt 1262 |
Married |
Jan 1296-1297 |
Akko, Hazafon, Israel |
Children |
| 1. Joan de Monthermer, b. Jan 1299, England |
+ | 2. Mary de Monthermer, b. Abt 1301, Akko, Hazafon, Israel |
| 3. Edward de Monthermer, b. Abt 11 Apr 1304, England |
+ | 4. Hawise de Monthermer, b. Abt 1304, Monmouthshire, Wales |
+ | 5. Thomas de Monthermer, b. Bef 23 Apr 1307, Akko, Hazafon, Israel |
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- 1320
Died |
2 Jul 1320 |
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Father |
Earl Richard de Burgh, 'the Red Earl', b. 1259 |
Mother |
Margaret de Burgh, b. Abt 1263 |
Married |
Bef 27 Feb 1280-1281 |
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Family |
Earl Gilbert de Clare, b. 10 May 1291 |
Married |
1308 |
Children |
| 1. John de Clare, b. Abt 1312 |
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Abt 1312 - Abt 1312 (0 years)
Birth |
Abt 1312 |
Died |
Abt 1312 |
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Father |
Earl Gilbert de Clare, b. 10 May 1291 |
Mother |
Matilda de Burgh |
Married |
1308 |
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Name |
Gilbert de Clare [1] |
Prefix |
Earl |
Birth |
10 May 1291 [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
24 Jun 1314 |
Battle of Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland [2] |
Siblings |
4 Siblings |
+ | 1. Eleanor de Clare, b. 12 Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 30 Jun 1337 (Age 44 years) ▻ Hugh le Despenser, "the Younger", m. May 1306 ; Baron William la Zouche, m. 1327 | + | 2. Elizabeth de Clare, b. 16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 4 Nov 1360 (Age 65 years) ▻ Earl John de Burgh, m. 1308 ; Baron Theobald de Verdon, m. 1315 ; Baron Roger Damory, m. 1317 ; Ralph de la Roche, m. Aft 1322 | + | 3. Margaret de Clare, b. Oct 1292, Caerphilly Castle d. 13 Apr 1342 (Age 49 years) ▻ Piers de Gaveston, m. 1 Nov 1307 ; Earl Hugh de Audley, m. 28 Apr 1317 | + | 4. Earl Gilbert de Clare, b. 10 May 1291 d. 24 Jun 1314, Battle of Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland (Age 23 years) ▻ Matilda de Burgh, m. 1308 | + | 5. Countess Alianore de Clare, b. Abt 1290, Prudhoe, Northumberland, England d. 31 Mar 1368, Eshott, Northumberland, England (Age 78 years) ▻ Earl Robert de Umfreville, m. Abt 1320 ; Roger Mauduit | |
Person ID |
I118439 |
Geneagraphie |
Last Modified |
30 Aug 2000 |
Father |
Earl Gilbert II de Clare, 'the Red', b. 2 Sep 1243, Christchurch, Hampshire, England d. 7 Dec 1295, Monmouth Castle, England (Age 52 years) |
Mother |
Joan of Acre, b. 1272, Acre, Palestine d. 23 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England (Age 35 years) |
Marriage |
Nov 1289 |
Family ID |
F5293 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- - Quickly distinguished himself in Scottish campaigns.
- Maintained middle ground re: struggle betw barons & Edward II.
- Advised Edward II that the English army should have day of rest bef Bannockburn.
- Edward II foolishly rejected his advise.
- He led a charge against Edward Bruce, but had a lack of support from Engl forces
- Unhorsed & slain.
- Robert the Bruce sent bosy back for internment at Tewksbury.
Earl of Gloucester & Hertford
"When the Red Earl [Gilbert (3)] married King Edward [I]'s daughter [Joan of Acre], the inheritance was entailed on their issue; Gilbert's daughters by Alice de Lusignan were excluded as potential heiresses in the event of the failure of the male line. Ironically, the king's provise became operative, with serious political consequences for Edward II. The earl's only son Gilbert [the present Gilbert (4)], born in 1291, was styled earl of Gloucester in 1307, shortly after the death of his mother and the consequent reversion of his stepfather, Ralph de Monthermer, to ordinary baronial status. The young Earl Gilbert was also the last. His tenure of the inheritance was brief. On June 24, 1314, he was killed at the battle of Bannockburn, and with his death the male line of the senior branch of the family became extinct. In 1308 Gilbert had married Maud, daughter of Richard de Burgh, earl of Ulster, but they had no children, or at least no surviving issue. According to the compiler of the *Flores Historiarum*, there was a son John who was born in April 1312 and who died before the end of the year. The accuracy of the chronicle on matters of this sort is often suspect, but the authenticity of the statement has been accepted by modern peerage writers. In December, 1314, Maud de Burgh was granted dower, but this was intended only as a temporary and precautionary measure, since she claimed to be pregnant. For nearly three years thereafter [!!!], the countess continued to insist on her pregnancy, but in 1317 Edward II, who had hoped that the birth of a child would preserve the inheritance intact, reluctantly concluded that her claims were spurious. n November of that year, the great Clare inheritance was partitioned among the husbands of the last Earl Gilbert's full sisters, and after the countess' death in 1320, her dower portion was likewise divided."
--- Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The
Clares, 1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 39-40.
Earl Gilbert served the king better than most of the other great magnates of the realm. He quickly distinguished himself in the Scottish campaigns. But individual efforts displayed by such men as Gilbert or Aymer de Valence, the new earl of Pembroke, were not an adequate substitute for a concerted series of campaigns against the Scots utilizing the full resources of the realm.
Between 1307 and 1313, Robert Bruce was able to subdue Inverness, Dundee,
and Perth, thus securing the entire region north of the Tay River, and to begin attacking the center of English power in lothian; and Edward [II], faced with financial crisis and growing political dissension at home, was unable to contain him. (P) Earl Gilbert maintained a middle ground in the struggle between king and baronage. Gilbert's mediating influence, however, had little effect on the program of reform. The greatest problem facing the king [Edward II] after his reconciliation with [Thomas] Lancaster was the steady advance of Robert Bruce who by March, 1314, had secured the strategic castle of Roxburgh and Edinburgh and even attacked Berwick itself. His main objective was Stirling, the last remaining English stronghold north of the Tweed, but Edward was determined to retain it at all costs. Accordingly, the king raised a large army of foot and cavalry and set north, coming within three miles of the castle on June 23. The front line of the army was commanded by the earls of Gloucester and Hereford. Gilbert engaged in a brief skirmish with the Scots on the 23rd, but although unhorsed, escaped without injurt. The next day he advised Edward to order a day's rest for the army. The king foolishly spurned his advice as deceitful and treacherous. Gilbert retorted sharply and impetuously plunged into battle. He led a gallant charge against the Scots line commanded by Robert's brother Edward, but failed to receive adequate support from his own troops or the English bowmen. His horse was cut down, and Gilbert, deserted by his followers, was slain. His body was later recovered from Robert Bruce and brought back to Tewkesbury Abbey for burial at the right hand of his father. Earl Gilbert's death marked the beginning of a complete rout of the English forces. Scottish independence was assured. (P) Gilbert de Clare, the last member of the senior branch of the family in the male line, was also one of its most attractive. In spite of his youth he displayed qualities of
leadership and military ability which held great promise. Had he not been
killed, he might have continued to exercise a salutary effect on the relations between the king and the barons led by Thomas of Lancaster, which would have mitigated the worst excesses of the period immediately following
Bannockburn. As it was, his consistent efforts to effect a moderate solution in the struggle between the two factions did much to prevent the outbreak of civil war before his death. He had served the king valiantly to the last."
--- Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The
Clares, 1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (The Johns Hopkins Press) 1965, p 159-164
passim
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Sources |
- [S14] Brian Tompsett, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 , , Repository: WWW, University of Hull, Hull, UK HU6 7RX bct@tardis.ed.ac.uk).
- [S188] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed, pp 5-8, "Audley" (Reliability: 0).
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