43rd Generation (Continued)
Family of Gilbert Count of Brienne (205) & Gunnora de Aunou

232. Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, 29G Grandfather, M. Born Bet. 1030 - 1035 in Beinfaite, Normandy, France. Richard FitzGilbert died in Huntington, England in 1090, he was 60.

According to Cockayne's "Complete Peerage", he was Lord of Bienfaite &
Orbec in Normandy and accompanied his kinsman, William the Conquerer,
Into England, and was rewarded by him with no less than 176 Lordships,
of which 95 were in Suffolk, attached to the honor of Clare, which honor,
with the castle of Clare, as also the castle of Tonbridge in Kent, he
obtained, becoming thus Lord of Clare and of Tonbridge. During the king's
absence he was Joint Chief Justiciar, and, as such, supressed the revolt
of 1075.



abt 1054 when Richard FitzGilbert was 24, he married Rohese Giffard, 29G Grandmother, F, daughter of Walter Giffard Earl of Buckingham, M (-abt 1084) & Agnes Flatel, F, in England. Born in 1034 in Longuevillke, Normandy, France. Rohese died in England in 1117, she was 83.

Her brother Walter's grandson, Walter III (son of Walter II) died without
issue, so Rohese's heirs became heir to the Buckingham estates.



They had the following children:
i. Rohese, 29G Aunt, F. Born in 1055 in Tumbridge, Kent, England. Rohese died in England in 1121, she was 66.

REFN: 11139

Rohese married Eudo de Rie le Dapifer, M. Born in 1047 in Normandy, France. Eudo de Rie died on 12 Jul 1080, he was 33.

REFN: 11138

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ii. Richard FitzRichard de Clare Abbot of, 29G Uncle, M. Born in 1062 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. Richard FitzRichard de Clare Abbot of died in 1100, he was 38.

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261 iii. Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare Earl of, M (1065-1117)

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