de Clare

Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Lord of Clare, born c.1066,
present at the murder of William II in 1100,
received lands in Wales from Henry I, including Cardigan Castle, Wales,
mar Alice de Claremont [descendant of Hugh Capet, King of France, descendant of Charlemagne],
had issue:

1. Richard de Clare, Lord of Clare, born pre-1100, had issue:
   1. Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford, born post-1115, had issue:
      1. Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, born c.1153, had issue:
         1. Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Gloucester, born c.1180,
            mar Isabella Marshal and had issue:
            1. Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Gloucester, born 1222.
            2. Isabel de Clare, mar Robert le Bruce and had issue.

2. Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke, born c.1100.

3. Alice de Clare, mar Aubrey de Vere and had issue.

• The de Clare family

• Clare, Suffolk
  • Clare Castle is now a ruin, in Clare Castle Country Park.

• The Irish county of Co.Clare:
  • The modern Irish county of Co.Clare was historically part of the north Munster Gaelic kingdom of Thomond, dominated by the O'Briens, Kings of Thomond.
  • The region was granted to the de Clare family in 1275, and they became Lords of Thomond.
  • The Thomond motor car was named after this region.

• There are several theories on the origin of the name of the Irish county of Co.Clare:
  1. When the boundaries of the modern Co.Clare were fixed by Sir Henry Sidney in 1565, it was apparently named after the de Clares (it did not have a separate name before, because it was just part of Thomond). So ultimately Co.Clare would be after Clare in Suffolk.
  2. Another theory is that Co.Clare is after the Gaelic "clar", meaning a plain, or a level piece of land. The county's Irish name today is "An Clar".
  3. A further theory is that the Gaelic "clar" also means a plank or board, and that Clare Castle (also here), S of Ennis (see map), is named from a bridge of planks built over the river Fergus, and the county is named after that.

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