• General Notes

  Earl de Claire
  Lord of Tunbridge, founded Priory of Clare, Lord of Cardigan
  Earl of Hertford
  
  Gilbert de Tonebruge, who resided at Tonebruge and inherited all his father's lands in England, joined in the rebellion of Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, but observing the king (William Rufus) upon the point of falling into an ambuscade, he relented, sought pardon, and saved his royal master. We find him subsequently, however, again in rebellion in the same reign and fortifying and losing his castle at Tunbridge. He m. in 1113, Adeliza, dau. of the Earl of Cleremont, and had issue, Richard, his successor, Gilbert, Walter, Hervey, and Baldwin. Gilbert de Tonebruge, who was a munificent benefactor to the church, was s. by his eldest son, Richard de Clare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
  
  Gilbert m. Adeliza, dau, of the Earl of Claremont, and was father of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and Gilbert de Clare, created Earl of Pembroke. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 230, Giffard, Earls of Buckingham]
  
  Children
  Adeliza or Alice De CLare b: Abt 1080 in of, Clare, England
  Margaret De CLare b: Abt 1081 in of, Pembroke, Castle, Wales
  Rohese de Clare de Monmouth b: Abt 1084 in Clare, Suffolk, England
  Richard fitz gilbert De CLare b: Abt 1086 in of, Clare, Suffolk, England
  Agnes De CLare b: Abt 1091 in of, Pembroke, Castle, Wales
  Gilbert "strongbow" fitz gilbert De CLare b: Abt 1093 in of, Tunbridge, Castle, Kent
  Hervey Walter fitz gilbert De CLare b: Abt 1100 in of, Pembroke, Castle, Wales
  Walter fitz gilbert De CLare b: Abt 1102 in of, Pembroke, Castle, Wales
  Baldwin fitz gilbert De CLare b: Abt 1104 in of, Clare, Suffolk, England
  John fitz gilbert De CLare b: 1106 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
  Gilbert De Clare Magna Charta BARON b: 1100 in Clare, Suffolk, England

Details of Gilbert's family with Adeliza de Clermont