Earl of Hertford Richard De Clare 1
- Born: 1158, Kent, England 1
- Marriage: Countess Of Gloucester Amice Fitzrobert
- Died: 28 Nov 1217, England at age 59 1
 General Notes:
Magna Charta Surety, Earl of Clare Richard de Clare
Was present at the coronation of King Richard I at Westminister, 3 September 1189, and of King John on 27 May, 1199. He sided with the Barons against King John, and his castle of Tonbridege was taken. On 9 November 1215, he was one of the commissioners on the part of the Barons to treat of peace with King John. On 4 March 1215/6 his lands in counties of Cambridge, Norfolk,Suffolk, and Essex were granted to Robert de Betun; and he and his son were among the Barons excommunicated by the Pope and 1215.
This line also descends from Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor.
Richard married Countess Of Gloucester Amice Fitzrobert, daughter of William Fitzrobert and Hawise Of Leicester. (Countess Of Gloucester Amice Fitzrobert was born in 1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England 1,2,3 and died on 1 Jan 1224 in England 1.)
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