Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex: Appalachian Aristocracy

1178 - 1225 (~ 47 years)

Generation: 1

Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex was born ca 1178 (daughter of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and Maude (Matilda) de St. Hilaire); died 1225, Norfolk, England; was buried , Shouldham Priory Shouldham, Norfolk, England.

Aveline married Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex. Geoffrey (son of Piers de Lutegareshale) was born ca 1162, Essex, England; died 14 Oct 1213, Essex, England; was buried , Shouldham Priory Shouldham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Children:

John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere was born ca 1205, Surrey, England; died 23 Nov 1258, Norfolk, England; was buried , Shouldham Priory Shouldham, Norfolk, England.

Generation: 2

Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford was born 1116, Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England (son of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Alice de Gernon); died 1173, Oxfordshire, England; was buried , Eynsham Abbey, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England.

Roger married Maude (Matilda) de St. Hilaire. Maude was born 1132, Buckenham, Norfolk, England; died 1193, Buckenham, Norfolk, England; was buried , Saint Peter And Saint Paul, Carbrooke, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Maude (Matilda) de St. Hilaire was born 1132, Buckenham, Norfolk, England; died 1193, Buckenham, Norfolk, England; was buried , Saint Peter And Saint Paul, Carbrooke, Norfolk, England.

Children:

1. Aveline de Clare, Countess of Essex was born ca 1178; died 1225, Norfolk, England; was buried , Shouldham Priory Shouldham, Norfolk, England.

Generation: 3

4.	Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare was born , Clare, Suffolk, England (son of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, 2nd Lord of Clare and Adeliza de Clermont); died 15 Apr 1136, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried , Tonbridge Priory, Tonbridge, Kent, England. Richard married Alice de Gernon. [Group Sheet]

Alice de Gernon (daughter of Ranulf le Meschin, 3d Earl of Chester and Lucy of Bolingbroke).

Children:

2. Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford was born 1116, Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England; died 1173, Oxfordshire, England; was buried , Eynsham Abbey, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England.

Generation: 4

Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, 2nd Lord of Clare was born 1066, Clare, Suffolk, England (son of Richard Fitz Gilbert, 1st Lord of Clare and Rohese de Giffard); died 1117; was buried , Tonbridge Priory, Tonbridge, Kent, England.

Gilbert married Adeliza de Clermont. Adeliza (daughter of Hugh de Breteuilde, 4th Count of Clermont and Marguerite de Ramerupt, Dame de Roucy) was born ca 1058, Northamptonshire, England; died ca 1125, England. [Group Sheet]

Adeliza de Clermont was born ca 1058, Northamptonshire, England (daughter of Hugh de Breteuilde, 4th Count of Clermont and Marguerite de Ramerupt, Dame de Roucy); died ca 1125, England.

Children:

4. Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare was born , Clare, Suffolk, England; died 15 Apr 1136, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried , Tonbridge Priory, Tonbridge, Kent, England.
Adeliza de Clare was born ca 1091, Essex, England; died 1163, Essex, England; was buried , St Osyths Priory, Essex, England.

10.

Ranulf le Meschin, 3d Earl of Chester was born 1070, Bessin, Normandy, France; died Jan 1129, Cheshire, England; was buried , Chester Abbey, Chester, Cheshire, England.

Ranulf married Lucy of Bolingbroke. Lucy was born , Lincolnshire; died ca 1138, Spalding, Lincolnshire; was buried , Spalding Priory, Spalding, Lincolnshire. [Group Sheet]

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Lucy of Bolingbroke was born , Lincolnshire; died ca 1138, Spalding, Lincolnshire; was buried , Spalding Priory, Spalding, Lincolnshire.
Children:

5. Alice de Gernon