Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 9CZ7-PW4
• Religion: Between 1141 and 1163; a Nun at St. Osyth's Priory

Notes:

Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors

Adeliza (Alice) de Clare1,2,3
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
F, #5094, b. circa 1092, d. circa 1163
Father Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Clare, Lord of Cardigan & Tonbridge b. b 1066, d. 1117
Mother Adeliza de Clermont b. c 1074, d. a 1138
Charts Some Descendants of Charlemagne
Adeliza (Alice) de Clare married Aubrey II de Vere, Sheriff of London & Middlesex, Lord Hedington, son of Aubrey de Vere and Beatrice de Gand.2,3 Adeliza (Alice) de Clare was born circa 1092 at of Essex, England. She died circa 1163.
Family
Aubrey II de Vere, Sheriff of London & Middlesex, Lord Hedington b. c 1062, d. 15 May 1141
Children
Felice de Vere+
Robert de Vere, Lord of Drayton & Aldington Manors+
Rohese de Vere+3 b. c 1109, d. a Oct 1166
Juliana de Vere+ b. c 1116
Sir Alberic III de Vere, 1st Earl Oxford, Earl of Essex+ b. 1120, d. 26 Dec 1194
Alice de Vere+2 b. c 1125, d. a 1185

Adeliza, daughter of Gilbert fitz Richard of Clare, survived her husband for twenty-two years. For most of that time she was a corrodian at St. Osyth's Priory, Chich, Essex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Vere_II

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Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice. She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard

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Aubrey de Vere was born in 1090.
He was the son of Aubrey de Vere and Beatrice (?).
He married Alice fitz Gilbert, daughter of Gilbert fitz Richard and Adeliza de Clermont.

http://thepeerage.com/p27438.htm#i274379

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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“WILLIAM DE PERCY, of Topcliffe, Leconfield, and Nafferton, Yorkshire, son and heir. He married (1st) before 1136 ALICE (or ALIZA, ADELIDA, ADELIDIS) DE TONBRIDGE, daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard (also styled de Clare and de Tonbridge), of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, etc., by Alice, daughter of Hugues, seigneur of Clermont, Breuil-le-Vert, Creil, Luzarches, and Mouchy-Saint-Elou [see CLARE 2 for her ancestry]. They had one son, Alan, and two daughters, Maud (wife of William, 3rd Earl of Warwick) and Agnes. By an unknown mistress (or mistresses), he also had three illegitimate sons, William, Walter, and Henry, and two illegitimate daughter, Alice (mistress of Henry du Puiset and later wife of Richard de Moreville) and Emma (wife of William Malebisse). He was present at the Court of King Stephen at Easter 1136. He fought for King Stephen at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. He founded Sallay (or Sawley) Abbey in 1148. His wife, Alice, was living in 1148. He witnessed charters of King Henry II to Nostell Priory before July 1157. He married (2nd) in 1164-66 SIBYL DE VALOINES, widow of Robert de Roos, of Helmsley, Yorkshire (died 1162 or 1163), and daughter of Thebaud de Valoines, of Perham. He was probably the founder of Stainfield Priory, Lincolnshire. He was a benefactor of Byland and Fountains Abbeys and Markby and Shde Priories. He gave the church of Topcliffe, Yorkshire to St. Peter's York for the work of repair and building. WILLIAM DE PERCY was living in the year ending at Michaelmas 1170, and almost certainly in that ending at Michaelmas 1175, when Helte de Boisdele owed 100s. in Lincolnshire for the light of 2 knights' fees which he claimed against him. At his death, he was buried at Fountains Abbey. His widow, Sibyl, married (3rd) about 1182 RALPH D'AUBENEY, of Aubourn and Binbrook, Lincolnshire. RALPH D'AUBENEY died before Michaelmas 1192. His widow, Sibyl, was living in 1212. At her death, she was buried at Nun Appleton Priory, Yorkshire.

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ADELISA de Clare ([1090/95]-1163). The Liber Vitæ of Thorney abbey lists "…Gilebt fili[us] Ricardi, Ricard fili[us] eius…Aaliz uxor Gilbti filii Ricardi, Comes Gilbt, Galteri…filii sui…Rohais, Auiza, Margareta, Aaliz nate sue…"[2565]. Leland quotes a Vere manuscript which names "Albericus de Ver pater meus…Adeliza filia Gilberti de Clare" and "Adeliza de Estsexa, filia Alberici Ver et Adelizæ" who married "Rogerus filius Richardi, nepos comitis Hugonis Bigot"[2566]. Her birth date range is estimated from the birth of her first known son in [1110]. She became a nun at the Priory of St Osyth. m AUBREY de Vere, son of AUBREY de Vere & his wife Beatrix --- ([before 1090]-London 15 May 1141, bur Colne Priory, Essex).
[Medieval Lands; see Sources.]

Family/Spouse: de St. Leger, Sir Geoffrey. Geoffrey was born in 1087 in Fairlight, Sussex, England; died in 1144 in Fairlight, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. de St. Leger, Sir Reginald I was born in 1115 in Wartling, Sussex, England; died in 1176 in Sussex, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Tonbridge, Kent, England; 2nd Lord
• Appointments / Titles: Clare, Suffolk, England; 2nd Lord
• Appointments / Titles: Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales; Lord of
• Nickname: The Marshal
• FSID: KHGK-FT4
• Occupation: Marshall to the Royal Household
• Occupation: Royal Serjeant and Marshall to Henry I

Notes:

Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066–c. 1117), was styled de Clare, de Tonbridge, and Lord of Clare. He was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107–1111.

Life
Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard.[1] He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery;[2] his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy.[3] That same year he, along with his brother Roger, fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of William Rufus. But his castle was stormed, Gilbert was wounded and taken prisoner.[4] However he and his brother were in attendance on king William Rufus at his death in August 1100.[4] He was with Henry I at his Christmas court at Westminster in 1101.[4]

It has been hinted, by modern historians, that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II.[5] Frank Barlow points out that no proof has been found he had any part in the king's death or that a conspiracy even existed.[5]

In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes including that of the abduction of Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor.[6] In turn Henry gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle to Gilbert Fitz Richard.[7] He founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.[7] Gilbert died in or before 1117.[7][8]

Family
About 1088,[9] Gilbert married Adeliza/Alice de Clermont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Ramerupt.[8] Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children:

Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1136.[10]
Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[10]
Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1154, m. Adeline de Rollos.[11]
Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice.[12] She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.
Hervey de Clare, Lord of Montmorency.[13]
Walter de Clare, d. 1149.[14]
Margaret de Clare, d. 1185, m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stansted Mountfitchet.[15]
Rohese de Clare, d. 1149, m. (ca. 1130), Baderon of Monmouth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard

Gilbert married de Clermont, Adeliza. Adeliza (daughter of de Clermont, Hugh and de Montdidier, Margaret Marguerite) was born in 1058 in Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France; died in 1117 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Clare
• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Clare
• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Hereford
• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Hereford
• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Pembroke
• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Pembroke
• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Vermandois
• House: Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
• Nickname: Alice
• FSID: LXS5-PVX
• Birth: 1058, Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France

Notes:

Adeliza de Clermont was born circa 1058 at Northamptonshire, England.
She is the daughter of Hugues, Comte de Clermont and Marguerite de Roucy.
She married, firstly, Gilbert fitz Richard, son of Richard fitz Gilbert and Rohese Giffard, circa 1083.
She married, secondly, Bouchard de Montmorency after 1117.

Children of Adeliza de Clermont and Gilbert fitz Richard
1. Alice fitz Gilbert d. 1163
2. Baldwin fitz Gilbert
3. Richard fitz Gilbert b. c 1084, d. 15 Apr 1136
4. Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke b. c 1100, d. 1148

http://www.thepeerage.com/p15843.htm#i158421

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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“GILBERT FITZ RICHARD (also styled DE CLARE and DE TONBRIDGE), of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, etc., born before 1066. He succeeded to the English possessions of his father. He married ALICE (or ADELICIA, ADELIZ, ADALICIA, ADELID, HADALAIDIS) DE CLERMONT, daughter of Hugues, seigneur of Clermont, Breuil-le-Vert, Creil, Luzarches, and Mouchy-Saint-Elou, by Marguerite, daughter of Hildouin de Rameru, Count of Montdidier and Roucy [see CLERMONT 1 for her ancestry]. They had four sons, Richard, Gilbert, Walter, and Baldwin, and four daughters, Rohese (or Rose), Avice, Margaret, and Alice. In 1088 he joined the revolt of Eudes, Bishop of Bayeux, and others against King William Rufus in favor of Robert Curthose. He was besieged at Tonbridge, Kent by the king, but wounded and forced to surrender. He was evidently pardoned, as he afterwards witnessed a number of royal charters. He founded the Priory of Clare in 1090. He served in the king's army in 1091. He was involved in a conspiracy with Robert de Mowbray and others to dethrone King William Rufus in 1095 but, joining the king's army, he informed on his fellow conspirators as the army moved to suppress Mowbray. He was once again pardoned, but does not reappear in the king's company. He was granted the lordship of Cardigan, 1107-11, by King Henry I. He raised an army and subdued the region, building castles at Castles of Aberystwyth and Llanbadarn. He was a patron of Bec, granting the collegiate church at Clare to be colonized by Benedictines from the Norman house, confirmed his mother's endowment of St. Neots. He also made grants to Lewes Priory from his Surrey lands and granted the church of Llanbadarn to Gloucester Abbey. At an unknown date, wife, Alice, founded an anniversary at the Priory of Saint-Leu d'Esserent for herself and for her parents, Hugues de Clermont and his wife, Marguerite. GILBERT FITZ RICHARD last appears * Westminster 16 September 1115. The Welsh annals note his death in 1117. His widow, Alice, married (2nd) before 1123 BOUCHARD DE MONTMORENCY. They had one son, Hervé de Montmorency [Constable of Ireland]. In the period, 1136-38, she confirmed in alms to Thorney Abbey, Cambridgshire the gift of a half a yardland and ten acres in Lowick and four yardlands in Rounds made by a certain Tovi.

Children of Gilbert Fitz Richard, by Alice de Clermont:
i. RICHARD FITZ GILBERT [see next].
ii. GILBERT FITZ GILBERT, 1st Earl of Pembroke, married ISABEL OF MEULAN [see PEMBROKE 3].
iii. BALDWIN FITZ GILBERT, of Bourne, Lincolnshire, married ALINE (or ADELINE) DE ROLLOS [see WAKE 3].
iv. ROHESE (or ROSE) FITZ GILBERT. She consented to a gift of her mother, Alice, to Thorney Abbey dated c.1136-38. She married BADERON DE MONMOUTH, of Monmouth, Monmouthshire. They had two sons, Gilbert and James, and one probable daughter, Rohese (or Rose) (wife of Hugh de Lacy). He and his wife, Rohese, witnessed a charter of Roger, Earl of Hereford to St. Mary, Monmouth dated 1148-55. In the period, c.1150-60, he granted the monks of Monmouth three forges in his borough of Monmouth on the bank of the Wye in exchange for Hadnock, Monmouthshire. He and his wife, Rohese, granted property to St. Florent Abbey. His wife, Rohese, evidently died before 1166, when Baderon gave a knight's fee to the Hospitallers of Quenington for the soul of his wife, Rohese. BADERON DE MONMOUTH was living in 1169-70.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Tonbridge, Kent, England; 1st Earl of Tonbridge
• Appointments / Titles: France; Lord of Bienfaite
• FSID: M9L6-6YN
• Occupation: Joint Chief Justiciar of England
• Military: 1066; Norman conquest of England
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1066 and 1091, Clare, Suffolk, England; 1st Lord
• Appointments / Titles: 1075; Regent of England

Notes:

Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035–c. 1090) was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and was styled "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and of "Tonbridge"[n 1][1] from his holdings.[2][3]

Biography
He was the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne in Normandy[2] (fitz was a variant spelling of filz > French fils, that means "son"). Gilbert was a guardian of the young duke William and when Gilbert was killed by Ralph de Wacy in 1040, his two older sons Richard and Gilbert fled to Flanders.[4] On his later return to Normandy Richard was rewarded with the lordship of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy.[4] In 1066, Richard came into England with his kinsman William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions.[2]

The Dictionary of National Biography and other sources are vague and sometimes contradictory about when the name de Clare came into common usage, but what we do know is that Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge), the earliest identifiable progenitor of the family, is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Book.[5]

Rewards
He was rewarded with 176 lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge. Richard fitz Gilbert received the lordship of Clare, in Suffolk, where parts of the wall of Clare Castle still stand.[6] He was thus Lord of Clare. Some contemporaneous and later sources called him Earl of Clare, though many modern sources view the title as a "styled title".

He served as Joint Chief Justiciar in William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075.

Rebel baron
On the Conqueror's death, Richard and other great Norman barons, including Odo of Bayeux, Robert, Count of Mortain, and Geoffrey of Coutances, led a rebellion against the rule of William Rufus in order to place Robert Curthose on the throne. However, most Normans in England remained loyal. William Rufus and his army successfully attacked the rebel strongholds at Tonbridge, Pevensey and Rochester.[7]

Death and succession
He was buried in St. Neot's Priory in 1091. His widow was still living in 1113. His lands were inherited by his son, Gilbert fitz Richard.

Marriage
Richard married Rohese Giffard, daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Agnes Flaitel,[3] and they had at least the following children:

Roger fitz Richard de Clare, received Norman lands and d. 1131.[3] Wife unknown, daughter Joanna married Gilbert de Neville.[8]
Gilbert fitz Richard, d. 1115, succeeded his father as Earl of Clare.[3]
Walter de Clare, Lord of Nether Gwent, d. 1138.[3]
Richard fitz Richard de Clare, Abbot of Ely.[3]
Robert fitz Richard,[3] Lord of Little Dunmow, Baron of Baynard, d. 1136.[9]
Godfrey
Alice (or Adeliza) de Clare, d. 1138. m. Walter Tirel.[3][10]
Rohese de Clare, d. 1121, m. (ca. 1088), Eudo Dapifer.[3]
Isabel de Clare, d. 1088, m. Humphrey d'Isle.[3]
Avice de Clare, m. Robert de Stafford / Tosny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_fitz_Gilbert

Richard married Giffard, Rohese. Rohese (daughter of Giffard, Walter and Flaitel, Agnès Ermengarde) was born on 13 Apr 1034 in Longueville, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 7 Jan 1113 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England; was buried on 14 Jan 1113 in Colchester, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Giffard
• FSID: 2MYM-NS1
• Possessions: Clare, Suffolk, England; Clare Castle

Notes:

Rohese Giffard (sometimes Rose, or Rohais; died after 1113) was a Norman noblewoman in the late 11th and early 12th century.
Early life
Giffard was the daughter of Walter Giffard. Her maternal grandfather was Gerard Fleitel. Walter Giffard was the lord of Longueville-sur-Scie in upper Normandy.

Marriage
Giffard was the wife of Richard fitzGilbert, the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne. Domesday Book records him as the eighth richest landowner in England, with lands centered on two locations – lands in Kent and Surrey grouped around Tonbridge and lands in Essex and Suffolk grouped around Clare.
Their children were
1. Roger,
2. Gilbert,
3. Walter,
4. Robert,
5. Richard,
6. Godfrey,
7. Rohese (or Rohais), and
8. Adelisa.

Roger received the Norman lands after Richard fitzGilbert's death, Gilbert received his father's English lands, Walter was given a Welsh lordship by King Henry I of England, and Robert was given lands around London by King Henry I. Richard became a monk at Bec Abbey and was later abbot of Ely Abbey. The last son, Godfrey, is known only from his burial at Clare. Rohais married Eudo Dapifer and Adelisa married Walter Tirel.
A daughter of Richard, who is unnamed, is said to have married Ralph de Fougères, but it is not known whether this refers to another marriage for either Rohais or Adelisa or if this is a third daughter. Some of the children were born before 1066, as a gift to Jumièges Abbey in 1066 mentions the souls of their children.

Landowner
Giffard occurs in Domesday Book as a landowner in her own right. Richard died between 1085 and 1087, as his son Gilbert witnesses a charter of King William II of England in that year. Rohese survived him and was still alive in 1113, when she gave a gift to St Neot's Priory which had been founded as a dependent priory of Bec on Rohese's own manor of Eynesbury. Rohese's descendants eventually were the heirs to the lands held by her father, receiving half the honour of Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire in the reign of King Richard I of England (r. 1189–1199).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohese_Giffard

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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“RICHARD FITZ GILBERT, of Bienfaite and Orbec, Normandy, lord of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, Standon, Hertfordshire, Blechingley, Surrey, etc., son of Gilbert Fitz Godfrey, Count of Brionne, born about 1030-35.
He married ROHESE (or ROHAIS, ROHAID, ROAXIDIS) GIFFARD, daughter of Walter Giffard, of Longueville-sur-Scie (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, etc., by Agnes, daughter of Gerard Flaitel (or Fleitel).
They had six sons,
1. Roger,
2. Gilbert,
3. Walter,
4. Richard [Abbot of Ely],
5. Robert, and
6. Godfrey,
and four daughters,
7. Rohese,
8. Alice (wife of Walter Tirel), and
9. Avice.
He was among those consulted about the proposed invasion of England in the assembly at Bonneville-sur-Touques in 1066, but there is no direct evidence of his personal participation at Hastings or in the campaign. Nevertheless, he was a significant figure soon afterwards and occurs as a witness of royal charters throughout the reign of King William the Conqueror. He was rewarded with no fewer than 176 lordships, which consisted of two concentrations of lands, one in Kent and Surrey, and the other in Suffolk and Essex. His holdings at Tonbridge, Kent and Clare, Suffolk were both given motte and bailey castles. During the king's absence, he served as Joint Chief Justiciar. He played a leading role in suppressing the rebellion of Roger de Breteuil, Earl of Hereford and Ralph de Gael in 1075 or 1076. In 1078 or 1079 he and his wife, Rohese, sent to Bec Abbey for a colony of monks to replenish the vacant convent at Neotsbury, Huntingdonshire. Sometime before 1086 he granted the monks of Bec his manors of Tooting and Streatham, and land in Horsham (in Walton-on-Thames), all in Surrey. Sometime before 1090 he confirmed to the monks of Bec two thirds of his demesne tithes and one villain in Standon, Hertfordshire; and two thirds of his demesne tithes in Blechingley, Chivington, Woodmansteme, Tolworth, Chipstead, Betchworth, and Walton Leigh, Surrey and houses in Southwark, Surrey and Tonbridge, Kent.
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RICHARD FITZ GILBERT died about 1090, and was buried at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. His widow, Rohese, was still living in 1113, when she granted the whole of her manor of Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire to St. Neot's Priory, Huntingdonshire.

Children of Richard Fitz Gilbert, by Rohese Giffard:
i. GILBERT FITZ RICHARD [see next].
ii. ROBERT FITZ RICHARD, of Little Dunmow, Essex, married MAUD DE SENLIS [see FITZ WALTER 4]
iii. ROHESE (or ROSE) FITZ RICHARD, married EUDES THE STEWARD (or EUDES FITZ HUB) of Colchester, Essex [see SAY 2].
iv. AVICE FITZ RICHARD, married RAOUL [I] DE FOUGÈRES, seigneur of Fougères [see FOUGÈRES 2].”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France; Count
• Appointments / Titles: Luzarches, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France; Lord
• Appointments / Titles: Creil, Oise, Picardie, France; Lord
• FSID: GD4S-KVF

Notes:

Hugh I, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (1030–1101), son of Renaud I of Clermont (1010–1088), son-in-law of Baldwin II of Clermont, the second known Count of Clermont.[1] Hugh was an early founder of the House of Clermont.

Hugh married Marguerite de Ramerupt, daughter of Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier, and his wife Alice de Roucy. Hugh and Marguerite had eight children:

Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Gui, who died imprisoned in Rouen in 1119
Hugues (d. after 1099)
Ermentrude, married to Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester; many of their offspring and other relatives died in the White Ship disaster of 1120.
Adelise (Alix), married to Gilbert Fitz Richard, Lord of Clare, whose issue were prominent nobles in England
Marguerite, married to Gilbert de Gerberoy
Richilde, married to Dreux II, Sire de Mello
Emme (Béatrice), Dame de Luzarches, married to Mathieu I, Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise.
Upon his death, Hugh was succeeded as Count of Clernont-en-Beauvaisis by his son Renaud.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_I,_Count_of_Clermont-en-Beauvaisis

Hugh married de Montdidier, Margaret Marguerite in 1065 in Picardie, France. Margaret (daughter of de Montdidier, Count Hilduin IV and de Roucy, Countess Isabelle Adélaïde) was born in 1045 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France; died in 1110 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GHXK-MHQ
• Birth: 1045, Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Baron of Normandy
• Appointments / Titles: Longueville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Lord
• FSID: 9ZCG-TZ1
• Life Event: 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England; Companion of William the Conqueror

Notes:

From LifeSketch

Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville, Normandy (a.k.a. 'Giffard of Barbastre'), was a Norman baron, a Tenant-in-chief in England, a Christian knight who fought against the Saracens in Spain during the Reconquista and was one of the 15 or so known Companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Life
Walter[a] was the son of Osborne de Bolbec, Lord of Longueville and Avelina,[b] sister of Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy. As such he was a cousin of William the Conqueror.

From the mid 1040s Walter's name appears among the loyal supporters of William the Conqueror. Walter was at the Battle of Mortemer and was among the Norman barons who surprised and defeated Counts Odo and Renaud leading the French contingent attacking Normandy from the east. In particular, he and another great vassal Robert of Eu encountered Odo's army encamped in the village of Mortemer with no sentries and the soldiers were drunk. The Normans attacked the French while they slept, most being either killed or taken prisoner. While Odo himself escaped, when King Henry I learned of the fate of his brother Odo's army he promptly withdrew his remaining forces and left Normandy. In 1054 Walter was in charge of maintaining the siege of Arques castle, against William of Talou, who had rebelled against the Conqueror.
Like many other Norman and French knights during the eleventh and early twelfth centuries, Walter served as a Christian knight in Spain (c. 1064-65) against the Saracens. His epithet le Barbastre[c] was earned when he took part in the Siege of Barbastro, an undertaking sanctioned by Pope Alexander II against the Moors in 1064, one of the more famous exploits of that time. By the time of the Conquest, Walter had returned to Normandy bearing a gift of the King of Spain for Duke William, a magnificent war-horse. The same Spanish war-horse duke William called for on the morning of the Battle of Hastings. The Spanish king in question was in all probability Sancho Ramírez of Aragon (1063–94) who was known for making friends and recruiting knights and soldiers from Northern France. Walter was also one of the first, if not the first in England to go on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, which he did after the siege of Barbastro and before returning to Normandy.

In early January of 1066, after Duke William received news of the crowning of Harold Godwinson as king of England, he called together a meeting that included six of his key magnates, Walter Giffard being one of them. After telling them of his plan to invade England and take the crown they all advised him they supported him fully but suggested he call a meeting of all his vassals, which William did. In the preparation stage for the Battle of Hastings, Walter was one of the Norman magnates who provided ships for William's invasion fleet. In his case, he provided thirty. Walter was one of two who, having been offered the privilege of carrying William's standard in the battle, respectfully refused. Although by this time an older warrior with white hair, he wanted both hands free to fight. As a reward for his participation, Walter was granted the feudal barony of Long Crendon, comprising 107 manors, 48 of which were in Buckinghamshire, of which the caput was at Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire. The date of his death is not recorded, but his son Walter succeeded him before 1085.
Family
Walter was married to Ermengarde, daughter of Gerard Flaitel. Walter and Ermengarde were the parents of:
Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham.
William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester.
Rohese Giffard (d. aft. 1113), married Richard fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare.
Lora Giffard, married Sir Robert de Hampden.
Notes
This Walter has been confused with his son, Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham. Orderic confused reports of father and son while Freeman, not realizing that the elder Walter had died in the lifetime of the Conqueror, assumed William Rufus had created the first Walter as earl of Buckingham when in fact it was his son Walter who became the first earl. See: Records of Buckinghamshire, Vol 8, Ed. John Parker (Aylesbury: G.T. de Fraine, "Bucks Herald" Office, 1903), pp. 289-293.
Robert of Torigni calls her Weva, The Complete Peerage, Vol II, 386 note (a) states she was Avelina, and both were names of sisters of Gunnora, but it remains uncertain which was which. Also Europäische Stammtäfeln II, 695 calls her Weva.

As examples of some of the pitfalls found in translations of earlier works, Walter Giffard’s epithet de Barbastre appears in a verse by Geoffrey Gaimar. The first of his English translators guessed that De Barbastre referred to Walter being a barber. Geoffrey's second translator thought de Barbastre was a reference somehow to Walter's cousin, William the Conqueror, being a bastard. In fact, 'Walter de Barbastre' was an honorific gained at the successful siege of Barbastro in Aragon, near Saragossa. See: Archer, 'Giffard of Barbastre', EHR, 18, 70 (1903), pp. 304-05; Lomax, 'The First English Pilgrims ot Santiago de Compostela', Studies in Medieval History: Presented to R.H.C.Davis Ed. Henry Mayr-Harting, Hambldeon (1985), 165-176.

Walter married Flaitel, Agnès Ermengarde. Agnès (daughter of Fleitel, Gerard d'Ecouche) was born on 5 Sep 1014 in Longueville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1108 in Longueville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; was buried in 1108 in St Marys and St Chad Churchyard, Brewood, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: MBPN-D6J

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Per Wikipedia.org: see WALTER GIFFARD II, 1ST EARL OF BUCKINGHAM--Walter was married to Agnes de Ribemont, sister of Anselm de Ribemont.
Walter Giffard I, Count of Longueville was married to Ermengarde, daughter of Gerard Flaitel.

Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham.
William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester.
Rohese Giffard (d. aft. 1113), married Richard fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare.
Lora Giffard, married Sir Robert de Hampden.

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• Appointments / Titles: Count of d'Arcis-sur-Aube
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Montdidier
• Appointments / Titles: Lord of Ramerupt
• Appointments / Titles: Lord of Ramerupt
• House: House of Montdidier
• FSID: KC9S-MPC
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1033 and 1063; Count of Roucy

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From Life Sketch

Born about 1010 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France
Son of Hildouin (Montdidier) de Montdidier and Lesceline (Unknown) de Montdidier
Husband of Alice (Roucy) Montdidier — married about 1031 [location unknown]
Father of Andrew (Montdidier) de Montdidier-Roucy, Ebles II (Roucy) de Roucy, Marguerite (Roucy) de Clermont, Adele (Roucy) Chiny, Béatrix (Montdidier) du Perche, Felicia (Montdidier) Aragón andAndré (Vaudemont) Baudemont
Died 1063 in Ramerupt, Aube, Champagne-Ardennnes, France
Per Geni.com

Hilduin married de Roucy, Countess Isabelle AdélaïdeRamerupt, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Isabelle (daughter of de Rheims, Archbishop Ebles I and de Hainault, Beatrice) was born on 2 Jun 1014 in Roucy, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 19 Jun 1062 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France; was buried in Roucy, Aisne, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Roucy
• Nickname: Alice
• Nickname: Alice
• FSID: L7JF-2YC

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Adela had 9 children not the 20 plus here.