Ancestry of
Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

Richard Fitzgilbert de Clare

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• • 26th Great-grandfather of Angela Y. Davis — 29th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 330392468 
  • Father:
  • Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare 
  • Mother:
  • Adeliza de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis   
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Apr 1136 
  • Death Location:
  • near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Adeliza de Meschines
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1116 
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  • Child:

  Roger de Clare (Ahnentafel No:165196234 )

  • Notes: 

  • Lord of Clare, Tonbridge and Cardigan

    Richard FitzGilbert de Clare was killed by Welsh near Abergavenny.

• Sources for Richard Fitzgilbert de Clare

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 1981, Vol. 57, p. 32.
  • ² Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, Vol. I, London: J. Billing, Printer and Stereotyper (1851), pedigree XIII for Rev. Pierce William Drew.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 548, 551.
  • ⁴ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 129, 225.
  • ⁵ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 185.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare", (accessed 02/23/2010).

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