Ancestry of
Howard Dean

79th Governor of Vermont

Richard de Clare

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• • 26th Great-grandfather of Howard Dean — 29th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 414232910 
  • Father:
  • Gilbert Fitzgilbert de Clare 
  • Mother:
  • Isabel de Beaumont   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1130 
  • Birth Location:
  • Tonbridge, Kent, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Apr 1176 
  • Death Location:
  • Dublin, Ireland 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Aoife MacMurrough
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Aug 1170 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford, Ireland 
  • Child:

  Isabel de Clare (Ahnentafel No:207116455 )

  • Notes: 

  • “Strongbow”

    2nd Earl of Pembroke (or Strigoil), Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland

    Richard de Clare's surname is also seen as FitzGilbert.

• Sources for Richard de Clare

  • ¹ 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.
  • ² Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. II, p. 561.
  • 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), 526, 528.
  • ⁴ 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), 179.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke", _2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke, (accessed 02/20/2010).

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