Ancestry of
Henry Clay Folger

Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil

Gilbert de Clare

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• • 18th Great-grandfather of Henry Clay Folger — 21st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1212014 
  • Father:
  • Richard de Clare 
  • Mother:
  • Maud de Lacy   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 Sep 1243 
  • Birth Location:
  • Christchurch, Hampshire, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Dec 1295 
  • Death Location:
  • Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Joan of Acre
  • Marriage Date:
  • 30 Apr 1290 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Westminster Abbey, London, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Eleanor de Clare

  Margaret de Clare (Ahnentafel No:606007 )

  Elizabeth de Clare

  • Notes: 

  • 3rd Earl of Gloucester and 7th Earl of Hertford

    Sir Gilbert de Clare's marriage to Alice de Lusignan was annulled in 1285.

• Additional marriages for Gilbert de Clare

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  • Spouse:
  • Alice de Lusignan
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1253

• Sources for Gilbert de Clare

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1994, Vol. 148, Pages 255-258.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1932, Vol. 9, p. 213.
  • ³ Browning, Charles H., Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to . . ., 7th Ed., Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2000), 246.
  • ⁴ Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, Vol. II, London: J. Billing, Printer and Stereotyper (1851), Pedigree xv: Frevile Lambton Burne, Esq..
  • ⁵ Foster, Joseph, comp., The Royal Lineage of our Noble and Gentle Families. Together with their Paternal Ancestry, Aylesbury: Privately Printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney, Limited (1884), 84.
  • ⁶ Luther, George A., editor and compiler, The Luther Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Captain John Luther, Who Arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630-1635, Penobscot Press (2001), 81.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 270, 276, 289, 291, 296, 312, 316, 330, 340, 351.
  • ⁸ 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), 71.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester", _7th_Earl_of_Gloucester, (accessed 06/21/2013).