Lady Maude de Clare

Female 1276 - 1327  (51 years)


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  • Name Maude de Clare 
    Title Lady 
    Birth 1276  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Alt Birth ~1279  Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 1327  Badlesmere, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Person ID I46167  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2019 

    Father Sir Thomas de Clare, Knight, Lord of Thomond,   b. ~ 1245, Tonbridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1287, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Mother Juliana Fitzgerald, Lady of Thomond,   b. 12 Apr 1266, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1300 (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 0Feb 1275  (Ireland) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5
    Family ID F16585  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sir Robert de Clifford, Knight, 1st Baron de Clifford,   b. 1 Apr 1274, Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1314, Bannockburn, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 1295  Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence (Family) Appleby Castle, Cumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Idonia Clifford,   b. ~1303, Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1365, (Yorkshire, England) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years)
     2. Sir Robert de Clifford, Knight, 3rd Baron de Clifford,   b. 5 Nov 1305, (Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1344 (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F16885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsAlt Birth - ~1279 - Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1295 - Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1327 - Badlesmere, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - - Appleby Castle, Cumbria, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Maud "Lady Clifford" de Welle formerly Clare aka de Clare, de Clifford, de Welles
      Born about 1279 in Gloucestershire, England
      ANCESTORS ancestors
      Daughter of Thomas (Clare) de Clare and Juliana (FitzMaurice) Avenel
      Sister of Gilbert (Clare) de Clare, Richard (Clare) de Clare and Margaret (Clare) de Badlesmere
      Wife of Robert (Clifford) de Clifford — married 13 Nov 1295 [location unknown]
      Wife of Robert (Welle) de Welle — married before 16 Dec 1315 [location unknown]
      DESCENDANTS descendants
      Mother of Idoine (Clifford) de Percy, Roger (Clifford) de Clifford, Robert (Clifford) de Clifford and Margaret (Clifford) de Mauley
      Died before 24 May 1327 in Badlesmere, Kent, Englandmap

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      Contents
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      1 Biography
      1.1 Marriage
      1.2 Death of Robert de Clifford
      1.3 Abduction
      1.4 Marriage to Sir Robert de Welles
      1.5 Death
      2 Issue
      2.1 Documented
      2.2 Unproven Issue
      3 Sources
      Biography

      Maud (Clare) de Welle was a member of aristocracy in England.
      Maud de Clare was the daughter of Sir Thomas de Clare of Thomond and his wife Julian FitzMaurice.[1][2][3]

      Sir Thomas de Clare was a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons
      Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy.

      Marriage
      On 13 November 1295, she married Sir Robert de Clifford,[4] 1st Lord Clifford, hereditary Sheriff of Westmorland, Governor of Carlisle & Nottingham Castles, Guardian of Norham Castle. He was the son of Roger de Clifford, Justice of the Forest south of Trent and Isabel de Vipont.

      Death of Robert de Clifford
      Maud's husband Robert was slain at the Battle of Bannockburn, 24 June 1314.

      Abduction
      In November 1315, while still a widow, Maud was abducted by John le Irish, Keeper of Barnard Castle.

      Marriage to Sir Robert de Welles
      Very soon afterwards, before 16 December 1315, she married (without license) Sir Robert de Welles, Constable of Pendragon Castle. They had no issue.[5][6][7]

      Death
      Maud de Clare died shortly before 24 May 1327.[7]

      Issue
      Documented
      Maude de Clare and her husband Robert de Clifford had 2 sons (Roger[8] and Robert[9], successively 2nd and 3rd Barons Clifford) and 2 daughters (Idoine[10][11], and Margaret[12], [5][6][7][13][14]

      Roger, IV
      Robert
      Idione, wife of Sir Henry de Percy, 2nd Lord Percy;
      Margaret, wife of Sir Peter de Mauley, 3rd Lord Mauley
      Unproven Issue
      Catherine
      John
      Andrew
      Sources
      ? Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 86-87
      ? Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 216-217
      ? profile for Clare-788 had father as Thomas de Clare Clare-790, son of Sir Richard Clare-99 and Maud de Lucie
      ? Dictionary of National Biography, page 72
      ? 5.0 5.1 Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 90
      ? 6.0 6.1 Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 220
      ? 7.0 7.1 7.2 Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 242
      ? Complete Peerage, Vol. III, p. 291
      ? Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 214
      ? Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 575
      ? Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 335
      ? Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 135
      ? Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 67
      ? Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 348-349
      Ancestral Roots 8th ed. 2004 F.L. Weis Line 64-32 pp. 72-73
      Richardson, Douglas: Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. II p. 242-243
      Richardson, Douglas: Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition (2011), 4 vols, Vol 1, p. 502, CLIFFORD 6.
      Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry, 1st Edition (2005)
      Gibbs, Vicary: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland. Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, 2nd Edition (1910).
      See also:
      The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 354.
      Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 759.
      Maud de Clare, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed June 5, 2015), citing
      Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, Plantagenet Ancestry, and Royal Ancestry
      Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. III, p. 291; The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 354; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 759.
      The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. III, p. 291
      Mary Hillard Hinton, Genealogist, Raleigh, NC
      •Extinct and Dormant Peerages, 1831 •Magna Carta Barons and their Descendants, pgs. 159, 241, 269, 270, 292 •Virginia Heraldica, pgs. 66, 69, 87, 88 •Ancestral Papers #119, of the National Society of Runnymeade •Wurt's Magna Carta •The Carter Family
      Wikipedia: Maud de Clare

      end of biography [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S9138] "Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Clare,_Lord_of_Thomond, downloaded March 6,.

    2. [S9753] "Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Clifford,_1st_Baron_de_Cl.

    3. [S10003] "Juliana FitzGerald, Lady of Thomond" biography, accessed & downloaded Sunday, November 20th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee.

    4. [S14552] "Maud (Clare) de Welle (abt. 1279 - bef. 1327)", Ancestors, Descendants & Biography, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clare.

    5. [S10596] "Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly" biography, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Tuesday, March 7th, 2.