Marriage: February 1275. She died before January 3, 1334 in Aldgate, London, England, United Kingdom. Margaret de Audley (1318-1347) 3. [2][3] She was jailed on account of having ordered an armed assault on Isabella of France, Queen consort of King Edward II of England. [12] Badlesmere, who by then had become disaffected with King Edward and had joined the swelling ranks of his opponents, was away at a meeting of the Contrariants[n 1] in Oxford at the time and had left Margaret in charge of the castle. She was High Sheriff of Rutland from 1313 to 1319.[2]. Death of Margaret de Clare, Countess of Gloucester a... Burial of Margaret de Clare, Countess of Gloucester, Joan Gaveston, born 12 January 1312, at York. Hedwiga (Hathui) of Babenberg is in the 17th generation of the family tree for Margaret de Clare (Ahnentafel #93525). She remained there until 1326, when Hugh escaped prison and she was released from Sempringham. King Edward granted her a stipend to pay for her maintenance. Margaret de Clare was the second daughter and third child of Gilbert the Red, earl of Gloucester (1243-1295) and Joan of Acre (1272-1307). Calendar of Close Rolls (Edward III, 1333–1337), p.145. Margaret was born at an unrecorded place in either Ireland or England on or about 1 April 1287, the youngest child of Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly, and was a granddaughter of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester. She was born on or about 1 April 1287 at Bunratty Castle in Ireland. Margaret de Clare was the widow of Piers de Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall (whom she married 1 Nov 1307, and Piers was beheaded 19 Jun 1312). It is feasible that Margaret's marriage to Badlesmere had been arranged by her brother-in-law, Baron Clifford; Badlesmere having been one of Clifford's retainers during the Scottish Wars. Margaret de Clare (12 May 1294 – 9 April 1342) was the second oldest daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford by his wife Joan Plantagenet, Princess of England (1272-1307). Her parents were Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, and Joan Plantagenet, second daughter of King Edward I of England. PM Cameron's 18-Great Grandmother. Upon her release from the Tower, Margaret entered a religious life at the convent house of the Minorite Sisters outside Aldgate. They had one child: King Edward arranged a lavish celebration after the birth of this little girl, complete with minstrels. Her father died on 29 August 1287, when she was almost five months of age. Margaret was henceforth styled Countess of Gloucester. [S2511] Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists: the Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies Before 1701 (2nd ed., 1999), Faris, David, (2nd edition. Margaret had an illegitimate half-brother, Richard. He had held the post of Governor of Bristol Castle since 1307, and during his life accumulated many remunerative grants and offices. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Salt Lake city, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978), FHL book 973 D2aa, volumes 1-5; FHL microfilm1,036., p. 36 line 28:5. Her dower rights as Countess of Cornwall were disputed, and so King Edward instead assigned her Oakham Castle and other lands. [S2420] #11886 The Golden Grove books of pedigrees (filmed 1970), (Manuscript, National Library of Wales manuscript number Castell Gorfod 7. Margaret de Badlesmere (née de Clare), Baroness Badlesmere (ca. [S673] #1079 A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time (1904-1993), Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred, (Publications of the South Wales Record Society, number 8. [3], From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_de_Clare, http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p368.htm#i11034, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86204203, http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I640&tree=Nixon, http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I784&tree=PagetHeraldicBaronag, http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I216942&tree=Welsh, http://www.mathematical.com/claremargaret1292.html. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1904-1993), FHL book 942.43 H2b., vol. 1 April 1287 – 22 October 1333/January 1334, disputed) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman, suo jure heiress, and the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere.[1]. Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward II, 1307–1313, page 83. Margaret retired to the convent house of the Minorite Sisters, outside Aldgate,[32] where the abbess Alice de Sherstede was personally acquainted with Queen Isabella, who took an interest in the convent's business affairs. However, subsequent to his capture of Leeds Castle and the harsh sentences he had meted out to the insubordinate Margaret de Clare and her garrison, King Edward defied the Contrariants by persuading the bishops to declare the Despensers' banishment illegal at a convocation of the clergy, and he summoned them home. She had two brothers, Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Thomond, and Richard de Clare, 1st Lord Clare, Lord of Thomond, who was killed at the Battle of Dysert O'Dea in 1318;[4] and an elder sister, Maud, whose first husband was Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford. A series of inquisitions post mortem held in response to writs issued on 10 April 1321 established that Margaret, the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere and Maud, wife of Sir Robert de Welle (sisters of Richard de Clare and both aged 30 years and above) were the next heirs of Richard's son Thomas. In summer 1336, their only daughter, Margaret Audley, was abducted by Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford. Margaret de Clare. On 28 April 1317 Margaret de Clare wed Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester at Windsor Castle. [11] Margaret de Clare. [10] Hugh was married to Margaret's first cousin, Eleanor de Clare, eldest daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre and also Eleanor was Edward II's niece. [38] The regency of Queen Isabella and Lord Mortimer ended in October 1330 when Edward III now nearly 18 had Mortimer hanged as a traitor and Queen Isabella exiled for the remaining 28 years of her life at Castle Rising in Norfolk. By this time Edward III had ascended the throne; however, the de facto rulers of England were Queen Isabella and her lover, Marcher Lord Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (father-in-law of Margaret's daughter Elizabeth), who jointly held the Office of Regent for the new king. Margaret de Clare (c.1 April 1287 1333) was a Norman Irish noblewoman and the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere. Via Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_de_Clare#/media/File:Elizabeth_de_Clare.jpg Public Domain, Tonbridge Priory, Tonbridge, Kent, England, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England (United Kingdom), Edward de Monthermer, 3rd Baron Monthermer, Margaret Countess of Cornwall & Gloucester De Clare, Margaret Countess of Gloucester & Cornwall De Clare, Margaret Countess of Gloucester Countess of Cornwall De Clare. Hugh was captured at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322, and was saved from a hanging thanks to the pleas of his wife. [S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/genealogy/public_html/royal/index.html. Children (7) Isabel de Clare. She decided to interrupt her journey by stopping at Leeds Castle which legally belonged to her as the fortress and its demesne were part of her dowry to be retained in widowhood. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. 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