_William I "Longsword" D of Normandy_ _Richard I "The Fearless" D of Normandy___|_Sprota of Brittany__________________ _Geoffrey C of Eu__| | | _____________________________________ | |_UNKNOWN cocubine(s)______________________|_____________________________________ _Gilbert C of Brionne___________| | | _____________________________________ | | __________________________________________|_____________________________________ | |___________________| | | _____________________________________ | |__________________________________________|_____________________________________ _Richard de CLARE _| | | _____________________________________ | | __________________________________________|_____________________________________ | | ___________________| | | | | _____________________________________ | | | |__________________________________________|_____________________________________ | |_Gunnora D'AUNOU _______________| | | _____________________________________ | | __________________________________________|_____________________________________ | |___________________| | | _____________________________________ | |__________________________________________|_____________________________________ | |--Gilbert de CLARE | | _____________________________________ | _Osbern de BOLBEC Seigneur de Longueville_|_____________________________________ | _Walter de BOLBEC _| | | | _UNKNOWN Sire de Crepon______________ | | |_Wevia de Crepon__________________________|_____________________________________ | _Walter GIFFARD E of Buckingham_| | | | _____________________________________ | | | __________________________________________|_____________________________________ | | |___________________| | | | _____________________________________ | | |__________________________________________|_____________________________________ |_Rohese GIFFARD ___| | _____________________________________ | __________________________________________|_____________________________________ | _Gerald FLATEL ____| | | | _____________________________________ | | |__________________________________________|_____________________________________ |_Agnes FLATEL __________________| | _____________________________________ | __________________________________________|_____________________________________ |___________________| | _____________________________________ |__________________________________________|_____________________________________
(246B:24), (246D:24).
He was heir to the English possessions of his father. By King HENRY I,
1107-77, he was also granted the Lordship of Cardigan. He is the
common ancestor of the two powerful Clare families - the Earls of
Hertford and Gloucester and the Earls of Pembroke.