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CLARE, Margaret De Baroness Badlesmere

Female 1287 - 1333  (46 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  CLARE, Margaret De Baroness Badlesmere was born on 1 Apr 1287 in Thomond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland (daughter of CLARE, Thomas De and FITZMAURICE, Julian); died on 22 Oct 1333 in Kent, England.

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    She was arrested and subsequently imprisoned in the Tower of London for t he duration of a year from November 1321 to November 1322, making her t he first female prisoner in the Tower's history. She was jailed on acco unt of having ordered an armed assault on Isabella of France, Queen con sort of King Edward II of England. Before Margaret had instructed her a rchers to fire upon Isabella and her escort, she had refused the Queen a dmittance to Leeds Castle where her husband, Baron Badlesmere held the p ost of governor, but which was legally the property of Queen Isabella a s part of the latter's dowry. Margaret surrendered the castle on 31 Oct ober 1321 after it was besieged by the King's forces using ballistas. E dward's capture of Leeds Castle was the catalyst which led to the Despe nser War in the Welsh Marches and the north of England. As a result of her marriage, Margaret de Clare was styled as Lady Badl esmere on 26 October 1309. In 1321 she refused the Queen admission to t he Royal Castle of Leeds, leading to the siege and capture of the Castl e. Between 11 November 1321 and 3 November 1322 at Tower of London, Th e City, London, England, she was imprisoned.

    Family/Spouse: BADLESMERE, Sir Bartholomew De 1st Lord Badlesmere. Bartholomew was born about 1275; died on 14 Apr 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. BADLESMERE, Margery De was born on 3 Dec 1304 in Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent, England; died on 18 Dec 1363 in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England.

    Margaret married UMFREVILLE, Sir Gilbert De before 1303. Gilbert was born about 1275 in Northumberland, England; died before 23 May 1303. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  CLARE, Thomas De was born about 1248 in Tonbridge, Kent, England (son of CLARE, Richard De and LACY, Maud De); died on 7 Feb 1288 in Thomond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland.

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    Thomas married FITZMAURICE, JulianEssex, Norfolk, England. Julian (daughter of FITZGERALD, Maurice Fitzmaurice and LONGESPEE, Emmeline De) was born about 1249 in Dublin, Ireland; died after 1309. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  FITZMAURICE, Julian was born about 1249 in Dublin, Ireland (daughter of FITZGERALD, Maurice Fitzmaurice and LONGESPEE, Emmeline De); died after 1309.

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    1. CLARE, Maud De was born about 1276 in Gloucestershire, England; died on 1 Feb 1327.
    2. CLARE, Richard De was born about 1278 in Essex, Norfolk, England; died on 7 Jun 1318 in Dysart, Kildare, Ireland.
    3. CLARE, Gilbert De was born about 1281; was christened on 3 Feb 1281 in Munster, Limerick, Ireland; died before 16 Nov 1307.
    4. 1. CLARE, Margaret De Baroness Badlesmere was born on 1 Apr 1287 in Thomond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland; died on 22 Oct 1333 in Kent, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  CLARE, Richard DeCLARE, Richard De was born on 4 Aug 1222 in Gloucestershire, England; died on 15 Jul 1262 in Ashenfield Man, Waltham, Kent, England; was buried on 28 Jul 1262 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

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    Richard married LACY, Maud De on 26 Jan 1238 in Lincolnshire, England. Maud was born about 1223 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died before 10 Mar 1288. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  LACY, Maud DeLACY, Maud De was born about 1223 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died before 10 Mar 1288.

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    Children:
    1. CLARE, Isabel De was born in May 1240 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in 1271.
    2. CLARE, Gilbert De 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester was born on 2 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died on 7 Dec 1295 in Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried on 22 Dec 1295 in Gloucestershire, England.
    3. CLARE, Bevis Bogo Benet De was born on 21 Jul 1248 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in Oct 1294.
    4. 2. CLARE, Thomas De was born about 1248 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died on 7 Feb 1288 in Thomond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland.
    5. CLARE, Margaret De was born in 1249 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died before 16 Sep 1312.
    6. CLARE, Robert Rirchard De was born about 1249 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died before Jul 1262.
    7. CLARE, Roese Rohesia De was born on 17 Oct 1252 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died after 1316.
    8. CLARE, Maud De was born about 1252 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; and died.
    9. CLARE, Eglentine De was born in 1257 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in 1257.

  3. 6.  FITZGERALD, Maurice Fitzmaurice was born about 1250 in Wexford, Wexford, Ireland; died in 1286 in Ross, Ireland.

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    Maurice married LONGESPEE, Emmeline De in 1276 in Ireland. Emmeline (daughter of LONGESPEE, Stephen and RIDELSFORD, Emmeline De) was born in 1250 in Ulster, Ireland; died in 1291. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  LONGESPEE, Emmeline DeLONGESPEE, Emmeline De was born in 1250 in Ulster, Ireland (daughter of LONGESPEE, Stephen and RIDELSFORD, Emmeline De); died in 1291.

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    Children:
    1. 3. FITZMAURICE, Julian was born about 1249 in Dublin, Ireland; died after 1309.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  LONGESPEE, StephenLONGESPEE, Stephen was born about 1216 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (son of PLANTAGENET, William Prince of England and FITZPATRICK, Ela Countess of Salisbury); died in 1260 in Sutton, Northamptonshire, England; was buried in Lacock, Wiltshire, England.

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    Stephen married RIDELSFORD, Emmeline De. Emmeline (daughter of RIDDLESFORD, Walter De and Annora) was born about 1223 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died in 1276. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 15.  RIDELSFORD, Emmeline De was born about 1223 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (daughter of RIDDLESFORD, Walter De and Annora); died in 1276.

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    Children:
    1. LONGESPEE, Ela Eleanor was born about 1246 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 19 Sep 1276.
    2. 7. LONGESPEE, Emmeline De was born in 1250 in Ulster, Ireland; died in 1291.