1287 - 1333 (46 years)
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Name |
CLARE, Margaret De |
Suffix |
Baroness Badlesmere |
Birth |
1 Apr 1287 |
Thomond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland |
Gender |
Female |
_COLOR |
3 |
Death |
22 Oct 1333 |
Kent, England |
Person ID |
I8307 |
Puffers |
Last Modified |
4 Jun 2013 |
Father |
CLARE, Thomas De, b. Abt 1248, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 7 Feb 1288, Thomond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland (Age 40 years) |
Mother |
FITZMAURICE, Julian, b. Abt 1249, Dublin, Ireland d. Aft 1309 (Age > 61 years) |
Marriage |
Essex, Norfolk, England |
Family ID |
F4636 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
BADLESMERE, Sir Bartholomew De 1st Lord Badlesmere, b. Abt 1275 d. 14 Apr 1322 (Age 47 years) |
Children |
| 1. BADLESMERE, Margery De, b. 3 Dec 1304, Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent, England d. 18 Dec 1363, Helmsley, Yorkshire, England (Age 59 years) |
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Family ID |
F357 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
17 Mar 2024 |
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Notes |
- 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.
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