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CLARE, Margaret De Baroness Badlesmere

Female 1287 - 1333  (46 years)


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  • Name CLARE, Margaret De 
    Suffix Baroness Badlesmere 
    Birth 1 Apr 1287  Thomond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
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    Death 22 Oct 1333  Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8307  Puffers
    Last Modified 4 Jun 2013 

    Father CLARE, Thomas De,   b. Abt 1248, Tonbridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1288, Thomond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Mother FITZMAURICE, Julian,   b. Abt 1249, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1309 (Age > 61 years) 
    Marriage Essex, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1363, Helmsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 UMFREVILLE, Sir Gilbert De,   b. Abt 1275, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 23 May 1303 (Age < 28 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1303 
    Family ID F2483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • 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.