Maud de Clare | |
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| Baroness de Clifford[1] Baroness de Welles | |
 Arms of the de Welles Family | |
| Born | 1276[2] Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Hundred, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 4 May 1327 Badlesmere, Faversham Hundred, Lathe of Scray, Kent, England |
| Family | de Clare |
| Spouse | Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford[1] Robert de Welles, 2nd Baron Welles[2] |
| Issue | Roger de Clifford, 2nd Baron de Clifford[1][2] Robert de Clifford, 3rd Baron de Clifford[1][2] Idonia de Clifford, Baroness de Percy[1][2] |
| Father | Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond[1][2][3] |
| Mother | Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly[1][2][3] |
Maud de Clare, Baroness de Welles was the eldest daughter of Thomas de Clare, Lord of Inchiquin and Youghal, Lord of Thomond, Lord of Bunratty Castle (1245–1287) and Juliana FitzGerald (1236–1290).[1][4] She married twice. Her first marriage was to Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, 1st Lord of Skipton (1274–1314) on 3 November 1295 by which she had four children.[1][3][4] Her second marriage was to Sir Robert de Welles, 2nd Baron Welles, Constable of Pendragon Castle (1297–1326) on 16 Nov 1315. They had no children.[4] She was born in 1276 in Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury Hundred, Gloucestershire, England and moved to Badlesmere to be near her sister, Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere. She died in Badlesmere in 1327 twice a widow.[4]
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