Margaret de Clare

Not to be confused with Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere.

Margaret de Clare
Countess of Gloucester
Countess of Cornwall
Born(1293-10-12)12 October 1293[1]
Tonbridge Castle, Kent, Kingdom of England
Died9 April 1342(1342-04-09) (aged 48)[1]
Chebsey, Staffordshire, Kingdom of England
BuriedTonbridge Priory, Kent
Noble familyde Clare
Spouse(s)Piers Gaveston[1][2]
Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester[1][2]
IssueJoan Gaveston[1]
Margaret de Audley[1]
FatherGilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford[1][2]
MotherJoan of Acre[1][2]

Margaret de Clare, Countess of Gloucester, Countess of Cornwall (12 October 1293 – 9 April 1342) was an English noblewoman, heiress, and the second eldest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and his wife Joan of Acre, making her a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.[1][2] Her two husbands were Piers Gaveston and Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester.[3]

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  2. ^ a b c d e Weis, F. L., Sheppard, W. L., & Beall, W. R. (1999). The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years. Genealogical Publishing Com.
  3. ^ Richardson, D., & Everingham, K. G. (2004). Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Genealogical Publishing Company.