Richard de Clare | |
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 Arms of the de Clare family, adopted at the start of the age of heraldry c.1200-1215 | |
| 3rd Earl of Hertford | |
| Tenure | 1173–1217 |
| Predecessor | Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford |
| Successor | Gilbert de Clare |
| Other titles | 6th Lord of Tonbridge 5th Lord of Cardigan |
| Born | 1153 Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England |
| Died | 1217 |
| Buried | Tonbridge Priory |
| Family | de Clare |
| Spouse | Amice FitzWilliam, suo jure 4th Countess of Gloucester |
| Issue | Gilbert de Clare Maud de Clare Richard de Clare |
| Father | Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford |
| Mother | Maud de St. Hillary |
| Occupation | Peerage of England |
Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (c. 1153–1217), feudal baron of Clare[1] in Suffolk, and lord of Tonbridge in Kent and of Cardigan in Wales, was a powerful Anglo-Norman nobleman with vast landholdings in England and Wales.
- ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327, Oxford, 1960, p. 35