Maud de Clare

1279 - 1327  (48 years)

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• Name	Maud de Clare
  Born	1279
  	Clare-284
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	7981
  Died	4 May 1327
  Person ID	I7981	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas de Clare,   b. 1245,   d. 29 Aug 1287  (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Juliana FitzMaurice,   b. 1263,   d. 24 Sep 1300  (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	1st Baron Clifford Robert Clifford,   b. 1 Apr 1274,   d. 24 Jun 1314  (Age 40 years)
  Children	+ 1. Idoine Clifford,   b. Abt 1300,   d. 24 Aug 1365  (Age ~ 65 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F2313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maud de Clare Baroness de Welles Baroness de Clifford[1] 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] Occupation Baroness de Welles 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 two times. 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] Life Maud de Clare had an unfortunate life full of drama and controversy. In 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn both her husband Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford and her nephew Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, 7th Earl of Hertford, 10th Lord of Clare, 5th Lord of Glamorgan (1291-1314) were both killed in battle.[3][4] Her second marriage to Robert de Welles, 2nd Baron Welles was done without royal licence and this angered the King of England. She was initially the co-heiress to her nephew's estates along with her sister, Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere, before the King issued the estates to Lord de Clare's three sisters. Some say this is due to the fact that she married Lord de Welles without royal licence.[4] Maud de Clare and her Sister Margaret were the next heirs of their father's estate which included the Stewardship of the Forest of Essex, the town and castle at Thomond and numerous other properties in Ireland.[4]