Isabel Marshal ^{2 4}

  General Notes:

ISABEL (Pembroke Castle 9 Oct 1200-Berkhamstead Castle, Hertfordshire 15 or 17 Jan 1240, bur Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, names (in order) "Matilda…Johanna…Isabella" as the daughters of "Willielmi Marescalli comitis Penbrochiæ". The same source records in a later passage that "tertia filia…Willihelmi Marescalli…Isabella" married "domino Gilberto de Clare comiti Gloverniæ". The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey records the marriage of "Gilberto…Gloucestriæ et Hertfordiæ comes" and "domina Isabella filia Willielmi Marescalli senioris, comitis de Pembroke". The Annals of Tewkesbury record the marriage "die sancti Dionisii" in 1214 of "Isabel filia W Marescalli" and "comiti Glocestriæ et Herefordiæ Gileberto de Clare". Her second marriage is recorded by Matthew Paris, who names her "Ysabellam comitissam Gloverniæ" as sister of William Marshall Earl of Pembroke. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the marriage "III Kal Apr…apud Falle juxta Merlawe" in 1231 of "Ysabel comitissa Gloucestriæ" and "Ricardo comiti Cornubiæ, fratri Henrici regis Angliæ". Her (second) marriage is recorded by Matthew Paris, who names her "Ysabellam comitissam Gloverniæ" sister of William Marshall Earl of Pembroke, specifying that the marriage took place in April. The Annales Cambriæ record the marriage in 1231 of "Ricardus comes Cornubiæ" and "Isabellam cometissam Gloucestriæ". The Annales Londonienses record the marriage in 1231 of "Ricardus frater regis" and "Isabellam comitissam Gloverniæ, relictam Gileberti de Clare". The Annales Londonienses record the death in 1240 of "comitissa Gloverniæ uxor comitis Ricardi" in childbirth. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death "XVI Kal Feb…apud Berkhamstede"in 1239 of "Isabella comitissa Gloucestriæ et Hertfordiæ, Cornubiæ et Pictaviæ" and her burial "apud Bellum Locum Cisterciensis ordinis". Matthew Paris records that she died of jaundice contracted in childbirth.

m firstly (9 Oct 1214 or 1217) GILBERT de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hereford, son of RICHARD de Clare 3^rdEarl of Hertford & his wife Amicie of Gloucester ([1180]-Penros, Brittany 25 Oct 1230, bur Tewkesbury).

m secondly (Fawley, Buckinghamshire 13 or 30 Mar 1231) as his first wife, RICHARD Earl of Cornwall, son of JOHN King of England & his second wife Isabelle Ctss d'Angoulême (Winchester Castle 5 Jan 1209-Berkhamstead Castle, Herts 2 Apr 1272, bur Hayles Abbey, Gloucestershire).

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He [Gilbert de Clare] m. 9 Oct 1217, Isabel, daughter of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, by Isabel, daughter and heir of Richard de Clare, known as Strongbow, formerly Earl of Pembroke. Being engaged in an expedition to Brittany, he d. on his way back at Penros in that duchy, 25 Oct 1230. His body was conveyed by way of Plymouth and Cranbourn to Tewkesbury, where he was buried before the high altar, 10 Nov 1230, a monument being erected by his widow. He made his will 20 Apr and 23 Oct 1230. His widow m., 2ndly, 30 Mar 1231, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, 2nd son of King John. She d. 17 Jan 1239/40, in childbed, at Berkhampstead, of jaundice, and was buried at Bealieu, Hants, her heart being sent to Tewkesbury Abbey.

[Complete Peerage V:694-6]

  Burial Notes:

Heart buried at Tewkesbury Abbey.

Isabel married Gilbert de Clare 4th Earl of Hertford, Earl of Gloucester, son of Richard de Clare 3rd Earl of Hertford, MCS and Amice FitzRobert 3rd Countess of Gloucester, 9 Oct 1214 or 1217.^{1 2} (Gilbert de Clare 4th Earl of Hertford, Earl of Gloucester was born about 1180,^{2 6} died on 25 Oct 1230 in Perros-Guirec, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, 22700, FR ^{2 6} and was buried on 10 Nov 1230 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 5RZ, GB ².)

Isabel had a relationship with Richard of England 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor, son of John I of England King of England, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and Isabelle d'Angoulême Comtesse d’Angoulême.^{2 3} (Richard of England 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor was born on 5 Jan 1209 in Winchester Castle, Castle Avenue, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8PJ, GB,⁷ died on 2 Apr 1272 in Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 2AG, GB ⁷ and was buried on 13 Apr 1272 in Hailes Abbey, Hailes, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5PB, GB.)