Amice or Amicia de Clare (c. 1220 – 1284) was the daughter of

Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester, 1st Lord of Glamorgan, 7th Lord of Clare (1180 – 25 October 1230) was the son of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (c. 1153–1217), from whom he inherited the Clare estate ...

and

Isabel Marshal Isabel Marshal (9 October 1200 – 17 January 1240) was a medieval English countess. She was the wife of both Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester and Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (son of King John of England). Wi ...

. She married, firstly,

Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon (1217 – 15 February 1245), feudal baron of Plympton in Devon and Lord of the Isle of Wight, was the son of Baldwin de Redvers and Margaret FitzGerold and grandson of William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon. ...

, and secondly Robert de . She founded

Buckland Abbey Buckland Abbey is a Grade I listed 700-year-old house in Buckland Monachorum, near Yelverton, Devon, Yelverton, Devon, England, noted for its connection with Sir Richard Grenville the Younger and Sir Francis Drake. It is owned by the National ...

Family and children

In 1235 she married the 6th Earl of Devon and had issue: #

Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon (1 January 1236 – 1262), feudal baron of Plympton in DevonSanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, pp. 137–8, Barony of Plympton and Lord of the ...

. # Isabella de Redvers, 8th Countess of Devon (or Isabella de Fortibus) (died 1293), married

William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle (died 1260) ( Latinised as ''de Fortibus'', sometimes spelt Deforce) played a conspicuous part in the reign of Henry III of England, notably in the Mad Parliament of 1258. William married twice. His fir ...

. After the death of her brother, she became

Countess of Devon Countess of Devon is a title that may be held by a woman in her own right or used by the wife of the Earl of Devon. Women who have held the title include: Countesses in their own right * Isabel de Forz, suo jure 8th Countess of Devon (1237–129 ...

in her own right, and Lady of the

Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight (Help:IPA/English, /waɪt/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''WYTE'') is an island off the south coast of England which, together with its surrounding uninhabited islets and Skerry, skerries, is also a ceremonial county. T ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clare, Amice De 1284 deaths Year of birth uncertain 13th-century English nobility

Amice The amice is a liturgical vestment used mainly in the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic church, Western Orthodox church, Lutheranism , Lutheran church, and some Anglicanism , Anglican, Armenian Catholic , Armenian, and Polish National Catholic C ...

13th-century English women

Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...

Daughters of British earls