Sir Walter (I) de Clifford

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1190.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Suppe.

Relationships

Father: Richard fitz Ponz.

Mother: Maud, daughter of Walter of Gloucester.

These relationships are given by Suppe.

Spouse: Margaret.

This relationship is given by Suppe, who notes that she was probably the daughter of Ralph de Tosny. This is also given by Holden.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Walter (II) de Clifford (dead by March 1208) married Agnes de Condet.

Richard de Clifford married Letitia de Berkeley.

William de Clifford.

Lucia de Clifford married (1) Hugh de Say; married (2) Bartholomew de Mortimer.

Amicia de Clifford married Osbern fitz Hugh.

Rosamund Clifford (died 1175/6) was a mistress of King Henry II. She is called “Fair Rosamund.”

References

Archer, T.A. rev. Elizabeth Hallam. “Clifford, Rosamund” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).

Holden, Brock. Lords of the Central Marchs: English Aristocracy and Frontier Society 1087-1265. (Oxford University Press, 2008).

Stewart, Peter. post to soc.genealogy.medieval dated April 15 2020.

Suppe, Frederick. “Clifford, Walter de” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).