Margaret de Clare

Margaret de Clare, Countess of Cornwall, Countess of Gloucester (October 1293 – April 1342), was an English noblewoman, heiress, and the second eldest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and his wife, Joan of Acre, making her a granddaughter of King Edward I of England. Her two husbands were Piers Gaveston and Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester.

Read more about Margaret De Clare:  Marriage To Piers Gaveston, Inheritance and Second Marriage, Despenser War, Countess of Gloucester, Death, Ancestry, Notable Descendants

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