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Personal data Margaret de Clare 


Household of Margaret de Clare

She is married to Bartholomew de Badlesmere.

They got married about 1304 at Badlesmere, Kent, England.

They got married on June 30, 1305 at Badlesmere, Kent, England, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Margery de Badlesmere  ± 1306-1363 


Notes about Margaret de Clare

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Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere (ca. 1 April 1287 – 22 October 1333/3 January 1334, disputed) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman, suo jure heiress, and the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere.[1]

She was arrested and subsequently imprisoned in the Tower of London for the duration of a year from November 1321 to November 1322, making her the first recorded female prisoner in the Tower's history.[2][3] She was jailed on account of having ordered an armed assault on Isabella of France, Queen consort of King Edward II of England. Before Margaret had instructed her archers to fire upon Isabella and her escort, she had refused the Queen admittance to Leeds Castle where her husband, Baron Badlesmere held the post of governor, but which was legally the property of Queen Isabella as part of the latter's dowry. Margaret surrendered the castle on 31 October 1321 after it was besieged by the King's forces using ballistas. Edward's capture of Leeds Castle was the catalyst which led to the Despenser War in the Welsh Marches and the north of England.

Upon her release from the Tower, Margaret entered a religious life at the convent house of the Minorite Sisters outside Aldgate. King Edward granted her a stipend to pay for her maintenance.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaret de Clare

Thomas de Clare
± 1245-1287
Juliana FitzGerald
± 1263-1300

Margaret de Clare
1287-> 1333

± 1304

Bartholomew de Badlesmere
1275-1322

Margery de Badlesmere
± 1306-1363

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