Maud DE LACY , Countess of Hertford and Gloucester
- Born: 25 Jan 1223
- Marriage (1): Richard DE CLARE , 6th Earl of Gloucester on 25 Jan 1238
- Died: 10 Mar 1289 aged 66
General Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_de_Lacy,_Countess_of_Hertford_and_Gloucester
Maud de Lacy, (25 January 1223 \endash 10 March 1289), was an English noblewoman, being the eldest child of John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln, and the wife of Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester.
Maud de Lacy had a personality that was described as "highly competitive and somewhat embittered".[1] She became known as one of the most litigious women in the 13th century[1] as she was involved in numerous litigations and lawsuits with her tenants, neighbours, and relatives, including her own son. Author Linda Elizabeth Mitchell, in her Portraits of Medieval Women: Family, Marriage, and Politics in England 1225-1350', states that Maud's life has received "considerable attention by historians".[2]
Maud was styled Countess of Hertford and Countess of Gloucester upon her marriage to Richard de Clare. Although her mother, Lady Margaret de Quincy, was suo jure Countess of Lincoln, this title never passed to Maud as her mother's heir was Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln, the son of Maud's deceased younger brother Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract.[3]
Her eldest son was Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, a powerful noble during the reigns of kings Henry III of England and Edward I.
Maud married Richard DE CLARE , 6th Earl of Gloucester, son of Gilbert DE CLARE , 5th Earl of Gloucester and Isabel MARSHAL ,Countess of Hertford; Countess of Cornwall, on 25 Jan 1238. (Richard DE CLARE , 6th Earl of Gloucester was born on 4 Aug 1222 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England and died on 14 Jul 1262 in Waltham, Canterbury, England.)
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