Richard de Clare known as Richard fitz Gilbert. He is relative to William the conqueror as both coming from Rollo. In Normandy the de Clare family was de Brionne. Yes this marriage was big as it linked many in Ireland, England and France. In some way even Scandinavia as the Normans came from the Vikings.
please,, you forgott wales the cambro-normans were as large presence. the de clare dynasty,... were also *lords of glamorgan*, of the marches, *powerful kings without a crown, in south wales* their castle CAERPHILLY... one of the largest castles in northern europe, compared to windsor, dover... etc was a rival to prince llewllyn the great of wales..& edward I plantagent ... CAERNARFON castle,,,, the brut tywysogion, chronicles of the princes, say ard ri, the high king... brian boru.daughter slainte... was prince llewellyn the great ancestress via king silkbeard of dublin... so the kings of gwynedd and welsh princes, were from BRIAN BORU ,,,, also the pope adrian IV was a gobshite, even emperor fredrick babarosa said so, including the welsh nobility and scottish royalty...
@@abdulazizclare9545 DE CLARE dynasty... rivals to the MORTIMERS... ROYAL HOUSE OF GWYNEDD .. PRINCES OF WALES... they are mentioned on the mortimer society on youtube and in the books about the welsh marches, with many references to irish history,....
@@jardon8636 Yes man saw this history in my family. We had been key players as we helped William fight in so many parts of UK. Rollo may have put all this in action years before.
