Walter de Clifford

Walter de Clifford

Walter I de Clifford (1113 – 1190) [ [http://thepeerage.com/p10486.htm#i104860] ] ] was an Anglo-Norman marcher lord of Bronllys Castle [ [http://www.castlewales.com/bronllys.html Bronllys Castle ] ] on the Welsh border, and Clifford Castle (from the 1130s [ [http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/castles/castlesdata_az/clifford_castle.htm] ; up to that point he was known as Walter Fitz Richard.] ), in Herefordshire. He is now best known for his daughter, Rosamund Clifford, with Margaret de Toeni, daughter of Ralph de Toeni [ [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/p106.htm#i6984 My Lines - Person Page 106 ] ] .

He was the son of Richard FitzPons and Matilda the sister of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford.

Walter's other children were [ [http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/cc4aq/clifford01.htm clifford01 ] ] :

*Walter II de Clifford
*Gilbert
*Richard
*Amicia, married Osbern fitz Hugh of Richards Castle
*Lucia, married Hugh de Say of Clun Castle
*Fair Rosamund Clifford the mistress of King Henry II.

Notes

References

*Remfry, P.M., "Clifford Castle, 1066 to 1299" (ISBN 1-899376-04-6)


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