Amice de Mellent, Countess of Gloucester
- Married: 1182, Ashenfield, England
- Died: 1 Jan 1224/5
Research Notes:
An anonymous continuation of the Chronicle of Robert of Mont-Saint-Michel records (in order) "Comitissa Ebroicensis…uxor Guillelmi Comitis de Clara, tertia…in manu Dei et domini Regis" as the three daughters left by "Guillelmus Comes Glocestriæ" when he died. The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey names “Mabiliam comiti de Evereis in Normannia nuptam…Amiciam…Isabellam” as the three daughters of “comes Willielmus” and his wife, adding that Amice married “domino Richardo de Clare comiti de Hertford”. Benedict of Peterborough records "uxori comitis de Clara" as "Willelmus filius Roberti filii regis Henrici primi comes Gloucestriæ…filiam ipsius comitis". Robert of Torigny records the death in 1173 of "Rogerius comes de Clara" and the succession of "Ricardus filius eius", recording that the latter was married to "filiam Guillermi comitis Gloecestriæ". In another passage, Robert of Torigny records the death in 1183 of "Guillermus comes Gloecestriæ" leaving three daughters as his heirs, of whom one (mentioned second) was "uxor Guillermi comitis de Clara". The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. She was recognised as Ctss of Gloucester in her own right after [1210], following the death of her nephew Amaury VI de Montfort Comte d’Evreux, although this was subject to the continuing rights of Amice's sister Isabel who was also recognised as Ctss of Gloucester.
On the death of Ctss Isabel in 1217, Amice was recognised as undisputed Ctss of Gloucester. 1
Marriage Information:
Amice married Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, son of Roger "The Good" de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford, and Matilda de Saint-Hilaire, in 1182 in Ashenfield, England. (Richard de Clare was born about 1153 in Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England and died shortly before 28 Nov 1217 in Clare Priory, Suffolk, England.)
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