Rohese de Clare

Rohese de Clare (bef. 1166) was a member of the wealthy and powerful Anglo-Norman de Clare family, and a strong patron of Monmouth Priory.

Life Rohese was a daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare (c. 1066–c. 1117) and Adeliza de Clermont. Her father was an influential Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107–1111. Her paternal grandmother Rohese Giffard was one of the few women mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as holding land in her own right.

In , she married Baderon fitzWilliam of Monmouth. Her father being already dead by that date, the wedding was celebrated at Striguil Castle (Chepstow), the stronghold of her brother Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, who gave the bride away. The gift was put into effect "on the Feast of St. Martin next following" at a ceremony at Monmouth attended by Rohese's brothers Walter and Gilbert and by Gilbert's wife Isabel de Beaumont The gift consisted of a tithe of the regular revenues of the town of Monmouth, to be paid in installments three times each year.

Family Together Rohese and Baderon had four recorded children. Gilbert fitzBaderon succeeded his father as lord of Monmouth. Less is known about their sons Payn (fl. 1144) and Robert (fl. 1144).