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Maud de Clere
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Maud de Clere was the wife of Roger de Lacy, the defender of Chateau Gaillard, and mother of John de Lacy, the Magna Carta surety - one woman between the age's most famous siege and its most famous charter, married to the one and mother of the other.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (web-confirmed 25 Jul 2026): MAUD (Matilda) DE CLERE, wife of Roger de Lacy, Constable of Chester; mother of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (our line). Direct ancestress. Added 25 Jul 2026.