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King Lear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2957 words) |
 | The Earl of Gloucester² is Edgar's father, and the father of the illegitimate son, Edmund. |
| Another subplot involves the Earl of Gloucester, whose two sons, the good Edgar and the evil Edmund, are at loggerheads, the bastard Edmund having concocted false stories about his legitimate half-brother. |
| Besides the subplot involving the Earl of Gloucester and his two sons, the principal innovation Shakespeare made to this story was the death of Cordelia and Lear at the end. |
| Gilbert de Clare (806 words) |
| Richard descendants acquired the earldom of Gloucester by marriage, and became the leading barons of the south-eastern March by early in the 13th century. |
| The young earl was just 25 at the time, yet the scheme for the stronghold at Caerphilly was one of the most ambitious ever to have been conceived in the kingdom. |
| Earl Gilbert died at the age of 52 in December 1295, and his estates were administered by his widow until her death in 1307. |
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