Heir apparent to the Earldom of Ulster, he married (as her first husband) in
Waltham Abbey, Essex, on 30 September 1308,
Elizabeth de Clare, sister of
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford and 8th Earl of Gloucester. She was the founder of
Clare College, Cambridge, and a granddaughter of King
Edward I of England. Gloucester in turn married John's sister Maud. ==Family==