Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Pembroke1
M, b. 1130, d. 20 April 1176
Richard de was born in 1130 in Tonbridge, County Kent, England. He was the son of Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Beaumont. He was often referred to as Stongbow. Richard married Aoife MacMurrough on 29 August 1170 in Waterford, County Waterford, Munster, Ireland, at the Christchurch Cathredal. This marriage was arranged by Aoife's father as a offering of thanks to Richard for his military help.2 Richard died on Tuesday, 20 April 1176 in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, from an infection in his foot, his death occurred just after a rebellion of Irsh peasants was halted. He was buried in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, in the Christ Church Cathedral.
Child of Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Pembroke
- Basile de Clare b. 1156, d. 1203
Children of Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Pembroke and Aoife MacMurrough
- Isabel Fitz Gilbert de Clare+ b. 1172, d. 1220
- Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare b. 1173, d. 1185
Citations
- [S804] Viewed 31 August 2008, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Clare,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke.
- [S805] Viewed 31 August 2008, Eva MacMurrough, On 29 August 1170, following the Norman invasion of Ireland that her father had requested, she married Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoife_of_Leinster