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Richard de Clare (1130 – 20 April 1176), 2nd Earl of Pembroke, also Lord of Leinster and Justiciar of Ireland (sometimes known as Richard FitzGilbert), was an Anglo-Norman nobleman notable for his leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.
Apr 26, 2022 · "Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (of the first creation), Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland (1130 – 20 April 1176). Like his father, he was also commonly known by his nickname Strongbow (French: Arc-Fort). He was a Cambro-Norman lord notable for his leading role in the Norman invasion of Ireland."
- circa 1125
- Tonbridge, Kent, England
Alfred Webb. A Compendium of Irish Biography. 1878. De Clare, Richard, Earl of Pembroke and Strigul, surnamed Strongbow, was born about 1130. He succeeded his father in his title and estates in 1149.
When Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Pembroke was born in 1130, in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare 1st Earl of Pembroke, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth de Beaumont, was 25. He married Aoife MacMurchada Princess of Leinster on 26 August 1170, in Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland.
Jun 27, 2018 · Pembroke, Richard de Clare, earl of (c.1130–76), commonly known as ‘Strongbow’. A member of the aristocratic Clare family—according to Gerald of Wales ‘his blood was better than his brains’—he inherited his father's earldom of Pembroke in 1148 but, being a supporter of Stephen, forfeited it when Henry II came to the throne.
The son of Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, was Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (died 1176), known as Strongbow, a leader of the Norman invasion of Ireland. His only son died while still a minor, and Strongbow's many Irish and Welsh possessions passed with his daughter Isabel , to her husband, William Marshal . [10]
The first creation: de Clare (1138) The second creation: Marshal (1199) The third creation: de Valence (1247) The fourth creation (1339): Hastings. The fifth creation (1414): Plantagenet. The sixth creation (1447): de la Pole. The seventh creation (1452): Tudor. The eighth creation (1468): Herbert. The ninth creation (1479): House of York.
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