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Isabel de Beaumont. 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. [1] Like his father, Richard is commonly known by his nickname, Strongbow ...
Apr 26, 2022 · About Richard "Strongbow" de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. "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 ...
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Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare Richard was born about 1130 to Gilbert Fitz Gilbert and "Isabel of Meulan", former mistress of Henry I King of England and daughter of Robert of Meulan - Robert de Beaumont-le-Roger Comte de Meulan (Earl of Leicester) - and his wife Isabelle de Vermandois. He succeeded his father in 1148 or 1149 as Earl of Pembroke. He...
Statement needing details: raised Empress Matilda's half-sister[citation needed] Citations also needed for some of the titles listed aboveand for his birth location of Tunbridge, Kent, England.
Footnotes and citations Richardson, Royal Ancestry (below), Vol IV, pp 336-340 PEMBROKE #3., #4. Richard Fitz Gilbert Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, entry in the MedLands database (see citation, below; accessed 2 July 2018). See entry for specific source citations. ↑Dermod McMorrough, of Leinster, one of the kings of that country (see No. 112 in the...
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Brief Life History of Richard. When Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Pembroke was born in 1130, in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl of Pembroke, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth de Beaumont, was 25. He married Aoife Princess of Leinster on 26 August 1170, in Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland.
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Richard “Strongbow” de Clare. 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Born Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, the son of Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabella. He succeeded upon his father's death about 1148, but the de Clare estates were severely reduced, and Henry II refused to confirm the grant of the title of earl and so de Clare, from that ...
Brief Life History of Richard II. When Richard II de Clare 2nd Earl of Pembroke was born in 1130, in Tonbridge, Kent, England, his father, Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare Earl of Pembroke, was 30 and his mother, Isabelle de Beaumont, was 28. He married Aoife of Leinster Princess of Leinster on 26 August 1170, in County Waterford, Ireland.
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When Richard Gilbert de Clare 2nd Earl of Pembroke was born in 1130, in Tonbridge, Kent, England, his father, Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare 1st Earl of Pembroke, was 30 and his mother, Isabel de Beaumont Countess of Pembroke, was 28. He married Aoife MacMurrough Countess of Ireland on 26 August 1170, in Diocese of Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.
