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Aoife of Leinster. Isabel de Clare, suo jure 4th Countess of Pembroke and Striguil (c. 1172 – 11 March 1220), was an Anglo-Norman and Irish noblewoman descended from Aoife Macmurrough and Richard de Clare and one of the wealthiest heiresses in Wales and Ireland. [1] She was the wife of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who served three ...
Isabel de Clare was one of the Medieval Worlds most powerful and influential women. She was a strong, beautiful woman, whose family connections seemed to penetrate into all Royal courts of the Medieval World. She took the Medieval World by storm, even partially scaring one of histories most ridiculed Kings, King John.
Dec 8, 2023 · Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Death: March 09, 1220 (43-52) Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Place of Burial: Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales. Immediate Family: Daughter of Richard "Strongbow" de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and Eva of Leinster, Countess Of Stirgoil. Wife of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
Oct 5, 2023 · Isabel de Clare, suo jure Countess of Pembroke and Striguil (1172-1220), was a Cambro-Norman-Irish noblewoman and one of the greatest heiresses in Wales and Ireland. Isabel was described as pleasant, gentle, and extremely attractive. After her brother Gilbert's death in 1185, she became one of the wealthiest heiresses in the kingdom, owning ...
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Clare, Isabel de (c. 1174–1220)Countess of Pembroke. Name variations: Isabel Marshall, countess Strigoil. Born around 1174; died in 1220; interred at Tintern Abbey; daughter of Richard de Clare (b. 1130), 2nd earl of Pembroke, and Aoife (Eva) MacMurrough , countess of Ireland; married William Marshall, 1st earl of Pembroke, in August 1189; children: William Marshall, 2nd earl of Pembroke ...
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When Isabel de Clare was born in 1172, in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, her father, Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was 42 and her mother, Aoife MacMurchada Princess of Leinster, was 27. She married William Marshal 1st Earl of Pembroke on 8 August 1189, in London, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters.
Isabel de Clare, suo jure 4th Countess of Pembroke and Striguil , was an Anglo-Norman and Irish noblewoman descended from Aoife Macmurrough and Richard de Clare and one of the wealthiest heiresses in Wales and Ireland. She was the wife of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who served three successive kings as Marshal of England.
