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Aoife MacMurrough

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While the exact date of the death of Aoife of Leinster is unknown (one suggested year is 1188), there is in existence one tale of her demise. As a young woman, she lived many years following the death of Strongbow in 1176, and devoted herself to raising their children and defending their territory.
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Inherited title from father but died as a minor. The title then went to his sister's husband on their marriage. Isabel's husband, William Marshal, was given the title Earl of Pembroke in his own right by King
201:, the young Aoife would have been raised in much higher dignity than most other girls in Ireland who were of poorer stock than she; her privileged status ensured that she was educated in 267:; but Brehon law also recognised a transfer of "swordland" following a military conquest. Aoife repeatedly led troops into battle and is sometimes known as Red Eva ( 588: 352: 279: 114: 390:. Marshal did not call himself the Earl until he had achieved the privilege in his own right in 1199, rather than through his marriage to Isabel. 578: 217: 102: 58: 583: 573: 460: 364: 563: 558: 553: 221: 568: 521: 49: 603: 613: 608: 213: 198: 593: 263:, the marriage gave her a life interest only, after which any land would normally revert to male members of the 368: 244:, both the man and the woman had to consent to a marriage, so it is fair to conclude that Aoife agreed to an 543: 387: 315: 233: 186: 548: 287: 237: 206: 183: 303: 256: 43: 162:, was an Irish noblewoman, Princess of Leinster and Countess of Pembroke. She was the daughter of 229: 163: 129: 517: 456: 278:
She had two sons and a daughter with her husband Richard de Clare and through their daughter,
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Children of Aoife MacMurrough and Richard de Clare (Strongbow)
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Irish noblewoman, Princess of Leinster and Countess of Pembroke
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Gilbert de Striguil (Chepstow), 3rd Earl of Pembroke
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of Europe including all the Kings of Scotland since
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Index

Aoife of Leinster

The Marriage of Strongbow and Eva
Daniel Maclise
Richard de Clare
Waterford
Noble family
Uí Chennselaig
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Isabel
Dermot MacMurrough
Mor O'Toole
Irish
Dermot MacMurrough
Irish
King of Leinster
Mor O'Toole
Archbishop of Dublin
St Lawrence O'Toole
Gaelic nobility of Ireland
Brehon law
Ecclesiastical Latin
Norman invasion of Ireland
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Christchurch Cathedral
Waterford
Dermot MacMurrough
Tiernan O'Rourke
High King of Ireland
Brehon law

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