Richard FitzGilbert "Strongbow" de Clare, Earl of Pembroke

Abt 1130 - Abt 1176  (46 years)

• Name	Richard FitzGilbert de Clare
  	He was also the Justiciar of Ireland. [1]
  Nickname	Strongbow
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Abt 1130  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title(s)	1148 (18 years)  [1, 2]
  He succeeded as the second Earl of Pembroke after the death of his father.
  Title(s)	1171 (41 years)  [2]
  He became the Lord of Leinster.
  Death	Abt 20 Apr 1176	Dublin, Ireland   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (formally Holy Trinity), Dublin, Ireland   [2]
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Richard FitzGilbert "Strongbow" de Clare, Earl of Pembroke,   b. Abt 1130   d. Abt 20 Apr 1176, Dublin, Ireland  (Age 46 years) ▻ Aoife MacMurrough, Countess of Ireland,  m. Abt 26 Aug 1171   2. Basilea de Clare
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Halfdan Maternal Line: Adele de Bar-sur-Aube   d. 1053
  Person ID, Branch	I3579	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke,   b. Abt 1100   d. 6 Jan 1147 (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Isabel de Beaumont,   b. Abt 1104   d. After 1174 (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Aoife MacMurrough, Countess of Ireland   d. 1171  [1]
  Marriage	Abt 26 Aug 1171	Waterford, Ireland   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	The Marriage of Aoife MacMurrough to Richard "Strongbow" FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 41 years and 8 months - She : ??.
  Notes	Weis (1982) gives the marriage date as 1170. [1]
  Children	1 son and 2 daughters
  1. Gilbert de Strigoil de Clare, Earl of Pembroke,   b. 1173  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 2. Isabel de Clare, Countess Strigoil,   b. Abt 1174   d. 1220 (Age 46 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. Alina de Clare  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F2964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - Abt 26 Aug 1171 - Waterford, Ireland Death - Abt 20 Apr 1176 - Dublin, Ireland Burial - - Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (formally Holy Trinity), Dublin, Ireland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S64] Langston, Aileen Lewers and J. Orton Buck Jr. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume II, (Cottonport, Louisiana:Order of the Crown of Charlemagne , 1974 ). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).