Lady Isabel Marshal

Notes:

Died:
She died from childbirth.

Isabel married Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare on 9 Oct 1217 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England. Gilbert (son of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Amicia of Gloucester, Countess of Gloucester) was born about 1180 in Gloucestershire, England; died on 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany, France (not found). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Amicia de Clare was born on 27 May 1220; died on 21 Jan 1284.
2. Sir Richard de Clare, Earl of Clare, Hertford, and Gloucester was born on 4 Aug 1222; died on 15 Jul 1262 in Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England (not found); was buried on 28 Jul 1262 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.
3. Isabel de Clare was born on 8 Nov 1226.
4. Sir William de Clare was born on 18 May 1228; died in 1258; was buried on 23 Jul 1258 in Dureford Abbey, Sussex, England.
5. Father Gilbert de Clare, a priest was born on 12 Sep 1229.
6. Agnes de Clare

Isabel married Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans, Earl of Cornwall on 30 Mar 1231 in St Mary the Virgin's Church, Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England. Richard (son of John "Lackland", King of England and Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England) was born on 5 Jan 1209 in Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 2 Apr 1272 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): say 1165
• Miscellaneous: 1204, Cilgerran Castle, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales
• Offices Held: 1216 to 1219

Notes:

Title(s):
He became the 3rd Earl of Pembroke.

Miscellaneous:
He captured Cilgerran Castle, Dyfed from Lord Rhys of Deheubarth.

Offices Held:
He was the Marshal of England, Protector of the Realm, and Regent of England.

William married Isabel de Clare, Countess Strigoil in Aug 1189 in London, England. Isabel (daughter of Richard FitzGilbert "Strongbow" de Clare, Earl of Pembroke and Aoife MacMurrough, Countess of Ireland) was born about 1174; died in 1220; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): say 1200

Notes:

Title(s):
She was also the Countess of Pembroke.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: say 1150; During the wars between the Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I and her cousin King Stephen, he supported first King Stephen and later the Empress.

John married Sibyl de Salisbury after 1141. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1148
• Title(s): 1171

Notes:

Name:
He was also the Justiciar of Ireland.

Title(s):
He succeeded as the second Earl of Pembroke after the death of his father.

Title(s):
He became the Lord of Leinster.

Richard married Aoife MacMurrough, Countess of Ireland about 26 Aug 1171 in Waterford, Ireland. Aoife (daughter of Dairmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster and High King of Ireland and Mor ingen Muirchertaig) died in 1171. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
She was also known as Eve of Leinster.

Notes:

Weis (1982) gives the marriage date as 1170.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Offices Held: The office of Marshal was responsible for everything connected to the horses of the royal household, the hawks and the hounds as well. He had the general duty of keeping order in the royal court and household, arranging for the billeting of members of the court, keeping tallies and other vouchers of the expenditures of the household, keeping rolls of all who performed their military service there, and being responsible for the imprisonment of debtors.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land/House: From 1138 to 1147, Chepstow Castle, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
• Title(s): 1138

Notes:

Death: von Redlich (1941) gives his death year as 1148

Land/House:
Chepstow Castle was held by Gilbert "Strongbow" FitzGilbert de Clare from 1138 to 1147, followed by his son Richard and then William Marshall.

Title(s):
He was created the first Earl of Pembroke.

Gilbert married Isabel de Beaumont. Isabel (daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester) was born about 1104; died after 1174. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reign: From 1135 to 1171; King of Leinster
• Reign: From 1162 to 1171; High King of Ireland

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Name:


Dairmait Mac Murchada was allied with Murtough MacLochlainn who was acknowledged as High King of Ireland in 1162. However, Murtough was overthrown in 1166 by Rory O'Connor and his Tiernan O'Rourke invaded Leinster, and Dairmait Mac Murchada fled to England in search of allies. King Henry II accepted Dairmait's allegiance, and gave him permission to recruit among his subjects for an expedition to Ireland. Dairmait struck a bargain with Richard FitzGilbert "Strongbow" deClare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, who invaded Ireland, married Dairmait's daughter Aoife, and became King of Leinster when Dairmait died in 1171. King Henry II, fearful that Strongbow would set up an independent kingdom, came to Ireland to assert his authority over the lands that had been occupied. The King granted Leinster to Strongbow, Meath to Hugh de Lacy; and most of the Irish Kings quickly recognised Henry as their overlord. The Norse towns were of vital military and economic importance. King Henry annexed Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork and Limerick; and left garrisons in all of them. Thus, Dairmait Mac Murchada is remembered for having brought the English to Ireland and is generally held in low esteem in Irish History.

Dairmait married Mor ingen Muirchertaig. Mor (daughter of Muirchertach Ua Tuathail) died in 1164. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]