4th Countess of Pembroke Isabella de Clare

4th Countess of Pembroke Isabella de Clare

Female 1172 - 1220  (48 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  4th Countess of Pembroke Isabella de Clare was born in Feb 1172 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (daughter of 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, and Justiciar of Ireland Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and Princess of Leinster Aoife 'Eve' MacMurrough); died on 14 May 1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Notable Quote: the good, the fair, the wise, the courteous lady of high degree

    Isabella married 1st Earl of Pembroke William Marshall, the Elder in Aug 1189 in Tower of London, London, England. William was born on 12 May 1146 in Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 14 May 1219 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Temple Church, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sibyl Marshall was born in 1209 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 27 Apr 1245 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
    2. Countess of Cornwall Isabel Marshall was born on 9 Oct 1200 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Hampshire, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, and Justiciar of Ireland Richard FitzGilbert de Clare was born on 21 Sep 1130 in Tonbridge, Kent, England (son of 1st Earl of Pembroke Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare and Isabel de Beaumont); died on 20 Apr 1176 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Notable Quote: a tall and fair man, of pleasing appearance, modest in his bearing, delicate in features, of a low voice, but sage in council and the idol of his soldiers
    • Name: Strongbow
    • _MILT: He had a leading role in the Norman invasion of Ireland

    Notes:

    Died:
    Pembroke Castle

    Richard married Princess of Leinster Aoife 'Eve' MacMurrough on 26 Aug 1171 in Waterford County, Ireland. Aoife (daughter of King of Leinster in Ireland Diarmait MacMurchada and Mór Ní Tuathail) was born on 26 Apr 1145 in Ireland; died on 26 Aug 1188 in Waterford, Waterford, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Princess of Leinster Aoife 'Eve' MacMurrough was born on 26 Apr 1145 in Ireland (daughter of King of Leinster in Ireland Diarmait MacMurchada and Mór Ní Tuathail); died on 26 Aug 1188 in Waterford, Waterford, Ireland.

    Notes:

    Married:
    the day after the capture of Waterford by the Cambro-Norman forces led by Strongbow

    Children:
    1. 1. 4th Countess of Pembroke Isabella de Clare was born in Feb 1172 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 14 May 1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  1st Earl of Pembroke Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare was born on 21 Sep 1100 in Tonbridge, Kent, England (son of Lord of Clare and Tunbridge Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, II and Adelize 'Alice' de Clermont); died on 6 Jan 1148; was buried in Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Cecil Lamar Moon
    • _MILT: Gilbert fitz Gilbert led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the town, including the church of Notre Dame, but was interrupted by the forces of William III, Count of Ponthieu and escaped the resulting melee only after suffering heavy losses

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (Tintern Abbey)

    Gilbert married Isabel de Beaumont in 1130 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. Isabel was born in 1102 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died on 6 Jan 1147 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Isabel de Beaumont was born in 1102 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died on 6 Jan 1147 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
    Children:
    1. 2. 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, and Justiciar of Ireland Richard FitzGilbert de Clare was born on 21 Sep 1130 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died on 20 Apr 1176 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

  3. 6.  King of Leinster in Ireland Diarmait MacMurchada was born in 1110 in Dublin, Ireland (son of Donnchad MacMurcada); died on 1 May 1171 in Lough, Wexford, Ireland; was buried in Wexford County, Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Notable Quote: Now Dermot was a man tall of stature and stout of frame; a soldier whose heart was in the fray, and held valiant among his own nation. From often shouting his battle-cry his voice had become hoarse. A man who liked better to be feared by all than loved by
    • Name: Dermot
    • Religion: He sponsored the successful career of churchman St Lawrence O'Toole (Lorcan Ua Tuathail). He married O'Toole's half-sister Mor in 1153 and presided at the synod of Clane in 1161 when O'Toole was installed as archbishop of Dublin
    • _MILT: After deprived of his kingdom by the High King of Ireland, MacMurrough solicited help from King Henry II of England. In return, MacMurrough pledged an oath of allegiance to Henry, who sent troops in support. As a further thanks for his reinstateme

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Cathedral graveyard at Ferns

    Diarmait married Mór Ní Tuathail about 1140 in Wexford County, Ireland. Mór (daughter of King of the Uí Muirdeaigh Muitchertach Ua Tuathail and Cacht Ní Morda) was born about 1114 in Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland; died in 1191 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mór Ní Tuathail was born about 1114 in Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland (daughter of King of the Uí Muirdeaigh Muitchertach Ua Tuathail and Cacht Ní Morda); died in 1191 in Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: O'Toole

    Notes:

    Married:
    (Loch Garman)

    Children:
    1. 3. Princess of Leinster Aoife 'Eve' MacMurrough was born on 26 Apr 1145 in Ireland; died on 26 Aug 1188 in Waterford, Waterford, Ireland.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Lord of Clare and Tunbridge Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, II was born about 1065 in Clare, Suffolk, England (son of Lord of Clare, Bienfaite, Orbec and Tonbridge Richard FitzGilbert and Rohese Giffard); died on 17 Nov 1114 in Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Religion: Founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk
    • _MILT: It has been hinted that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II
    • Residence: 1110, Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales; King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes and gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle

    Gilbert married Adelize 'Alice' de Clermont before 1090. Adelize (daughter of Count of Clermont, Roucy, and Montdidier Hugh de Creil and Margaret de Montdidier de Rouci) was born in 1058 in Northamptonshire, England; died in 1117 in Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Adelize 'Alice' de Clermont was born in 1058 in Northamptonshire, England (daughter of Count of Clermont, Roucy, and Montdidier Hugh de Creil and Margaret de Montdidier de Rouci); died in 1117 in Clare, Suffolk, England.
    Children:
    1. 4. 1st Earl of Pembroke Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare was born on 21 Sep 1100 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died on 6 Jan 1148; was buried in Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.
    2. Alice de Clare was born on 1 Jan 1091 in Essex, England; died in 1163 in Tendring, Essex, England; was buried in St. Osyth, Essex, England.
    3. Lord of Clare Richard FitzGilbert de Clare was born in 1094 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

  3. 12.  Donnchad MacMurcada was born in 1065 in Leinster Province, Ireland; died in 1115 in Dublin, Ireland.
    Children:
    1. 6. King of Leinster in Ireland Diarmait MacMurchada was born in 1110 in Dublin, Ireland; died on 1 May 1171 in Lough, Wexford, Ireland; was buried in Wexford County, Ireland.

  4. 14.  King of the Uí Muirdeaigh Muitchertach Ua Tuathail

    Muitchertach married Cacht Ní Morda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 15.  Cacht Ní Morda
    Children:
    1. 7. Mór Ní Tuathail was born about 1114 in Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland; died in 1191 in Ireland.