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Richard 'Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland 1130–1176 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1130

Birth Location: Tonbridge, Kent, England

Death Date: 9 Apr 1176

Death Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ire

Father: Gilbert Clare

Mother: Elisabeth Roger

Spouse(s): Aoife Leinster

Children(s): Isabel Strigoil, Basilia Clare

The story of Richard 'Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland began in 1130 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. Richard 'Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland married Aoife Eva Mcmurrough Princess On Leinster, and had children including Basilia De Clare, Isabel De Clare Fitzgilbert Countess De Strigoil. Richard 'Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland passed away in 1176 in Dublin, Dublin, Ire.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard 'Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland began in 1130 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.
  • Richard 'Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland married Aoife Eva Mcmurrough Princess On Leinster, and had children including Basilia De Clare, Isabel De Clare Fitzgilbert Countess De Strigoil.
  • Richard 'Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland passed away in 1176 in Dublin, Dublin, Ire.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert Clare
1100–1147
Birth Location: Tunbridge, Kent, England
GC
Elisabeth Roger
1104–1172
Birth Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

Aoife Leinster
1140–1177
Birth Location: Leinster, Ireland
AL

Children(s)

Isabel Strigoil
1172–1220
Birth Location: Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales
IS
Basilia Clare
1158–1203
Birth Location: –
BC

Richard Ireland's Ancestors

Self
Richard Ireland
1130–1176
Birth Place: Tonbridge, Kent, England
Parents
Gilbert Fitzgilbert de Clare
1100–1147
Tunbridge, Kent, England
Elisabeth (Isabel de Beaumont Le) Roger
1104–1172
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Gilbert ("The Marshal" Fitz Richard, 2nd Lord de Clare, lord of Cardigan, a powerful Anglo-Norman) baron
1066–1117
Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Adeliza (de Breteuil, de) Clermont
1058–1117
Clermont, Beauvais, France
Robert (de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, Proven Companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of) Hastings
1045–1118
Beaumont, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Elizabeth (Isabel DeVermandois, Countess of) Lecister
1081–1131
Valois, Bretagne, France
Great-Grandparents
Richard England
1035–1091
Rohais noblewoman
1034–1113
Roger Hiesmes
1022–1094
Adeline Meulan
1014–1081
Hugh Crusade
1053–1102
Adelaide Carolingians
1062–1120
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Norman
1000–1040
Gonnor Countess
1005–1070
Walter 1066
1020–1084
Agnes Longueville
1014–1090
Humphrey Beaumont
–1044
Albreda Brothoune
–1045
Waleran Meulan
–1069
Henri Franks
1008–1060
Anna Duchess
1036–1075
Herbert Vermandois
1031–1080
Adele Valois
1032–1093

Richard Ireland's Descendants

1.
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Richard ('Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of) Ireland (1130–9 Apr 1176) m. Aoife (Eva McMurrough, Princess on) Leinster (1140–1177)
  1. 1. Isabel (de Clare ( Fitzgilbert), Countess de) Strigoil 1172–1220 m. Sir (William “The Flower of Chivalry” Marshall, Anglo-Norman, 1st Earl of Pembroke, helped negotiate the Magna Carta, ruled England as Regent, Knight) Templar 1146–1219
    1. 1. Isabell (Marshall (de) Clare) 1200–1240 m. Gilbert (de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 1st Earl of) Gloucester 1182–1230 m. Richard (Plantagenet 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans) HRE 1209–1272
      1. 1. Isabel (de Clare, of Gloucester and Hertford, Lady of Annandale and) Ireby 1226–1264 m. Robert (V "The Competitor" Bruce, 5th Earl of Annadale; justice & Constable of Scotland & England, a regent of) Scotland 1210–1295
        1. 1. Robert (VI Bruce, 6th Lord of Annandale, Earl of Carrick; not part of William Wallace capture, 2nd Barons' War, 9th Crusade, Welsh Wars, 1st) Scot 1243–1304 m. Margaret (Marjorie Stewart, 3rd Countess de) Carrick 1252–1292
        2. 2. Constance (Bruce Scot de) Calverley 1251–1326 m. William (Scott, Lord) Rankilburnof 1249–1308
        3. 3. Mary (Clarissa de Bruce from) Scotland 1255–1283 m. Ralph (VII de Toeni (Tosny), Lord of) Falmstead 1255–1295
        4. 4. Isabelle (de Bruce) (FitzMarmaduke) 1255–1300 m. Sir (John FitzMarmaduke, Knight of Horden, Eighton, Lamesley, Ravenshol, Silksworth, Durha. Sheriff of North Durham, Joint Warden beyond the Scottish) sea –1311
      2. 2. Richard (de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of) Gloucester 1222–1262 m. Maud (de Lacy, Countess of) Gloucestershire 1223–1289 m. Margaret ("Megotta" de Burgh, (no) issue) 1227–
        1. 1. Gilbert (IV 'The Red Earl ' de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 3rd Lord of Glamorgan, excommunicated by Pope Clement) IV 1243–1295 m. Joan (of England) Plantagenet 1272–1307 m. Alice (of Angoulême de Lusignan, Countess of) Surrey 1236–1290
        2. 2. Thomas (de Clare Lord of Thomond, Lord of Inchiquin and) Youghal 1245–1287 m. Juliana (FitzGerald fitzMaurice of Offaly, Norman- Irish) noblewoman 1263–1300
        3. 3. Eglentina (Rose Rohese de) Clare 1252–1316 m. Roger (IIII de Mowbray, 1st) Lord 1257–1297
        4. 4. Isabel (de) Clare 1240–1270 m. William (Guglielmo VII the Great Montferrat (di Monferrato), 12th Margrave of Montferrat, titular King of) Thessalonica 1253–1292
      3. 3. William (de) Clare 1228–1258
      4. 4. Armice (de) Clare 1220–1287
      5. 5. Henry (of) Almain 1235–1271
      6. 6. Agnes (de) Clare 1218–
    2. 2. Sibyl Marshal 1201–1245 m. William (de Ferrers, 5th Earl of) Derby 1193–1254
      1. 1. Lady (Agnes de Ferrers,) Baroness 1224–1290 m. Sir (William de Vesci, Lord of) Alnwick 1205–1253
        1. 1. William (De) Vesci 1245–1297
        2. 2. John (De Vesci, Constable of Scarborough) Castle 1244–1289
    3. 3. Matilda d'Aubigney 1160–1216 m. William (de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey, High Sheriff of) Surrey 1166–1240 m. Hugh ("Magna Carta Surety Baron" Bigod, Earl of) Norfolk 1182–1225
      1. 1. John (Plantagenet, de Warrene & Surrey, Lordships of Bromfield and Yale in) Wales 1231–1304 m. Alice (of Angoulême de Lusignan, Countess of) Surrey 1236–1290
        1. 1. William (Plantagenet de) Warren 1256–1286 m. Joan (de Vere de) Warrene 1262–1293
        2. 2. William (de Warenne, 7th Earl of) Surrey 1260–1286 m. Joan (de Vere de) Warrene 1262–1293
        3. 3. Eleanor (Plantagenet (de) Warenne) 1244–1282
        4. 4. Isabella (de Warenne (Plantagenet), Baroness of) Bywell 1253–1292 m. John (Balliol, King of Scots; known derisively as Toom Tabard (meaning "empty) coat") 1249–1314
      2. 2. Roger (le Bigod Earl of) Norfolk 1207–1270 m. Isabella (Dunkeld of) Scotland 1195–1263
      3. 3. Ralph Bigod 1215–1260 m. Bertha Bigod 1205–1279
      4. 4. Isabel Bigod 1212–1250 m. Sir (John Fitzgeoffrey (fitzJohn), Lord of Shere, Justiciar of Ireland,) knight 1205–1258 m. Gilbert (de) Lacy 1206–1230
        1. 1. Maud (Fitzgeoffrey () fitzJohn) 1237–1301 m. William (de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, High Sheriff of) Worcestershire 1237–1298
        2. 2. Aveline (Fitz) John 1246–1274 m. Walter (de Burgh, Earl of) Ulster 1230–1271
        3. 3. Maud Beauchamp 1235–1301
        4. 4. Isabel (FitzJohn) (Vipont) 1233–1301
        5. 5. Walter (de) Lacy –1241
        6. 6. Margery (de) Lacy 1228–1256
      5. 5. Isabel (de) Warenne, 1228–1282
    4. 4. Walter (Marshall, 5th Earl of Pembroke, Lord of) Leinster 1196–1245 m. Margaret (De Quincy, Countess of) Lincoln 1208–1266
    5. 5. Eva (Marshal de Clare, Cambro-Norman) noblewoman 1203–1246 m. William (de) Braose 1200–1230
      1. 1. Eleanor (De) Braose 1224–1251 m. Humphrey (VI de Bohun, Earl Hereford &) Essex 1225–1265
        1. 1. Margery (De Bohun) (Verdun) 1251–1309
        2. 2. Humphrey (VII de Bohun, 3rd Earl Hereford & Essex, known primarily for his opposition to King Edward I over the Confirmatio) Cartarum 1249–1298 m. Maud (De) Fiennes 1246–1298
        3. 3. Alianore (de Bohun, (de) Ferrers) 1243–1314
      2. 2. Maud (Matilda de Braose,) Lady 1224–1300 m. Roger (de Mortimer, 6th Lord Of) Wigmore 1231–1282
        1. 1. Margaret Mortimer –1297 m. Robert (de Vere, 6th Earl of) Oxford 1257–1331
        2. 2. Edmund (de Mortimer, 7th Lord) Mortimer 1261–1304 m. Lady (Margaret de Fiennes, Baroness) Wigmore 1262–1333
        3. 3. Ralph (de Mortimer, Sheriff of Shropshire and) Staffordshire 1274–
        4. 4. Isabella (de Mortimer, Countess of) Arundel 1248–1300 m. John (FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel, feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh) Marches 1246–1272
      3. 3. Isabella (de Braose, Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon,) childless 1222–1248 m. Dafydd (ap Llywelynn Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of) Snowdon 1212–1246
  2. 2. Basilia (de) Clare 1158–1203

Richard Ireland's Timeline

2 Records

1130
1130
Birth of Richard 'Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in Tonbridge, Kent, England
Tonbridge, Kent, England
1176
9 Apr 1176
Age 46
Death of Richard 'Strongbow' fitz Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland, leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1130
    Event Place: Tonbridge, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Apr 1176
    Event Place: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dublin, Dublin, Ire
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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