Aoife MacMurrough
Aoife MacMurrough | |
|---|---|
Uí Chennselaig (MacMurrough-Kavanagh family) | |
| Spouse(s) | Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke |
| Issue |
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| Father | Mor O'Toole |
Aoife MacMurrough (c. 1145 – 1188,
Mor O'Toole (c. 1114 – 1191), and a niece of Archbishop of Dublin St Lawrence O'Toole
.
Life
As the daughter of the
Brehon law and would have ensured that she was literate in Ecclesiastical Latin
. Since her mother (who also produced one son and another daughter) was the second wife of Diarmait, her station was automatically lower than that of her husband's first wife, Sadb Ní Faeláin, and her issue of two sons and one daughter.
On 25 August 1170, following the
Brehon law, both the man and the woman had to consent to a marriage, so it is fair to conclude that Aoife agreed to an arranged marriage.[1]
Under
derbhfine; 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 (Irish: Aoife Rua).[2]
She had two sons and a daughter with her husband Richard de Clare and through their daughter,
Henry VIII.[3]
Death
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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke | 1172 | 1220 | m. Aug 1189, Sir William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Lord Marshal, son of John Fitz Gilbert, Marshal (Marechal) of England, and Sibylla of Salisbury. |
| Gilbert de Striguil (Chepstow), 3rd Earl of Pembroke | 1173 | 1185 | 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 John of England. 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. |
See also
References
- ^ Hull, Eleanor (1931). A History of Ireland and Her People. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-301-36210-3.
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland". The Peerage. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
Sources
- O Croinin, Daibhi (1995) Early Medieval Ireland 400–1200 London: Longman Press; p. 281
- Salmonson, Jessica Amanda (1991) The Encyclopedia of Amazons. Paragon House. Page 160. ISBN 1-55778-420-5
- Weis, Frederick Lewis Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, Lines: 66–26, 175–7, 261–30