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1st Earl of Pembroke
The Marriage of Princess Aoife of Leinster with the Norman Richard de Clare (Strongbow) by Daniel Maclise (1854).
From Wikipedia. Also here.
Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (see here and here),
born c.1100,
mar Isabel de Beaumont [lover of Henry I, descendant of Charlemagne and of Edward the Elder],
had issue:
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Richard de Clare, "Strongbow", 2nd Earl of Pembroke
(see here),
born 1130,
led Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland 1169, in reign of Henry II,
mar 1171 to Aoife Mac Murrough, Princess of Leinster [descendant of Brian Boru],
in 1172 he and his wife's uncle Archbishop Laurence O'Toole started the re-building in stone of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (originally founded by Sitric, Viking King of Dublin 1038),
the crypt of Christ Church counts as Dublin's oldest surviving building,
built the first Kilkenny Castle 1172,
through his wife inherited Dunamase, Co.Laois,
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1173-6,
died 1176, age 46 yrs, bur Christ Church,
having had issue:
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Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Pembroke,
born 1173,
succ 1176,
died c.1185, age c.12 yrs.
- Isabel de Clare, Countess Strigoil,
born c.1174,
mar 1189 [her age c.15, him age 43]
to William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and had issue.
-
Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Pembroke,
born 1173,
Strongbow's tomb, Christ Church, Dublin
Strongbow's tomb in Christ Church, Dublin, was wrecked when the S wall and roof collapsed in 1562.A monument to Strongbow was restored in the same place by the Lord Deputy of Ireland Sir Henry Sidney in 1570, but it is believed that he installed the effigy of a different Norman knight.
The half-size effigy may represent Strongbow's son the 3rd Earl, who died as a child.
The legend that Strongbow "cut him in half" after cowardice in battle is nonsense. Strongbow died when he was an infant.
The monument known as "Strongbow's tomb" has the inscription:
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"This: ayncyent: monument: of:
Rychard: Strangbowe:
called: comes: Strangvlensis: Lord: of: Chepsto: and: Ogny:
the: fyrst: and: pryncypall: invader: of: Irland: 1169: Qui: Obiit: 1177.:
The: monument: was: brocken: by: the: fall: of: the: roff: and: bodye: of: Christeschurch: in: Anna: 1562: and: set: up: agayne: at: the: chargys: of: the: Right: Honorable: Sr: Henry: Sydney: Knyght: of: the: noble: order: L: President: of: Wailes: L: Deputy: of: Irland: 1570." |
"Strongbow's tomb", Christ Church, Dublin.
From [Ireland in Pictures, The Hon. John F. Finerty, Chicago, 1898].
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"Strongbow's tomb", Christ Church, Dublin.
Photo 2003.
From here.
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"Strongbow's tomb", Christ Church, Dublin.
Photo 2008.
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From Alex Lecea.
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"Strongbow's tomb", Christ Church, Dublin.
Photo 2007. From here.
Used with permission.
- Earls of Pembroke
- Strongbow page
by Brian Clear
- After Strongbow:
- Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
(and here
and here)
- Public domain images of Christ Church (and here and here)
- All images of Strongbow's tomb
