Enna mac Donachadh, rí Laigin
(-1126)
Muirchertach ua Tuathail, rí Uí Muiredaig
(Est 1090-)
Cacht ingen Loigsig ua Mórdha
(-1149)
Diarmait na-nGall mac Murchada, rí Laigin
(Abt 1111-1171)
Mór ingen Muirchertaig ua Tuathail
(-1191)
Aoife mac Murchada of Leinster
(Abt 1141-Aft 1189)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Richard "Strongbow" de Clare, Earl of Pembroke

Aoife mac Murchada of Leinster

  • Born: Abt 1141, Leinster, Ireland
  • Married: 26 Aug 1171, Waterford, Ireland
  • Died: After 1189

  Anglicized as Eva McMURROUGH

  Research Notes:

The Annales Cambriæ record that "Ricardus comes de Striguil" invaded Ireland in 1171 and married "filiam Diermit regis". The Expugnatio Hibernica records the marriage of "filia…Dermitii, Eva" and Earl Richard.

She was styled Countess of Ireland in 1185, but Countess of Strigoil in 1186. 1

  Marriage Information:

Aoife married Richard "Strongbow" de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, son of Gilbert "Strongbow" de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, and Isabel de Beaumont, on 26 Aug 1171 in Waterford, Ireland. (Richard "Strongbow" de Clare was born about 1130 in Tunbridge, Kent, England and died on 20 Apr 1176.)

Sources


1 Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medlands: Aoife [Eva].


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