Aoife (Eva) MacMurrough, Princess of Leinster, Countess of Pembroke

1145 - 1188  (43 years)

• Name	Aoife (Eva) MacMurrough
  Suffix	Princess of Leinster, Countess of Pembroke
  Born	1145	Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Died	1188	Wales
  Buried	Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales
  	Grave location, biography, historical photos: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57584505
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoife_MacMurrough She was the daughter of Dermot MacMurrough (c. 1110-1171) (Irish: Diarmait Mac Murchada), King of Leinster, and his wife Mor O'Toole (c. 1114-1191). On the 29 August 1170, following the Norman invasion of Ireland that her father had requested, she married Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, better known as Strongbow, the leader of the Norman invasion force, in Christchurch cathedral in Waterford. Her father, Dermot MacMurrough, who was seeking a military alliance with Strongbow in his feud with King of Breffney, Tiernan O'Ruark, had promised Aoife to Pembroke. However, according to Brehon law, both the man and the woman had to consent to the marriage, so it is fair to conclude that Aoife accepted her father's arrangements. Under Anglo-Norman law, this gave Strongbow succession rights to the Kingdom of Leinster. Under Irish Brehon law, the marriage gave her a life interest only, after which any land would normally revert to male cousins; but Brehon law also recognised a transfer of "swordland" following a conquest. Aoife led troops in battle and is sometimes known as Red Eva (Irish: Aoife Rua). She had two sons and a daughter with her husband Richard de Clare, and via their daughter, Isabel de Clare, within a few generations their descendants included much of the nobility of Europe including all the monarchs of Scotland since Robert I (1274-1329) and all those of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom since Henry IV (1367-1413); and, apart from Anne of Cleves, all the queen consorts of Henry VIII.
  Person ID	I36234	Master File
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster,   b. 11 Nov 1110, Leinster, Ireland ,   d. 01 May 1171, Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Mor O'Toole, Queen of Leinster,   b. ca 1114, Castle Dermot, Kildare, Ireland ,   d. 1191, Ireland  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F14952	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard (Strongbow) de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke,   b. 1130, Tonbridge, Kent, England ,   d. 20 Apr 1176, Dublin, Ireland  (Age 46 years)
  Children	1. Isabel de Clare,   b. ca 1172, Pembrokeshire, Wales ,   d. 1220, Pembrokeshire, Wales  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F14951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart