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2nd Earl of Pembroke. Born Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, the son of Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabella. He succeeded upon his father's death about 1148, but the de Clare estates were severely reduced, and Henry II refused to confirm the grant of the title of earl and so de Clare, from that point,...
Richard de Clare, whose army relied heavily on Welsh archers, soon obtained the nickname 'Strongbow'. When Dermont died in 1171, Strongbow became the new king of Leinster. Henry II of England became concerned about Strongbow's growing power in Ireland and so later that year he arrived with his own army.
1 de may. de 2019 · Richard de Clare ( ‘Richard fitz Gilbert’, ‘Strongbow’) (a. 1127–1176), earl of Pembroke and Strigoil and lord of Leinster, and one of the pivotal figures of Irish history, was eldest son of Gilbert de Clare, earl of Pembroke, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, earl of Leicester. He succeeded to his father's ...
20 de jul. de 2022 · Richard de Clare arrived later, in August of 1170. On around 26 August 1171 in Waterford, Richard de Clare married MacMurrough's daughter, Aoife MacMurrough (anglicised as "Eva"). They had two children-. (i) Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, a minor who died in 1185. (ii) Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, became Countess of ...
Richard was the son of Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, and Isabel de Beaumont, sister to Waleran Count of Meulan and Robert Earl of Leicester. Richard, like his father, was known as "Strongbow" for his skill and use of the long bow of the men of Gwent. Richard and his father supported King Stephen in the civil war between ...
commonly known as ‘Strongbow’. A member of the aristocratic Clare family, he inherited his father's earldom of Pembroke in 1148 but, being a supporter of Stephen, forfeited it when Henry II came to the throne. In 1166, still out of favour, he decided to accept Dermot MacMurrough's offer of his daughter Eva (Aoife) in marriage and the ...
Brief Life History of Richard. When Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Pembroke was born in 1130, in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare 1st Earl of Pembroke, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth de Beaumont, was 25. He married Aoife MacMurchada Princess of Leinster on 26 August 1170, in Waterford, County ...
