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Richard de Clare (1130 – 20 April 1176), 2nd Earl of Pembroke, also Lord of Leinster and Justiciar of Ireland (sometimes known as Richard FitzGilbert), was an Anglo-Norman nobleman notable for his leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. [1] Like his father, Richard is commonly known by his nickname, Strongbow (Anglo-Norman: Arc ...
The son of Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, was Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (died 1176), known as Strongbow, a leader of the Norman invasion of Ireland. His only son died while still a minor, and Strongbow's many Irish and Welsh possessions passed with his daughter Isabel , to her husband, William Marshal . [ 10 ]
Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1100–1147) Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130–1176) Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1173–1185) Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke (1172–1220) Like his father Richard Fitz Gilbert, de Clare (commonly known as Strongbow) was a supporter of Stephen, King of England - the last ...
Richard de Clare may refer to: Richard fitz Gilbert (1030–1091), lord of Clare and of Tonbridge, ancestor of the Clare family; Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (died 1136), a.k.a. Richard de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford, Anglo-Norman lord; Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130–1176), Anglo-Norman lord known as "Strongbow"
The painting depicts the 1170 marriage of the Norman knight Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ("Strongbow") to the Irish princess Aoife Ní Diarmait in Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford. It is portrayed as a pivotal moment in the Norman conquest of Ireland and the death of Gaelic Ireland. In the foreground are the bodies of dead Irish ...
Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066 –c. 1117), 2nd feudal baron of Clare [1] in Suffolk, and styled "de Tonbridge", was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107–1111.
Richard, Earl of Pembroke may refer to Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130–1176), Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland; Cambro-Norman leader in the Norman invasion of Ireland Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1191–1234), Lord Marshal of England
Daniel Maclise's painting of the marriage of Isabel's parents, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and his wife Aoife of Leinster in August 1170, the day after the capture of Waterford. Isabel was one of two known legitimate children of Earl Richard "Strongbow". Isabel may have been older than her brother Gilbert, who was born in 1173 but ...