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Eva MacMurrough
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Aoife MacMurrough (b. 1145, d. 1188, Irish: Aoife Ní Daimait), also known as Aoife of Leinster, was the daughter of Dermot MacMurrough (Irish: Daimait MacMurchada), King of Leinster, and his wife More O'Toole. On 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, Waterford. Under Anglo-Norman law, this gave Strongbow succession rights to the Kingdom of Leinster. Under Irish Brehon law, the marriage gave him no such rights. Aoife conducted battles on behalf of her husband and is sometimes known as Red Eva (Irish: Aoife Rua).
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children of Aoife of Leinster (Eva MacMurrough) and Richard Strongbow | |||
| Isabel de Clare | 1172 | 1240 | m. Aug 1189, Sir William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Lord Marshal, son of John Fitz Gilbert, Marshal (Marechal) of England, and Sibylla of Salisbury. |
| Gilbert de Striguil (Chepstow), 3rd Earl of Pembroke | 1173 | 1185 | Inherited title from father but died as a minor. The title then went to his sister's husband on marriage. |
| Joan de Clare | 1175 | ? | m. Godfrey Gamage, son of William De Gamages and Elizabeth De Miners. |
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