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Isabel FITZGILBERT DE CLARE

Isabel FITZGILBERT DE CLARE

Female Abt 1172 - Abt 1220  (~ 48 years)

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  • Name Isabel FITZGILBERT DE CLARE 
    Born Abt 1172  Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation Countess of Pembroke and Striguil 
    Died Abt 7 Mar 1220  Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I35182  Main
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2017 

    Father Lord Richard DE CLARE,   b. 1130, Tonbridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1176, Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Aoife MACMURROUGH,   b. Abt 1145, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1188  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Married 26 Aug 1171  County Waterford, Munster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2458  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Earl William MARSHALL,   b. Abt 1147,   d. 1219, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Eva MARSHALL,   b. 1200, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1246  (Age < 45 years)
    +2. Isabel MARSHAL,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1240, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F12348  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Isabel de Clare, suo jure Countess of Pembroke and Striguil (1172-1220), was a Cambro-Norman-Irish noblewoman and one of the greatest heiresses in Wales and Ireland.
      Isabel was described as pleasant, gentle, and extremely attractive. After her brother Gilbert's death in 1185, she became one of the wealthiest heiresses in the kingdom, owning besides the suo jure titles of Pembroke and Striguil much land in Wales and Ireland. She inherited the numerous castles on the inlet of Milford Haven, guarding the South Channel, including Pembroke Castle. She was a ward of King Henry II.
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      Although her daughters had many children, Isabel's five sons died childless. This is supposedly attributed to a curse placed upon William Marshal by the Irish Bishop of Ferns, Albin O'Molloy. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Clare,_4th_Countess_of_Pembroke#Ancestry.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023