1145 - 1188 (43 years)| Name | Aoife 'Eve' MacMurrough [1] | |
| Title | Princess of Leinster | |
| Birth | 26 Apr 1145 | Ireland  [1] |
| Gender | Female | |
| Death | 26 Aug 1188 | Waterford, Waterford, Ireland [1] |
| Person ID | I9592 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | King of Leinster in Ireland Diarmait MacMurchada, b. 1110, Dublin, Ireland d. 1 May 1171, Lough, Wexford, Ireland (Age 61 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Mór Ní Tuathail, b. Abt 1114, Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland d. 1191, Ireland (Age 77 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Marriage | Abt 1140 | Wexford County, Ireland |
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| Family ID | F3566 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, and Justiciar of Ireland Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, b. 21 Sep 1130, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 20 Apr 1176, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age 45 years) | |||
| Marriage | 26 Aug 1171 | Waterford County, Ireland [1] |
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Wedding of Aoife & Strongbow Marriage of Aoife and Strongbow (1854) by Daniel Maclise Marriage of Aoife & Strongbow on the day after the capture of Waterford by the Cambro-Norman forces led by Strongbow. A romanticised depiction of the union between Aoife and Richard de Clare in the ruins of Waterford. |
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| Family ID | F3356 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |||
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| Old World | | _Aoife At the age of thirty-eight and still unmarried due to a lack of royal favor, Richard was ready for the arrival and proposal of Dermot MacMurchada Lord of Leinster in 1168/69. Dermot arrived in Bristol, along with his daughter Aoife, and went to the home of Robert fitz Harding, a wealthy merchant, money-lender, and favorite of King Henry's. Dermot… |
| Weddings | | Wedding of Aoife & Strongbow Marriage of Aoife and Strongbow (1854) by Daniel Maclise Marriage of Aoife & Strongbow on the day after the capture of Waterford by the Cambro-Norman forces led by Strongbow. A romanticised depiction of the union between Aoife and Richard de Clare in the ruins of Waterford. |
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