Countess of Ireland, Countess of Pembroke Aoife MacMurrough

Abt 1145 - Aft 1187  (> 43 years)

• Name	Aoife MacMurrough
  Title	Countess of Ireland, Countess of Pembroke
  Birth	Abt 1145	Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1187	Clare, Munster, Ireland
  Person ID	I7734	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	King Of Leinster Dermot Diarmuid MacMurrough,   b. Abt 26 Jun 1110, County Wexford, Ireland d. 8 May 1171, County Wexford, Ireland (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Queen Consort Of Leinster Mor Ui Thuathail,   b. 1114, County Dublin, Ireland d. 10 May 1191, County Wexford, Ireland (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1140	County Dublin, Ireland
  Family ID	F1499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	2nd Earl Of Pembroke Earl Of Striguil Richard Clare,   b. Abt 1130, Kentshire, England d. Abt 20 Apr 1176, County Dublin, Ireland (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1170	County Waterford, Ireland
  Children	+ 1. Countess Of Pembroke And Striguil Isabel De Clare,   b. Apr 1171, Yorkshire, England d. 11 Mar 1220, Yorkshire, England (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  She had been promised to Strongbow by her father who had visited Englan d t o a s k f o r an invasion army. He was not allowed to give his daughter a w ay , a s u n der Early Irish Law Aoife had the choice of whom she married, b u t s h e h a d to agree to an arranged marriage. Under Anglo-Norman law, this gave Strongbow succession rights to the Ki n g d o m o f Leinster. Under Irish Brehon law, the marriage gave her a life i n t e r e st only, after which any land would normally revert to male cousin s ; b u t B r ehon law also recognized a transfer of "swordland" following a c o n q u e st. Aoife conducted battles on behalf of her husband and is someti m e s k n o wn as Red Eva (Irish: Aoife Rua).