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Male Earl Richard of Pembroke (Strongbow) Clare Click to view Earl Richard of Pembroke (Strongbow) Clare in the family tree

Richard of Pembroke, known as Strongbow, was born in 1130 in Tunbridge, Kent, England..  Strongbow's father was Earl Gilbert fitzGilbert of Pembroke and his mother was Isabel Beaumont.  His paternal grandparents were Earl Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and Adeliza or Adelaide de Claremont; his maternal grandparents were Earl Sir Robert I of Leicester Beaumont and Isabel of Vermandois.  He was an only child.  He died at the age of 46 on April 20th, 1176 in Dublin, Dublin, Ire..


Strongbow's family with Aoife (Eve) of Leinster

‌Strongbow and Aoife (Eve) of Leinster were married in a religious ceremony in 1170.  They had a daughter named Isabel.

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