Richard Strongbow FitzGilbert de Clare 
Richard Strongbow FitzGilbert was born about 1125. Richard Strongbow FitzGilbert's father was Gilbert Strongbow FitzGilbert de Clare and his mother was Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont. His paternal grandparents were Gilbert FitzRichard Mareschall de Clare and Adeliza de Clermont; his maternal grandparents were Robert I de Meulan de Beaumont and Isabella Capet de Crepi of Vermandois. He had a sister named Basilea. He was the older of the two children. He had two half-sisters named Isabel of and Maud of. He died on April 20th, 1176 in Dublin, Ireland. He was buried in Holy Trinity, Dublin, Ireland.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> Richard /Strongbow/
Cause of Death:<CAUS> foot infection
According to Encyclopaedia Britannica: "Byname Richard Strongbow also
called Richard de Clare, Anglo-Norman lord whose invasion of Ireland in
1170 initiated the opening phase of the English conquest. The son of
Gilbert FitzGilbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, he succeeded to his father's
estates in southern Wales in 1148-49. Pembroke had evidently lost these
lands by 1168; it was probably in that year that he agreed to aid Dermot
MacMurrough, king of Leinster, who had been expelled from his kingdom by
Roderic (Rory O'Connor), high king of Ireland. King Henry II of England
(reigned 1154-89) granted Pembroke permission to invade Ireland, and on
Aug. 23, 1170, the earl landed near Waterford. "
Some sources list his death on April 5, 1176 or June 1, 1176.
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‌Richard Strongbow FitzGilbert and Aoife (Eva) MacMurrough of were married in a religious ceremony on August 26th, 1171 in Waterford, Ireland. They had two sons and two daughters, named Gilbert, Robert FitzRichard, Isabel Fitz Richard Strongbow and Alina.
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Children
Isabel Fitz Richard Strongbow de Clare
Isabel Fitz Richard Strongbow was born about 1172. She died in 1220. She was buried in Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire.
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