Biography of Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188

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Around 1145 Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham was born to Diarmait Macmurrough (age 35).

On 6th January 1148 Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke (age 48) died. His son [her future husband] Richard (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Pembroke. Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham (age 3) by marriage Countess Pembroke.

Around 1st May 1171 [her father] Diarmait Macmurrough (age 61) died.

On 26th August 1171 Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 41) and Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham (age 26) were married in Reginald's Tower, Waterford, County Waterford. He the son of Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke.

In 1172 [her daughter] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke was born to [her husband] Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 42) and Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham (age 27).

Before 20th April 1176 [her son] Gilbert Clare 3rd Earl Pembroke was born to [her husband] Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 46) and Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham (age 31).

On 20th April 1176 [her husband] Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 46) died at Dublin [Map]. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin [Map]. His son [her son] Gilbert succeeded 3rd Earl Pembroke although being a minor he was never invested with the title.

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In 1185 [her son] Gilbert Clare 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 8) died. Earl Pembroke extinct. It is possible his sister [her daughter] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke (age 13) inherited the title. Her husband [her future son-in-law] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 39) was created 1st Earl of Pembroke in 1199 which suggests she didn't inherit the title.

In 1188 Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham (age 43) died. She was buried at Tintern Abbey [Map].

Biography of Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188

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