4th Countess of Pembroke Isabella de Clare

1172 - 1220  (48 years)

• Name	Isabella de Clare  [1, 2]
  Title	4th Countess of Pembroke
  Birth	Feb 1172	Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
  Gender	Female
  Notable Quote	the good, the fair, the wise, the courteous lady of high degree
  Death	14 May 1220	Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
  Person ID	I22748	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	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)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Princess of Leinster Aoife 'Eve' MacMurrough,   b. 26 Apr 1145, Ireland d. 26 Aug 1188, Waterford, Waterford, Ireland (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Aug 1171	Waterford County, Ireland   [3]
  	the day after the capture of Waterford by the Cambro-Norman forces led by Strongbow
  		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.
  Family ID	F3356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	1st Earl of Pembroke William Marshall, the Elder,   b. 12 May 1146, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 14 May 1219, Caversham, Oxfordshire, England (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1189	Tower of London, London, England
  		Wedding of Isabel de Clare and William Marshall Tower of London
  Children	1. Sibyl Marshall,   b. 1209, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 27 Apr 1245, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Countess of Cornwall Isabel Marshall,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 17 Jan 1240, Hertfordshire, England (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Feb 1172 - Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Marriage - Aug 1189 - Tower of London, London, England Death - 14 May 1220 - Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-CLARE Clare Coat of Arms

  
  

  Weddings

  Wedding of Isabel de Clare and William Marshall Tower of London

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare