Aoife MacMurrough

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The wedding of Strongbow and Eve in a painting by Daniel Maclise from 1854 with a romanticized depiction of the wedding of Aoife and Richard de Clare. in the ruins of Waterford .

Aoife MacMurrough (* around 1145 in Ireland ; † 1188 ibid), Irish Aoife Ní Diarmait , also known as Eva von Leinster , was the daughter of Dermot MacMurrough (around 1110–1171), Irish: Diarmait Mac Murchada , King of Leinster, and his wife Mór Ní Tuathail (approx. 1114–1191).

marriage

On August 29, 1170, after the Anglo- Norman invasion of Ireland her father had claimed, she married Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke , better known as Strongbow, the leader of the Norman invaders, at Reginald's Tower in Waterford . Her father had promised it to Strongbow in return for the invasion he had requested while visiting England. Under Irish law he could not marry her without her consent, but she could not avoid an arranged marriage. The marriage secured the succession of Leinster to Strongbow under Anglo-Norman law. According to old Irish law, a cousin would have been the legal heir to the throne, but it also knew a transfer of "swordland" to a conqueror. Aoife waged wars for the interests of her husband and was therefore also known as "Red Eve" (Irish Aoife Rua ).

She had two sons and a daughter with her husband, and through her daughter Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke , her descendants comprised a large part of the European nobility within a few generations, including the rulers of Scotland since Robert I of Scotland (1274– 1329) and England since Henry IV (1367–1413); almost all of Henry VIII's wives . She was buried in the crypt of Kilkenny Castle .

literature

  • Daibhí Ó Cróinín: Early Medieval Ireland 400-1200 . Longman Press, London, 1995, p. 281
  • Jessica Amanda Salmonson: The Encyclopedia of Amazons. Paragon House, 1991, ISBN 1-55778-420-5 , p. 160
  • Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 , Lines: 66-26, 175-7, 261-30
personal data
SURNAME MacMurrough, Aoife
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ní Diarmait, Aoife (Irish form); Eva von Leinster (traditional name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish nobles
DATE OF BIRTH around 1145
PLACE OF BIRTH Ireland
DATE OF DEATH 1188
Place of death Ireland