Mór Ní Tuathail
Mór Ní Tuathail (* about 1114 in Castledermot , Kildare , Ireland ; † 1191 in Ireland) was an Irish noblewoman and Queen of Leinster and the first (in the sense of "highest", not the first in time) wife of King Diarmait Mac Murchada . Under the Brehon Laws , Irish men were allowed to marry several women. King Dermot's other wife was Sadhbh Ní Fhaolain , (also: Sadb ingen Cerbaill Uí Fáeláin), daughter of Carroll (Cerbaill) Mac Faelain and niece of the abbess of Kildare who was raped in 1132 .
Mór was the mother of Aoife MacMurrough , wife of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , known as Strongbow, and thus the ancestor of several English noble houses.
family
Mór was born around 1114 in Castledermot , Kildare , Ireland to Muirchertach Ua Tuathail , king of the Uí Muirdeaigh , and Cacht Ní Morda.
Her paternal grandparents were Gilla Comgaill Ua Tuathail and Sadbh Ní Domnail, her maternal grandparents were Loigsig Ua Morda, King of Laois and Gormlaith Ní Caellaide.
One of Mór's four half-brothers was St. Lorcán Ua Tuathail (St. Laurence O'Toole), Archbishop of Dublin.
marriage
In Loch Garman , Mór was married to King Diarmait Mac Murchada of Leinster as his main wife around 1140 , which made her co-regent of Leinster. In 1152 the King Derbforgaill kidnapped Ní Mhaol Seachlainn, the wife of the King of Breifne, Tigernán Ua Ruairc .
Dermot and Mór had at least two children together:
- Conchobhar Mac Murchada (died 1169)
- Aoife MacMurrough (1145–1188), married Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , known as Strongbow , on August 29, 1170 , with whom they had two children, including Isabel de Clare , who inherited their father's titles and lands.
Órlaith von Leinster, married to Domnall Mór Ua Briain , King of Thomond, was the daughter of Sabdh.
In 1167 Mór's son Conchobhar was killed by Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair , High King of Ireland.
Queen Mór died in 1191, three years after her eldest daughter, Aoife, and 20 years after her husband.
See also
- Banshenchas (oldest collection on Irish women's history)
swell
- ^ Daniel Byrne-Rothwell: The Byrnes and the O'Byrnes. House of Lochar 2010
- ^ Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Kings of Leinster
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ní Tuathail, Mór |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish noblewoman and Queen of Leinster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1114 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castledermot , Kildare , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1191 |
| Place of death | Ireland |