As part of the brokered deal between Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and Richard de Clare Earl of Pembroke, known as Strongbow, de Clare was given MacMurrough’s daughter Aoife in marriage, and the succession of Leinster on MacMurrough’s death.  When they married, Richard was 45 and Aoife 25. Medieval women,especially those of high rank,  were … Continue reading Isabel de Clare and the Marshal