Isabel FitzGilbert de Clare Heiress of Pembroke (1172–1220) • FamilySearch

Isabel FitzGilbert de Clare Heiress of Pembroke

Brief Life History of Isabel FitzGilbert de Clare

When Isabel FitzGilbert de Clare Heiress of Pembroke was born in 1172, in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, her father, Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was 42 and her mother, Countess Eva Macmurogh Kavanagh, was 27. She married William Marshal 1st Earl of Pembroke on 8 August 1189, in London, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 11 March 1220, in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the age of 48, and was buried in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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William Marshal 1st Earl of Pembroke
1146–1219
Isabel FitzGilbert de Clare Heiress of Pembroke
1172–1220
Marriage: 8 August 1189
William Marshal 2nd Earl of Pembroke
1190–1231
Richard Marshal 3rd Earl of Pembroke
1191–1234
Anselm Marshall 6th Earl of Pembroke
1209–1245
Matilda Marshal
1192–1248
Maud Marshal
1192–1248
Sir Gilbert Marshall 4th Earl of Pembroke
1194–1241
Walter Marshal 5th Earl of Pembroke
1196–1245
Isabel Marshall
1200–1240
Sibyl Marshall
1201–
Joane Marshal
1202–1234
Eva Marshall
1203–1246

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  • Birth - Annales Monastici
  • Isabel De Clare (1172-1220), "Find A Grave Index"
  • Medlands

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sung, Jung, Yong, Chang, Kwang, Sang, Dong, Hyun, Jae, Jin, Kyung, Jong, Chong, Chung, Byung, Jeong, Pyong, Myong, Hak, Jin Hwan, Sook, Yeong, Choon.

Korean: variant of O .

Japanese: variant of Ō (see O ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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