Eva MacMurrough (b. 1145, d. 1188) was also known as Aoife of Leinster. She was the daughter of Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster, and his wife More O'Toole. On 29 August 1170, she married Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, better known as 'Strongbow'. She conducted battles on his behalf. She is also known as Red Eva or Roe Eva. Diarmait Mac Murchada (also known as Diarmait na nGall, Dermot of the Foreigners), anglicized as Dermot MacMurrough (died 1 January 1171) was the King of Leinster, and is often considered to have been the most notorious traitor in Irish history. ... Son of Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Beaumont, Richard was an Anglo-Norman lord notable in supporting Henry II of England in Ireland. ...
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Children of Aoife of Leinster (Eva MacMurrough) and Richard Strongbow
Inherited title from father but died as a minor. The title then went to his sister's husband on marriage.
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Salmonson, Jessica Amanda.(1991) The Encyclopedia of Amazons. Paragon House. Page 160. ISBN 1-55778-420-5
O Croinin, Daibhi., Early Medieval Ireland 400-1200, (1995) Longman Press: London and New York, p281.
Ousted as King of Leinster, he invited King Henry II of England to assist him in regaining the throne.
Mac Murchada was born in 1110, a son of Donnchad, King of Leinster and Dublin; he was a descendant of Brian Boru.
At that time Ireland was like a federal kingdom, with five provinces (Ulster, Leinster, Munster and Connaught along with Meath, which was the seat of the High King) each ruled by kings who were all supposed to be loyal to the High King of Ireland.
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