Eva MacMurrough

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The Marriage of Aoife and Strongbow (1854) by Daniel Maclise, a romanticised depiction of the union between the Aoife and the Richard de Clare in the ruins of Waterford.

Aoife 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.

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Children of Aoife of Leinster (Eva MacMurrough) and Richard Strongbow
Isabel de Clare	1172	1240	m. Aug 1189, Sir William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Lord Marshal, son of John Fitz Gilbert, Marshal (Marechal) of England, and Sibylla of Salisbury.
Gilbert de Striguil (Chepstow), 3rd Earl of Pembroke	1173	1185	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.