Isabel de Clare | |
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suo jure Countess of Pembroke and Striguil | |
![]() Wooden statue of Isabel in the grounds of Tintern Abbey, County Wexford | |
Born | c. 1172 Leinster |
Died | 11 March 1220 Chepstow, Wales |
Buried | Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire |
Noble family | De Clare |
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Issue | |
Father | Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke |
Mother | Aoife of Leinster |
Isabel de Clare, suo jure 4th Countess of Pembroke and Striguil (c. 1172 – 11 March 1220), was an Anglo-Norman and Irish noblewoman descended from Aoife Macmurrough and Richard de Clare and one of the wealthiest heiresses in Wales and Ireland.[1] She was the wife of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who served three successive kings as Marshal of England. Her marriage had been arranged by King Richard I.