Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke

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Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, was a powerful Anglo-Norman heiress whose vast estates and marriage to William Marshal made her one of the most influential noblewomen in late 12th- and early 13th-century England and Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Norman noble
countess
heiress
noblewoman
activeInPeriod early 13th century
late 12th century
associatedWith Lordship of Leinster
Norman invasion of Ireland (aftermath)
birthDate circa 1172
burialPlace Tintern
surface form: Tintern Abbey (probable association via Marshal family)
child Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
Eva Marshal, Lady of Abergavenny
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
Isabel Marshal
surface form: Isabel Marshal, Countess of Cornwall

Joan Marshal
Matilda Marshal
surface form: Matilda Marshal, Countess of Norfolk

Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
Countess of Derby
surface form: Sibyl Marshal, Countess of Derby

Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1220
era High Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
familyName de Clare family
surface form: de Clare
father Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
gender female
givenName Isabel
heldTitleIn Leinster
surface form: Leinster, Ireland

Pembroke, Wales
inheritedFrom Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED
marriageDate 1189
mother Aoife MacMurrough
motherTongue Anglo-Norman French
nobleFamily Marshal family (by marriage)
de Clare family
nobleTitle Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke self-linksurface differs
surface form: 4th Countess of Pembroke

suo jure Countess of Pembroke
notableFor influence in late 12th-century and early 13th-century Anglo-Irish politics
marriage alliance with William Marshal
vast estates in England, Wales, and Ireland
positionHeld Countess of Pembroke
Lady of Leinster
religion Roman Catholicism
socialStatus high nobility
spouse William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke NERFINISHED

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William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke spouse Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
Amice FitzRobert child Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
Amice FitzRobert hasRelative Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
Isabel Marshal mother Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
Sibyl Marshal mother Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
Sibyl Marshal motherNobleTitle Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
this entity surface form: 4th Countess of Pembroke
Sibyl Marshal hasRelative Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
Joan Marshal mother Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
1st Earl of Pembroke spouse Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
subject surface form: William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke mother Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke mother Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke mother Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke mother Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke
Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke nobleTitle Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 4th Countess of Pembroke
Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke mother Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke