Individual Details
Isabel "Countess of Pembroke" Clare
(Abt 1172 - Abt 7 Mar 1220)
}Isabel de Clare, suo jure Countess of Pembroke and Striguil (1172-1220), was a Cambro-Norman-Irish noblewoman and one of the greatest heiresses in Wales and Ireland.
Isabel was described as pleasant, gentle, and extremely attractive. After her brother Gilbert's death in 1185, she became one of the wealthiest heiresses in the kingdom, owning besides the suo jure titles of Pembroke and Striguil much land in Wales and Ireland. She inherited the numerous castles on the inlet of Milford Haven, guarding the South Channel, including Pembroke Castle. She was a ward of King Henry II.
===Marriage and Issue===
: m. [[Marshal-16|William Marshal]], 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 - 14 May 1219)
Isabel's five sons had no issue.Legend has that William Marshal was cursed by the Irish Bishop of Ferns.
* William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
* Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
* Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
* Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
* Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
Her line continued through her daughters.
* Maud m. Hugh BigodThe title of marshal passed to Hugh de Bigod
* Isabel Marshal
* Sibyl Marshal
* Joan Marshal
* Eva Marshal
===Death===Isabel died in Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1220 at the age of forty-eight.Her husband had died the year before. She is buried at Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire.Cawley, 2006
Burial information of Isabel FitzGilbert de Clare at Tintern Abbey:
On July 7, 2006 Alton Rogers received an email from Richard Turner with the Wales government (Richard.Turner@Wales.GSI.Gov.UK) regarding the burial of Isabel, wife of William Marshal at Tintern Abbey. He provided the following from M.P. Siddons (ed) 1996, Visitations by the Heralds in Wales, Alan Sutton Publishing, Stroud, pp 37-39: Isabel de Clare is known to have been buried in the Abbey Church with two of her sons, Walter and Anselm. The chapter house at Tintern is early 13th century in date and the present Abbey Church was started in 1269. So none of these burial slabs will have been in their original position in 1531 when William Fellows visited the tomb of Aoife/Eva of Leinster, Isabel's mother: (Ive Burgh) "in the northe part of sayde Church Lyeth Ive Burgh, doughter to Makmure, King of Lymster in Irelande, and wife to Richard Strangebowe aforewrytten on the other side."
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== Sources ==
*Royal Ancestry 2013 D. Richardson Vol. IV p. 40-47
* Cawely, C. (2006). "England, Earls created 1138-1143: Pembroke: A. Earls of Pembroke 1138-1185/8." Medieval Lands v.3. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#IsabelClarePembrokedied1220 fmg.ac]
* [[Wikipedia: Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke]]
* [[Wikipedia: Chepstow Castle]]
* ''[[Space:The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine|The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine]]'' (Devizes, Wiltshire, England, 1855) [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b752751;view=2up;seq=166 Vol.2, Page 138]
Isabel was described as pleasant, gentle, and extremely attractive. After her brother Gilbert's death in 1185, she became one of the wealthiest heiresses in the kingdom, owning besides the suo jure titles of Pembroke and Striguil much land in Wales and Ireland. She inherited the numerous castles on the inlet of Milford Haven, guarding the South Channel, including Pembroke Castle. She was a ward of King Henry II.
===Marriage and Issue===
: m. [[Marshal-16|William Marshal]], 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 - 14 May 1219)
Isabel's five sons had no issue.Legend has that William Marshal was cursed by the Irish Bishop of Ferns.
* William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
* Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
* Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
* Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
* Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke. No issue.
Her line continued through her daughters.
* Maud m. Hugh BigodThe title of marshal passed to Hugh de Bigod
* Isabel Marshal
* Sibyl Marshal
* Joan Marshal
* Eva Marshal
===Death===Isabel died in Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1220 at the age of forty-eight.Her husband had died the year before. She is buried at Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire.Cawley, 2006
Burial information of Isabel FitzGilbert de Clare at Tintern Abbey:
On July 7, 2006 Alton Rogers received an email from Richard Turner with the Wales government (Richard.Turner@Wales.GSI.Gov.UK) regarding the burial of Isabel, wife of William Marshal at Tintern Abbey. He provided the following from M.P. Siddons (ed) 1996, Visitations by the Heralds in Wales, Alan Sutton Publishing, Stroud, pp 37-39: Isabel de Clare is known to have been buried in the Abbey Church with two of her sons, Walter and Anselm. The chapter house at Tintern is early 13th century in date and the present Abbey Church was started in 1269. So none of these burial slabs will have been in their original position in 1531 when William Fellows visited the tomb of Aoife/Eva of Leinster, Isabel's mother: (Ive Burgh) "in the northe part of sayde Church Lyeth Ive Burgh, doughter to Makmure, King of Lymster in Irelande, and wife to Richard Strangebowe aforewrytten on the other side."
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== Sources ==
*Royal Ancestry 2013 D. Richardson Vol. IV p. 40-47
* Cawely, C. (2006). "England, Earls created 1138-1143: Pembroke: A. Earls of Pembroke 1138-1185/8." Medieval Lands v.3. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#IsabelClarePembrokedied1220 fmg.ac]
* [[Wikipedia: Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke]]
* [[Wikipedia: Chepstow Castle]]
* ''[[Space:The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine|The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine]]'' (Devizes, Wiltshire, England, 1855) [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b752751;view=2up;seq=166 Vol.2, Page 138]
Events
| Birth | Abt 1172 | Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales | |||
| Marriage | Aug 1189 | London, England - Sir William "Earl of Pembroke" Marshal | |||
| Death | Abt 7 Mar 1220 | Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales | |||
| Alt name | FitzGilbert de Clare, Marshall | ||||
| Reference No | 879081 | ||||
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| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Sir William "Earl of Pembroke" Marshal (1146 - 1219) |
| Child | Lady Maud "Marshal of England, Countess of Norfolk and Warenne" Marshal (1193 - 1248) |
| Child | Isabel "Countess of Glouster and Hertford, Cornwall and Poitou" Marshal (1200 - 1240) |
| Child | William "Earl of Pembroke" Marshal (1190 - 1231) |
| Child | Richard Marshal (1194 - 1238) |
| Child | Eva "Baroness Abergavenny" Marshal (1194 - 1246) |
| Child | Earl Gilbert Marshal IV (1196 - 1241) |
| Child | Walter Marshal Knt (1200 - 1245) |
| Child | Sibyl Marshal (1201 - 1238) |
| Child | Anselm "Earl of Pembroke, Master Marshal" Marshal (1204 - 1245) |
| Child | Joane Marshal (1210 - 1234) |
| Father | Richard "2nd Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Striguil, Strongbow" Clare (1130 - 1176) |
| Mother | Aoife "Princess of Leinster, Countess of Pembroke" MacMurrough (1145 - 1187) |
| Sibling | Gilbert "Strongbow" Clare (1175 - 1185) |