Aoife MacMurrough
Aoife MacMurrough (c. 1145 – 1188, Irish: Aoife Nic Mhurchada), also known as Eva of Leinster, was an Irish noblewoman, Princess of Leinster and Countess of Pembroke. She was the daughter of Dermot MacMurrough (c. 1110 – 1171) (Irish: Diarmait Mac Murchada), King of Leinster, and his second wife, Mór Ní Tuathail or Mor O'Toole (c. 1114 – 1191), and a niece of Archbishop of Dublin St Lawrence O'Toole.
Aoife MacMurrough | |
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The Marriage of Strongbow and Eva (1854) by Daniel Maclise, a romanticised depiction of the union between Aoife and Richard de Clare in the ruins of Waterford | |
| Born | 1145 |
| Died | 1188 |
| Noble family | Uí Chennselaig (MacMurrough-Kavanagh family) |
| Spouse(s) | Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke |
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| Father | Dermot MacMurrough |
| Mother | Mor O'Toole |
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