Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke

Isabel de Clare
suo jure Countess of Pembroke and Striguil
Wooden statue of Isabel in the grounds of Tintern Abbey, County Wexford
Bornc. 1172
Leinster
Died11 March 1220
Chepstow, Wales
BuriedTintern Abbey, Monmouthshire
Noble familyDe Clare
Spouse(s)
(m. 1189; died 1219)
Issue
FatherRichard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
MotherAoife 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.

  1. ^ Costain 1962, p. 267.