William Marshal's wife Isabel de Clare, woman of influence
"Isabel de Clare, the descendant of kings, dukes and freebooters, was one of the wealthiest heiresses in Henry II’s kingdom thanks to the ambitions of her father Richard, Strongbow, de Clare and his marriage to Aoife, daughter of the last king of Leinster. Nature gave her beauty and intelligenc...
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire ; Havertown
Pen & Sword
2024
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- The de Clare family establishes itself
- The anarchy
- The earl and the king of Leinster
- Winning Aoife
- Pawns and players
- The Irish countess
- A valuable prize
- A safe husband
- Wife and chatelaine
- Motherhood
- Wife of a junior justiciar
- Divided loyalties
- Leinster
- Lady of Leinster
- An Irish retirement
- Troubled times
- The regent's wife
- The marriage market
- One final kiss
- A matriarch takes up the reins
- Isabel's sons
- Too many heiresses
- Who's who