Next Attack for Art Fight 2025. That I Cheekily Titled, "Goblin Deez-" In revenge for the "Drag On Deez-" attack Strongbow // @mounted-archer did on me first.
This is Strongbow's character, Nym Leofir, who reminded me of my oc, Javelin so much that I had to draw him. (Even though Javelin is much younger than him-)
The Irish Princess and her dynastic marriage to a Norman that helped shape Europe.
Aoife, Princess of Leinster -> Catherine, The Princess of Wales.
The Princess of Wales is Aoife, Princess of Leinster and Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke 26th Great-Granddaughter via her paternal grandfather’s line.
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Aoife or Eva, Princess of Leinster, played a pivotal role in the history of Ireland and the Norman expansion. She was the daughter of Diarmaid MacMurrough, King of Leinster, who sought the help of the Normans to secure his throne and defeat his enemies. As part of this alliance, Aoife married the Norman leader Richard de Clare, known as ‘Strongbow,’ on 25 August 1170. This marriage marked the arrival of the Normans in Ireland, just 104 years after their conquest of England by William the Conqueror.
Through their daughter, Isabelle de Clare, The 4th Countess of Pembroke, the union of Aoife and Strongbow forged a lineage that would shape the future of European nobility. Isabelle became an ancestor of nearly every reigning monarch across Europe. Within a few generations, her descendants included much of the European aristocracy, including all the Kings of Scotland since Robert the Bruce (1274–1329) and every monarch of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom since Henry IV (1367–1413).
Family Line
Aoife MacMurrough, Princess of Leinster and Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Painting of their wedding, depicting the political and cultural consequences.
Isabelle de Clare 4th Countess of Pembroke m. William Marshall 1st Earl of Pembroke.
Eve Marshall m William de Briouze, born Pembroke Castle.
Eve de Briouze m. William de Cauntelo, Coat of Arms
Millicent de Cauntelo m. Eon la Zouche, Coat of Arms
Eva la Zouche m. Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley, buried St Mary's Church, Portbury.
Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley m. Catherine Clivedon
Sir John Berkeley m. Elizabeth Betteshorne, burial location.
Eleanor Berkeley m. Sir Richard Poynings, burial tomb.
Eleanor de Poynings m. Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
Lady Margaret Percy m. Sir William Gascoigne
Anne Gascoigne m. Sir Thomas Fairfax - Gawthorpe Hall, family seat.
William Fairfax m. Anne Baker - Gilling Castle, family seat.
John Fairfax m. Mary Birch - Master of the Great Hospital at Norwich, Norfolk
Rev. Benjamin Fairfax m. Sarah Galliard - Preacher at Rumburgh, Suffolk.
Benjamin Fairfax m. Bridget Stringer - died in Halesworth, Suffolk.
Sarah Fairfax m. Rev. John Meadows - died in Ousedon, Suffolk.
Philip Meadows m. Margaret Hall
Sarah Meadows m. Dr. David Martineau
Thomas Martineau m. Elizabeth Rankin - buried at Rosary Cemetery, Norwich.
Elizabeth Martineau m. Dr. Thomas Michael Greenhow - died in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Frances Elizabeth Greenhow m. Francis Lupton
Francis Martineau Lupton m. Harriet Davis
Olive Lupton m. Richard Middleton
Peter Middleton m. Valerie Glassborow
Michael Middleton m. Carole Goldsmith
Catherine Middleton m. Prince William of Wales
*Catherine is also a descendant of Aoife via her mother Caroles maternal line.
Earth 18: Home of the Justice Riders, consisting of several western heroes, including Strongbow, Bat-Lash, El Diablo, Madame .44, Johnny Thunder, and Cinnamon
#OTD in 1318 – Richard de Clare, Lord of Thomond, a descendant of Strongbow, is killed while commanding his forces at the Battle of Dysert O’Dea.
The Normans were very unsuccessful in trying to establish themselves in Clare. They had but one small section in Bunratty guarded by a strong Castle of the same name. In 1318 Richard DeClare occupied the Castle of Bunratty. In May of that year he was joined by some Irish traitors and they proceeded with a very strong Army of English and Irish to attack Conor O’Dea of Dysert O’Dea and establish…