1171 Deaths - Dermot Macmurrough, Henry of Blois, Philip of Milly, Hugh VIII of Lusignan, Al-' Id, Walter de Luci, Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dermot Macmurrough, Henry of Blois, Philip of Milly, Hugh Viii of Lusignan, Al-' id, Walter de Luci, Conan Iv, Duke of Brittany, Edward of Aberdeen, Gentile, Baldwin Iv, Count of Hainaut, Ubaldo Caccianemici, Hasculf Thorgillsson, Abul-Hasan Al-Hasan Ibn Ali, Theobald of Bearn, Gleb of Kiev. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Diarmait or Diarmaid Mac Murchadha (later known as Diarmaid na nGall or "Diarmaid of the Foreigners"), anglicized as Dermot MacMurrough (11101 May 1171), was a King of Leinster in Ireland. Ousted as King of Leinster in 1166, he sought military assistance from King Henry II of England to retake his kingdom. In return, MacMurrough pledged an Oath of Allegiance to Henry, who sent troops in support. As a further thanks for his reinstatement, MacMurrough's daughter Aoife was married to Richard de Clare, the 2nd Earl of Pembroke and a Cambro-Norman lord, known as "Strongbow." Henry II then mounted a larger second invasion in 1171 to ensure his control over Strongbow, and since then parts of, or all of, Ireland has been ruled or reigned over by the monarchs of England. Mac Murchadha was born around 1110, a son of Enna MacDonnchada, King of Leinster and Dublin. His father's grandmother Dervorgilla was a daughter of Donnchad, King of Munster and therefore she was a grand-daughter of Brian Boru . His father was killed in battle in 1115 by the Dublin Vikings that were ruled by his cousin Sigtrygg Silkbeard, and was buried in Dublin along with the body of a dog, considered to be a huge insult. Mac Murchada had two wives (as allowed under the Brehon Laws), the first of whom, Mor Ui Thuathail, was mother of Aoife / Eva of Leinster and Conchobhar Mac Murchadha. By Sadhbh of Ui Fhaolain, he had a daughter named Orlaith who married Domhnall Mo...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=880495