Clare, Richard De

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see Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of.

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Pembroke, Richard De Clare, 2d earl Of - d. 1176, English nobleman, also known as Richard Strongbow. He went as an adventurer (1170) to Ireland at the request of the hard-pressed Dermot McMurrough, king of Leinster. Strongbow subdued much of...