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 2., , or ,(a) generally known as "Strongbow,"(b) whose name, ne "Comes de Pembroke," appears, 7 Nov. 1153, among those who recognised Henry (afterwards Henry II.) us the successor to King Stephen. He is said(d) to have acted as "Marshal of England " at the coronation of Henry II.,(c) 19 Dec. 1154; was on an embassy to Germany early in 1168 to escort the Princess Matilda to Minden, on her marriage to the Duke of Saxony. In Aug. 1170(e) he crossed over to Ireland to assist Dermot, , who had been driven from his kingdom. He captured, on 25 Aug. 1170, the city of Waterford, where (or so some say at Dublin) a few days later he m. Eva, only child of the said Dermot, which Eva, on the death (1 May 1171) of her said father, inherited his rights of dominion, tho' these rights were promptly disputed by O'Connor, King of Connaught, whom, however, he defeated. To pacify Henry II., who was jealous of his power, he resigned to him all his castles and maritime cities. For six months from 18 Oct. 1171 that king was in Ireland, receiving on his march from Waterford, thro' Ossory, to Dublin, the homage of the Irish Princes, while the Earl kept his own court at Kildare.(f) He assisted the King in Normandy during the