DERMOT MAC MURROUGH (d. 1171)
, Irish See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Leinster, succeeded his See also:father in the principality of the Hui Cinsellaigh (1115) and eventually in the kingship of Leinster
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The See also:early events of his See also:life are obscure; but about 1152 we find him engaged in a See also:feud with 0 Ruairc, the See also:lord of Breifne (See also:Leitrim and See also:Cavan)
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Dermot abducted the wife of 0 Ruairc more with the See also:object of injuring his See also:rival than from any love of the See also:lady
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The injured See also:husband called to his aid Roderic, the high king (airdrigh) of See also:Connaught; and in 1166 Dermot fled before this powerful See also:coalition to invoke the aid of See also:England
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Obtaining from See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. a See also:licence to enlist See also:allies among the Welsh marchers, Dermot secured the aid of the See also:Clares and Geraldines
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To See also:Richard
Strongbow, See also:earl of See also:Pembroke and See also:head of the See also:house of See also:Clare, Dermot gave his daughter Eva in See also:marriage; and on his See also:death was succeeded by the earl in Leinster
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The See also:historical importance of Dermot lies in the fact that he was the means of introducing the See also:English into See also:Ireland
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Through his aid the towns of See also:Water-See also:ford, See also:Wexford and See also:Dublin had already become English colonies before the arrival of Henry II. in the See also:island
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See The See also:Song of Dermot and the Earl, an old See also:French Poem (by M
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Regan?), ed. with trans. by G
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Orpen, 1892; Kate Norgate, England under the Angevin See also:Kings, vol. ii
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