{"slug": "diarmait-mac-murchada", "label": "Diarmait Mac Murchada", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diarmait_Mac_Murchada", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887822", "qid": "Q887822", "description": "King of Leinster in Ireland", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1110, 1171], "span_label": ["1110 CE", "1171 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Diarmaid mac Murchadha"], "related": [{"slug": "leinster", "label": "Leinster", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "richard-de-clare-2nd-earl-of-pembroke", "label": "Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-normandy", "label": "Duchy of Normandy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "connacht", "label": "Connacht", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-ii-of-england", "label": "Henry II of England", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1110, "year_label": "1110 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Diarmait Mac Murchada, Irish king of Leinster (d. 1171)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871350#Births", "title": "1110", "revid": 1368871350, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1132, "year_label": "1132 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Diarmait Mac Murchada has the abbey of Kildare in Ireland burned, and the abbess raped. He becomes king of the province of Leinster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359566515#Religion", "title": "1132", "revid": 1359566515, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1166, "year_label": "1166 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, High King of Ireland, is killed. He is succeeded by Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, king of Connacht, who defeats Diarmaid mac Murchadha (or Dermot, another ruler in eastern Ireland) in battle. Diarmaid is exiled and goes to Normandy and the court of King Henry II of England to ask for assistance in retaking his kingdom. Henry gives him permission to find a willing army from either England or Wales. Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (\"Strongbow\") and his half-brothers Robert FitzStephen and Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan, agree to help Diarmaid mac Murchadha in return for Diarmaid's daughter's hand in marriage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303964516#British_Isles", "title": "1166", "revid": 1303964516, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1167, "year_label": "1167 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Diarmaid mac Murchadha (or Dermot), former king of Leinster, returns to Ireland with an advance party of Flemings under Richard fitz Godbert de Roche.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361983030#Ireland", "title": "1167", "revid": 1361983030, "section": "Events › By place › Ireland"}}, {"year": 1169, "year_label": "1169 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland: Anglo-Norman mercenaries land at the request of deposed King Diarmaid mac Murchadha (Dermot). Among those arriving is Richard de Clare (a vassal of Henry II), who has made an alliance with exiled Diarmaid mac Murchadha to help him regain the throne of Leinster. This begins the period of Anglo-Norman dominance of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367314843#Ireland", "title": "1169", "revid": 1367314843, "section": "Events › By place › Ireland"}}, {"year": 1171, "year_label": "1171 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Diarmaid mac Murchadha, king of Leinster (b. 1110)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362165802#Deaths", "title": "1171", "revid": 1362165802, "section": "Deaths"}}]}