Dubh Chablaigh ingen Áed


Dubh Chablaigh ingen Áed was Queen of Munster.

Background

Dubh Chablaigh was a daughter of King Áed in Gai Bernaig of Connacht. Her siblings included Cú Chonnacht, Tadg, Murchad Liathnach, Cathal, Niall Odar, and Ruaidrí na Saide Buide, who was King of Connacht from 1087 to 1092.
Her namesake and grand-aunt, Dub Chablaigh ingen Cathal, was the fourth wife of Brian Boru and thus Empress of the Irish upon her death in 1009. She was in turn great-great grandaunt of Dubhchobhlaigh Bean Ua hEaghra, Queen of Luighne Connacht and great-great-great grandaunt of Dub Coblaigh Ní Conchobhair, Queen of Cenél Conaill, all of whom were her namesakes.

Marriage and issue

Dubh Chablaigh became the wife of Toirdelbach Ua Briain, King of Munster and High King of Ireland.
She may have been the mother of Dub Coblaig Ní Briain, Princess of Thomond who bore her name. Tairrdelbach's daughter, Mór, married Dubh Chablaigh's brother, King Ruaidrí na Saide Buide, though Mór may have been her step-daughter rather than biological daughter.
Dubh Chablaigh is however acknowledged as the mother of Diarmait Ua Briain, who ruled Munster on three occasions and from whom many subsequent Kings of Munster and all Kings of Thomond would descend.

Family tree

Áed in Gai Bernaig
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Dubh Chablaigh Cú Chonnacht Tadg Murchad Liathnach Cathal Niall Odar Ruaidrí na Saide Buide
=Toirdelbach Ua Briain d.1062 d.1069. d.1082. died 1105. died 1118.
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Diarmait Dub Coblaig?, d. 1095. Mór?, d. 1088.
| =Ruaidrí na Saide Buide
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Kings of Munster and Thomond. |
Kings of Connacht.