Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 46893
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Mac Shamhráin , Ailbhe,
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  • Title: Affrica (Affraic)
  • Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography  Edited by James McGuire and James Quinn.  Cambridge University Press, 2009. Available open access from the Dictionary of Irish Biography, a project of the Royal Irish Academy: https://www.dib.ie/biography/affrica-affraic-a0053
  • Description: Member of the royal family of Man and the Isles. Another spelling of her name could reflect an earlier Irish figure Affraic, Abbess of Kildare. Affrica also founded the Cistercian monastery of St Mary of Iugum Dei, known as Grey Abbey (Co. Down).
  • Article Type: Encyclopedia
  • Subject (See Also): Anglo-Normans Isle of Man Ireland Marriage Noble Women Politics
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 12- 13
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  • Author's Affiliation: Editor of the Monasticon Hibernicum (https://monasticon.celt.dias.ie/), a searchable database of Irish ecclesiastical sites 5th to 12th centuries.
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  • Year of Publication: 2009.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available