Walter de Riddlesford (''

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'' 1150 – d. 1226) was an Anglo-Norman lord who was granted in Ireland the

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of Bray,

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and

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. De Riddlesford was born in Carriebenan, Kildare, Ireland. He married a daughter of Henry fitz Henry named Amabilis Fitzhenry. He built a

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fortress on the site of what is now Kilkea Castle in

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. He died in

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and was succeeded by his son Walter. His granddaughter, Emmeline, married Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster (as his second wife) and, then, Stephen Longespée, son of William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and grandson of Henry II of England (one of their daughters was Ela Longespee).

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