Richard (Burgh) de Burgh Knt (abt. 1259 - 1326)

Born about 1259 in Ulster, Ireland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1326 at about age 67 in Athassel Priory, near Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland

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Biography

Titles of Richard de Burgh ^[1]

2nd Earl of Ulster

Lord of Connacht

Lieutenant of Ireland 1299-1300

Keeper of Athlone, Randown, and Roscommon Castles

Richard de Burgh (the Red Earl) was probably the most powerful man in Ireland in his time, connected by marriage to most of the other Norman families in Ireland.

Richard de Burgh fought against Edward de Brus the battle at Connor.

Richard was born ca 1259 (of age in Jan 1280)

Parents and family

Husband: Walter de BURGH

Wife: Aveline Fitzjohn

Child: Richard 'The Red' de BURGH

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1257

Place: Of, SRY, England^[2]

Death

Death:

Date: BEF 29 JUL 1326

Place: Athassel Monastery, Tipperary, Ireland^[3]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 29 AUG 1326

Place: Athassel Monastery, Tipperary, Ireland^[4]

(Royal Ancestry) Sir Richard de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, died at the monastery at Athassel-on-the-Suir, co. Tipperary 29 July 1326.

Marriage and children

Husband: Richard 'The Red' de BURGH

Wife: Margaret ______ (per Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. II p. 16-17)

Child: Aveline de BURGH, wife of John de Bermingham, Earl of Louth

Child: Eleanor de BURGH, wife of Sir Thomas, 1st Lord Multon

Child: Elizabeth de BURGH, wife of Robert I de Brus, King of Scotland

Child: Walter de BURGH

Child: John de BURGH

Child: Maud (Matilda) de BURGH, wife of Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, Earl of Hertford

Child: Thomas de BURGH

Child: Katherine de BURGH, wife of Maurice FitzThomas, 1st Earl of Desmond

Child: Sir Edmund de BURGH

Child: Joan de BURGH, wife of Thomas FitzJohn, 2nd Earl of Kildare, and of Sir John Darcy, 1st Baron

Marriage:

Date: BEF 27 FEB 1280/1

Place: Lanvalay, Connaught, Ireland^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Royal Ancestry
2. ↑ Source: #S4
3. ↑ Source: #S4
4. ↑ Source: #S4
5. ↑ Source: #S4

• Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. II p. 16-19

• See his detailed profile in the Dictionary of Irish Biography:
  • https://www.dib.ie/biography/burgh-richard-de-a1132

• A brief biography is included in James Wills' Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, from the earliest times to the present period (Dublin: Macgregor, Polson 1840-47), pp.372-3:
  • https://archive.org/details/livesofillustrio01willuoft/page/372/mode/2up

• Source: Ancestry Family Trees
• Source: S2 Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 49
• Source: S3 Title: Ancestral File
• Source: S4 Title: hofundssonAnces.ged
• Marlyn Lewis.

• WikiTree profile De Burgh-204 created through the import of Main Tree_2011-07-30_2011-08-30.ged on Aug 30, 2011 by Sharryn Hopgood.