Richard MacWilliam (De Burgh) Burke

Born [date unknown] in Ireland

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Died Apr 1530 in Ireland

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Richard Mór De Burgh was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Richard Bourke MacWilliam was the son of Ulick Fion Bourke, Lord of Clanricarde, and Slany O'Brien. He married Margaret Butler, daughter of Piers Butler (8th Earl of Ormonde) and Margaret FitzGerald, ca.1509. He died in April 1530.^[1]

He was the Clan Chief of Clanricarde.

Children of Richard Bourke MacWilliam and Lady Margaret Butler:

1. Richard 'Oge' Bourke+
2. Ulick Bourke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde+ d. 19 Oct 1544
3. Rickard Bourke+
4. Theobald Bourke
5. Redmond Bourke d. 20 Jan 1580

For further exploration: Wikipedia calls him "9th Lord of Clanricarde" and provides a fairly detailed pedigree, with the following brief biography:

• Burke was the second son of Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde, and Slaine Ni Con Mara (Slany MacNamara), succeeding in 1519 upon the death of his brother, Ulick Óge Burke.

• In 1522 he was part of a confederation of Connacht forces that marched to Sligo to give battle to the O'Donnells, who were conquering north Connacht. However, the expedition fell apart without a fight after the failure of Conn Bacach O'Neill to defeat O'Donnell.

• Burke married Margaret Butler, daughter to Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond. He was succeeded by his uncle's [Edmund] grandson, John mac Richard Mór Burke, who ruled until 1536.

Sources

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p21690.htm#i216900
• wikipedia:Richard Mór Burke

1. ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new edition (1910-1959). Volume III, page 228:
   • https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo03coka/page/228/mode/2up