William
Fitzaldelm
De Burgh
Born in Burgh Next Aylsham, Norfolk, England
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Juliana (Daisnel) Burgh
— married
1132 in Burgh Next Aylsham, Norfolk, England
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 90
in Burgh, Norfolk, England
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Biography
The fictional patriarch of this line was the creation of 17th century and later genealogists who created an extremely unaccurate family tree for the de Burgh family.
This problematic identification may have arisen in a passage by John Thomas Gilbert, in his 'History of the viceroys of Ireland' in which he describes what happened in Ireland following the death of Richard de Clare (Strongbow) in 1176, leaving the recently established Norman position there vulnerable to Irish resurgence. Gilbert introduces this passage by naming Henry ll's Seneschal 'Guillaume Fitz-Aldhelm de Burgh' . Gilbert then explains that Henry ll, then in Normandy, wrote, 'I now send to you Guillaume Fitz-Aldelm, my seneschal whom I have entrusted with the management and arrangement of affairs in my stead as my viceroy .... I shall confirm his proceedings as if executed by myself and all your transactions with him shall be ratified by me.' [1]
Sources
- ↑ History of the viceroys of Ireland; with notices of the Castle of Dublin and its chief occupants in former times p: 41 by: John Thomas Gilbert, pub: Dalcassian 1865
- House of Burke - likely includes many of his descendants - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burke
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Rejected matches › William (Burgh) de Burgh (abt.1158-bef.1206) › William (fitz Anselm) fitz Aldelm (abt.1150-)
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https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-4000?rskey=emWs8K&result=1
That on William fitz Aldelin is by Marie Flanagan an emeritus professor who specialises in 12th c Irish history, you can find it here:
https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-9538?rskey=VcBLxk&result=1
Note Flanagan states in the above article: ` In the past he [William fitz Aldelin] has been confused with William de Burgh, the brother of the thirteenth-century justiciar Hubert de Burgh, but this identification has long been discredited. '
edited by Stephen Burke