Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught
Richard Mór de Burgh 1st Lord of Connaught | |
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Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent | |
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| Born | c. 1194 |
| Died | c. 1242 |
| Spouse | Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht |
| Children | Sir Richard de Burgh Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster William Óg de Burgh Alice de Burgh Margery de Burgh Matilda de Burgh Daughter de Burgh |
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Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht (English: Justiciar of Ireland (1228–32).
Background
Richard Mór de Burgh was born towards the end of the year in 1193 (and came of age in 1214). He was the eldest son and heir of
King of Thomond). Richard's principal estate was in the barony of Loughrea where he built a castle in 1236 and a town was founded. He also founded Galway town and Ballinasloe. The islands on Lough Mask
and Lough Orben were also part of his demesne.
From the death of his father (
Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent. In 1223 (and again in 1225) he was appointed Seneschal of Munster and keeper of Limerick Castle.[4]
Connacht
In
benefices
. He was removed from office in 1232, but his disgrace was short-lived.
When, in
Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair, from Connacht. Richard and his lieutenants received great shares of land, while Felim was obliged to pay homage and was allowed to hold only five cantreds (in Roscommon), while Richard held the remaining 25 cantreds of Connacht in chief of the crown of England. De Burgh took the title of "Lord of Connacht".[1]
Wife and children
Before 21 April 1225, he married
Eóghanacht
Caisil with the castle of Ardmayle in Tipperary. Richard and Egidia had three sons and four daughters:
- Sir Richard de Burgh (d.1248), Lord of Connaught, Constable of Montgomery Castle married a relative of Eleanor of Provence,[5] and died (without issue) in Poitou.
- Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (d.1271), Lord of Connaught.
- William Óg de Burgh (d.1270), Anglo-Irish Lord and warrior who was the ancestor of the Lords of Clanricarde.
- Alice de Burgh.
- Margery de Burgh (died after March 1253) married Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland.
- Matilda de Burgh married Sir Gerald de Prendergast of Beauvoir; they had a daughter, Maud.[6]
- Daughter de Burgh who married Hamon de Valoynes; they had a daughter, Mabel de Valoynes.
Richard de Burgh fell ill on a voyage to France and died shortly before 17 February 1243.
Ancestry
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See also
References
Citations
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2012) |
- ^ ISBN 0-415-27949-6.
- ^ Lodge 1754, p. 24.
- ^ Owen 1790, p. 8.
- required.)
- ^ Matthew Paris, Chronica majora, iv, pp 628, 655.
- ^ Burke, Bernard. "Prendergast Lineage", A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, Harrison, 1895, p. 773.
Bibliography
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- Harbison, Sheelagh (1995), "Rindown Castle: a royal fortress in Co. Roscommon", Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 47
- Hayden, Alan (1988), "Excavation on the line of the medieval town defences of Loughrea, Co. Galway", Journal of the JSTOR 25535575
- Holland, Patrick (1988), "The Anglo-Normans in Co. Galway: the process of colonization", Journal of the JSTOR 25535573
- Holland, Patrick (1993), "Anglo-Norman Galway; rectangular earthworks and moated sites", Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 46
- Holland, Patrick (1997), "The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; land-holdings, castles and settlements", Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 49
- Lodge, John (1754). The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom; with Their Paternal Coats of Arms. Vol. 4. William Johnston.
- MacLysaght, Edward (1978), The Surnames of Ireland, Dublin
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ISBN 978-0-19-959306-4.
- Earls of Ulster and Lords of Connacht, 1205–1460 (de Burgh, de Lacy and Mortimer), p. 170;
- Mac William Burkes: Mac William Iochtar (de Burgh), Lords of Lower Connacht and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332–1649, p. 171;
- Burke of Clanricard: Mac William Uachtar (de Burgh), Lords of Upper Connacht and Earls of Clanricard, 1332–1722, p. 172.
- O'Donovan, John (1843), The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's Country, Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society
- Owen, W. (1790). The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of Ireland. Vol. III. London: Fleet Street, Holborn, Piccadilly.
External Links
- Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
