Margery de Burgh (; ), was a

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and wife of

Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland (1224 – 26 December 1248) was 6 years old when his father, Theobald died. His mother was Joan de Marisco, daughter of the Justiciar of Ireland, Geoffrey de Marisco. Like his infamous father-in-law, ...

Family and lineage

Margery de Burgh was born in

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, the eldest daughter of

Richard Mor de Burgh Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

, Lord of Connacht and Justiciar of Ireland, and Egidia de Lacy. She had three brothers and three sisters, including

Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster, 2nd Lord of Connaught (; ; 1230 – 28 July 1271) also spelt Burke or Bourke, was an Irish peer from the House of Burgh. Biography De Burgh was the second son of Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Conna ...

Marriage and issue

In 1242, Margery married

(1224–1248), the eldest son of Theobald le Botiller, Chief Butler of Ireland and his first wife, Joan, daughter of Geoffrey de Marsh (or Mareys), Knt., Justiciar of Ireland. Margery and Theobald had two children: *

Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland (1242 – 26 September 1285) was the son of Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland and Margery de Burgh, daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht. He assisted King Edward I of Engl ...

(1242- 26 September 1285), who married, in 1268, Joan FitzJohn ( died 26 May 1303), daughter of John Fitzgeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland, and Isabel Bigod. Joan was a younger sister of his uncle's wife, Aveline FitzJohn. The marriage produced issue, from whom descended the Earls of Ormond. * Elizabeth Butler (Le Botiller)

Death

Margery's husband died 26 December 1248. He was buried before 3 August 1248 at

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, Co. Limerick. On 27 April 1250, she made a fine to remarry. Margery de Burgh died on 1 March 1252.

References

13th-century deaths People from County Galway Nobility from County Limerick 13th-century Irish women Margery Margery Irish nobility Year of birth unknown 1224 births {{Ireland-noble-stub