Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde (; ; died August 1666) was an

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Richard was the eldest son of Sir William Burke and Joan O'Shaughnessy. He was a first cousin to the previous Earl and had served under him in the royalist forces during the

Irish Confederate Wars The Irish Confederate Wars, also called the Eleven Years' War (from ga, Cogadh na hAon-déag mBliana), took place in Ireland between 1641 and 1653. It was the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, a series of civil wars in the kin ...

. When restored, the Clanricarde estates were heavily in debt and a great deal of litigation was ongoing between the interested parties.

Family

Richard married Elizabeth Butler, one of the many daughters of

Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond Sir Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond and 4th Earl of Ossory (1559–1633), succeeded his uncle the 10th earl, in 1614. He was called "Walter of the Beads" because he was a devout Catholic, whereas his uncle had been a Protestant. King James ...

. It was the second marriage for Elizabeth, who was the widow of Sir Edmond Blanchville of

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. They had two daughters: * Lady Margaret Bourke, who married Col. Garret Moore (d.1706) * Lady Mary Bourke (d.1685), who married (1) Sir John Burke; and (2) Edward de Bermingham (d.1709). Richard was succeeded, as Earl, by his brother,

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