Sir Uilleag (Ulick) de Burgh (Burke), 1st
Clanricarde
Clanricarde (; ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
Ter ...
or
Mac William Uachtar
Clanricarde (; ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
Te ...
(; ; ; ; ; died
1343 or
1353) was an
Irish
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who was leader of one of the three factions who fought the
Burke Civil War
The Burke/de Burgh Civil War was a conflict in Ireland from 1333 to 1338 between three leading members of the de Burgh (Burke/ Bourke) Anglo-Norman family resulting in the division into three clans.
Background
Twenty-year-old William Donn de ...
in the 1330s. By the end of the conflict he had established himself and his descendants as Clanricarde, also known as
Mac William Uachtar
Clanricarde (; ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
Te ...
(Upper Mac William), independent lords of Galway. He was succeeded by his son,
Richard Óg Burke
Richard Óg Burke, 2nd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1387) was an Irish chieftain and nobleman who was the son of Sir Ulick Burke or Uilleag de Burgh, 1st Clanricarde (d.1343/1353).
Richard died in 1387, and was succeeded by h ...
, 2nd Clanricarde (d.1387).
Family background
There are differing views as to Burke's ancestry.
According to the
Book of the Burkes (''Historia et Genealogia Familiae de Burgo''), a genealogical manuscript made in the 1570s for
Seaán mac Oliver Bourke
Seaán mac Oliver (John) Bourke, 17th Mac William Íochtar (Lower Mac William or Mac William Oughter) ( ; died 1580) was an Irish people, Irish nobility, noble who was created Baron Ardenerie (1580).
Career
Bourke was the son of Oliver Bourke ...
, 17th
Mac William Íochtar
Mac William Íochtar (Lower Mac William), also known as the Mayo Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh in Ireland. Mayo covered much of the northern part of the province of Connacht and the Mac William Í ...
(d.1580) of the Burkes of County Mayo, Burke was a son of Richard an Fhorbhair mac William de Burgh, a natural son of
William Laith de Burgh (d.1324), who was a son of
Richard Óg de Burgh, illegitimate son of
William de Burgh
William de Burgh (; ; ; la, de Burgo; c.1160–winter 1205/06) was the founder of the House of Burgh (later surnamed Burke or Bourke) in Ireland and elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent and Geoffrey de Burgh, Bishop of Ely.
I ...
(d.1206) original founder of the
de Burgh/Burke dynasty in Ireland.
[, p.10] The same descent is given by
Duald MacFirbis in his ''
Leabhar na nGenealach
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'' (Book of the Genealogies), mostly compiled in 1649-50, and its revised abridgement the ''
Cuimre na nGenealach'' (Binding of the Genealogies) of 1666.
This is the ancestry presented by
John O'Hart
John O'Hart (1824–1902) was an Irish genealogist. He was born in Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland. A committed Roman Catholic and Irish nationalist, O'Hart had originally planned to become a priest but instead spent two years as a poli ...
in his ''Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation'' (1876), and in the Oxford ''A New History of Ireland'' (1984), where the authors write "The origins of the Clanricard line are not absolutely proven, but the descent given is that in the best Irish genealogical sources and is not contradicted by contemporary sources."
On this view, Burke would have been the leader of an illegitimate branch of the de Burgh family that were already strong in south Connaught, and were able to use the conflict of the 1330s to establish themselves as an independent lordship. The name "Clanricarde", first recorded in 1335, would reflect their ancestry from
Richard Óg de Burgh, and might have already been in informal use for a number of generations.
However, as noted by
Martin J. Blake in 1911,
the pedigree above is not without its problems. In particular, William Liath de Burgh, the founder of the Franciscan Abbey in Galway, is known to have died in 1324. As Blake writes "it is obvious, having regard to these dates, that he could hardly have been a grandson (as these writers represent him to be) of the first William de Burgh in Ireland, who died early in A.D. 1206 as the English State Records prove." The MacFirbis pedigree also omits Burke's successor,
Richard Óg Burke
Richard Óg Burke, 2nd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1387) was an Irish chieftain and nobleman who was the son of Sir Ulick Burke or Uilleag de Burgh, 1st Clanricarde (d.1343/1353).
Richard died in 1387, and was succeeded by h ...
, 2nd Clanricarde (d.1387) whose existence is well attested. Blake concludes that MacFirbis and the earlier manuscript "are accurate as regards the genealogy they give of the Mac William Bourkes of Mayo (Mac William Eighter) but that they had no accurate information regarding the early part of the pedigree of the Mac William Burkes of Clan-Ricard (Mac William Oughter) and could only make a guess at it–with the not surprising result, that they made a mess of it."
A different ancestry for Burke was given by
John Lodge in his ''Peerage of Ireland'' (2nd ed, 1789), and followed by
Edmund Lodge
Edmund Lodge, KH (1756–1839), herald, was a long-serving English officer of arms, a writer on heraldic subjects, and a compiler of short biographies.
Life and career
Lodge was born in Poland Street, London on 13 June 1756, the son of Edmund Lo ...
in his ''Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage'' (1832).
According to this version William Liath de Burgh was identical with the William de Burgh who was the son of
William Óg de Burgh
Sir William Óg de Burgh (; ; died 1270) was an Anglo-Irish noble and soldier who was the ancestor of the Earls of Clanricarde and the Mac William Iochtar (Burkes of County Mayo).
Career
William Óg was the third son of Richard Mor de Burg ...
(d.1270), that died at the
Battle of Áth an gCeap in 1270, and father of
Walter Liath de Burgh
Sir Walter Liath de Burgh (; ; died February 1332) was an Anglo-Irish noble whose imprisonment by the Earl of Ulster and death from starvation led to the Earl's murder the following year.
De Burgh was the eldest son of Sir William Liath de ...
(d.1332), whose starving to death in 1332 triggered the Burke civil war. On this view William Liath de Burgh was the dominant Anglo-Norman noble in all Connaught, second in authority only to his cousin
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster and 3rd Baron of Connaught (; ; 1259 – 29 July 1326), called The Red Earl ( Latinized to de Burgo), was one of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries and father of ...
among the de Burghs. Ulick de Burgh is presented as the son of William Liath de Burgh, and so brother to
Edmond Albanach de Burgh, 1st
Mac William Íochtar
Mac William Íochtar (Lower Mac William), also known as the Mayo Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh in Ireland. Mayo covered much of the northern part of the province of Connacht and the Mac William Í ...
(d.1375) and Walter de Burgh, with Ulick and Edmond ultimately partitioning Connaught between themselves at the end of the conflict as brothers. Blake asserts that the Burke who was a son of Richard an Fhorbhair should be identified with
Ulick Burke of Umhaill (d.1343) ancestor of the Bourkes of the Owles, in County Mayo.
Moreover, recent scholarship has shed light on the true early ancestry of the de Burgh (Burke) family, most notedly that Richard Óg de Burgh, illegitimate son of William de Burgh (d. 1206), never existed and was a complete genealogical invention. Both Oxford Dictionary of National Biography articles published in the 21st century on William de Burgh (died 1206) and his son Richard de Burgh (died 1243) confirm that the elder William (died 1206) had only one son named Richard de Burgh (died 1243). As such, it is widely accepted amongst eminent genealogical historians that William de Burgh (died 1206) had just three sons (Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht; Hubert de Burgh, Bishop of Limerick; and William de Burgh, Sheriff of Connacht) with only one being named Richard de Burgh. Therefore, it is Richard Mór de Burgh's (died 1243) youngest son, William Óg de Burgh (died 1270), who is the ancestor of the
Clanricarde
Clanricarde (; ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
Ter ...
. The family tree below represents the best scholarship on the different branches and lines of descent of the early de Burgh (Burke) family.
The First ''Clanricarde''
On the death of
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster and 3rd Baron of Connaught (; ; 1259 – 29 July 1326), called The Red Earl ( Latinized to de Burgo), was one of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries and father of ...
in 1326, the earldom passed to his grandson
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and 4th Baron of Connaught (; ; 17 September 1312 – 6 June 1333) was an Irish noble who was Lieutenant of Ireland (1331) and whose murder, aged 20, led to the Burke Civil War.
Background
The grandson ...
, then 14 years old. William became increasingly estranged and suspicious of his two principal lieutenants, Henry de Mandeville in Ulster and Walter de Burgh in Connaught. In 1331 he had Henry de Mandeville arrested, and the following year he had Walter de Burgh with two of his brothers captured and imprisoned. He then ordered that Walter should be starved to death.
Gylle de Burgh
Gylle de Burgh (; ; fl. 1332) was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman and wife of Richard de Manderville.
De Burgh was the only daughter of Sir William Liath de Burgh (died 1323) and a sister of Sir Walter Liath de Burgh. Walter was captured and starv ...
, the sister of Walter and wife of Robert de Mandeville, Henry's brother, plotted revenge and in June 1333 the young Earl was cut down as he passed through
Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,998 at the 2011 Census. It is County Antrim's oldest t ...
by members of his own retinue, members and associates of the de Mandeville family.
This action triggered
open civil war between the different branches of the de Burgh family. The Earl's heir-general, his infant daughter,
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster
Elizabeth de Burgh, Duchess of Clarence, ''suo jure'' 4th Countess of Ulster and 5th Baroness of Connaught (; ; 6 July 1332 – 10 December 1363) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman who married Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence.
Family
Elizab ...
, was taken to England on her father's death and lost control over her lands. Warfare broke out among the
Gaelic
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Irish
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***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
tenants of the late Earl – many of whom expelled the
Anglo-Irish
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– and among the three principal members of the de Burgh family:
*
Edmond de Burgh
Sir Edmund de Burgh (; ; 1298–1338) was an Irish knight and ancestor of the Burke family of Clanwilliam.
Background
De Burgh was the fifth and last surviving son of Richard, Lord of Connaught and Earl of Ulster. His elder brother, John de ...
of
Castleconnell
Castleconnell (, historically ''Caisleán Uí Chonaing'') is a village in County Limerick on the banks of the River Shannon. It is from Limerick city and near the boundaries of counties Clare and Tipperary.
History
The ruins of the ' Castle ...
(now in
County Limerick
"Remember Limerick"
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), surviving brother of the second Earl, senior member of the Earl's direct family.
*
Edmond Albanach de Burgh of north
Connacht
Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...
(mainly
County Mayo
County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...
)
* Ulick Burke of Annaghkeen in south Connacht (mainly east
County Galway
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)
A series of raids and counter-raids ensued, with Edmond de Burgh reportedly laying waste much of Connaught in 1335. But in 1338 Edmond de Burgh was cornered and caught at
Ballinrobe
Ballinrobe () is a town in County Mayo in Ireland. It is located on the River Robe, which empties into Lough Mask two kilometres to the west. As of the 2016 census, the population was 2,786.
History Foundation and development
Ballinrobe is c ...
by his cousin Edmond Albanach, who according to the
Annals of the Four Masters
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"fastened a stone to his neck and drowned him in
Lough Mask
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".
In the aftermath by 1340 the much-weakened family had divided into three separate, independent lordships:
*
Clanwilliam Burke of
County Limerick
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*
Mac William Íochtar
Mac William Íochtar (Lower Mac William), also known as the Mayo Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh in Ireland. Mayo covered much of the northern part of the province of Connacht and the Mac William Í ...
of
County Mayo
County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...
*
Clanricarde
Clanricarde (; ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
Ter ...
of
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice"
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Ulick remained Clanricarde until his death in 1343 (or 1353 ?
), to be succeeded by his son,
Richard Óg Burke
Richard Óg Burke, 2nd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1387) was an Irish chieftain and nobleman who was the son of Sir Ulick Burke or Uilleag de Burgh, 1st Clanricarde (d.1343/1353).
Richard died in 1387, and was succeeded by h ...
.
He is said to have possessed an unusual nickname — ''Bod-an-Balcuigh'', which translated to "Penis of Power".
Genealogy
* Walter de Burgh of
Burgh Castle
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,
Norfolk
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m. Alice
**
William de Burgh
William de Burgh (; ; ; la, de Burgo; c.1160–winter 1205/06) was the founder of the House of Burgh (later surnamed Burke or Bourke) in Ireland and elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent and Geoffrey de Burgh, Bishop of Ely.
I ...
(d. 1206) m. Daughter of
Domnall Mór Ó Briain,
King of Thomond
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***
Richard Mór /
Óge de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connaught m.
Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht
Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht (c. 1205 – 24 February 1240), was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman, the wife of Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught and Strathearn (c.1194–1242), and the mother of his seven children, including Walter ...
**** Sir Richard de Burgh (d.1248), 2nd Lord of Connaught
****
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 ...
(d. 1271)
*****
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster and 3rd Baron of Connaught (; ; 1259 – 29 July 1326), called The Red Earl ( Latinized to de Burgo), was one of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries and father of ...
(1259–1326)
******
John de Burgh m.
Elizabeth de Clare
Elizabeth de Clare, 11th Lady of Clare (16 September 1295 – 4 November 1360) was the heiress to the lordships of Clare, Suffolk, in England and Usk in Wales. She was the youngest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford ...
*******
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and 4th Baron of Connaught (; ; 17 September 1312 – 6 June 1333) was an Irish noble who was Lieutenant of Ireland (1331) and whose murder, aged 20, led to the Burke Civil War.
Background
The grandson ...
(1312–33) m.
Maud of Lancaster
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Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster
Elizabeth de Burgh, Duchess of Clarence, ''suo jure'' 4th Countess of Ulster and 5th Baroness of Connaught (; ; 6 July 1332 – 10 December 1363) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman who married Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence.
Family
Elizab ...
(1332–63) m.
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, (; 29 November 133817 October 1368) was the third son, but the second son to survive infancy, of the English king Edward III and Philippa of Hainault. He was named after his birthplace, at Antwerp in the Duc ...
*********
Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355–82) m.
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and ''jure uxoris'' Earl of Ulster (1 February 135227 December 1381) was the son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Gr ...
*********
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 137420 July 1398) was an English nobleman. He was considered the heir presumptive to King Richard II, his mother's first cousin.
Roger Mortimer's father, the 3rd Earl of Marc ...
, 6th Earl of Ulster (1374–98)
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Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March
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, 7th Earl of Ulster (1391–1425)
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Anne Mortimer
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(1388–1411) m.
Richard of Conisburgh
Richard of Conisbrough, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (20 July 1385 – 5 August 1415) was the second son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York. He was beheaded for his part in the Southampton Plot, a conspirac ...
, 3rd Earl of Cambridge
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Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York
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, 8th Earl of Ulster (1411–60)
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Edward IV
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(Edward, 4th Duke of York, 9th Earl of Ulster)
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House of York
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(Kings and Queens of England and Ireland)
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Edmond de Burgh
Sir Edmund de Burgh (; ; 1298–1338) was an Irish knight and ancestor of the Burke family of Clanwilliam.
Background
De Burgh was the fifth and last surviving son of Richard, Lord of Connaught and Earl of Ulster. His elder brother, John de ...
******* Sir Richard Burke
******** Walter Burke (d. 1432)
********* Burkes of Castleconnell and Brittas (Clanwilliam)
******** Uileag Carragh Burke
********* Burkes of Cois tSiúire (Clanwilliam)
******* Sir David Burke,
******** Burkes of Muskerryquirk (Clanwilliam)
******
Elizabeth, Queen of Scotland m.
Robert I of Scotland
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventuall ...
***** Theobald de Burgh
***** William de Burgh
***** Thomas de Burgh
***** Egidia de Burgh
****
William Óg de Burgh
Sir William Óg de Burgh (; ; died 1270) was an Anglo-Irish noble and soldier who was the ancestor of the Earls of Clanricarde and the Mac William Iochtar (Burkes of County Mayo).
Career
William Óg was the third son of Richard Mor de Burg ...
(d. 1270)
*****
William Liath de Burgh
William Liath de Burgh (; ; died 1324) was an Irish noble and deputy Justiciar of Ireland (1308–09).
Background
De Burgh was a son of William Og de Burgh, who was killed at the Battle of Áth-an-Chip or Athankip in 1270, and a nephew of ...
(d. 1324)
****** Sir
Walter Liath de Burgh
Sir Walter Liath de Burgh (; ; died February 1332) was an Anglo-Irish noble whose imprisonment by the Earl of Ulster and death from starvation led to the Earl's murder the following year.
De Burgh was the eldest son of Sir William Liath de ...
, d. 1332
****** Sir
Edmond Albanach de Burgh (d. 1375), 1st Mac William Íochtar (Lower Mac William), (Mayo)
******* Mac William Íochtars,
Viscounts Mayo and
Earls of Mayo
Earl of the County of Mayo, usually known simply as Earl of Mayo, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created, in 1785, for John Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo (of the second creation). For many years he served as "First Commissioner of Revenue" in ...
******
John de Burgh (1350–98), Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
****** Richard an Fhorbhair de Burgh
******* Sir
Ulick de Burgh (d. 1343/53), 1st Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or
Clanricarde
Clanricarde (; ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
Ter ...
(Galway)
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Richard Óg Burke
Richard Óg Burke, 2nd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1387) was an Irish chieftain and nobleman who was the son of Sir Ulick Burke or Uilleag de Burgh, 1st Clanricarde (d.1343/1353).
Richard died in 1387, and was succeeded by h ...
(d. 1387)
*********
Ulick an Fhiona Burke
Ulick an Fhiona Burke, 3rd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; ; ; died 1424) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was nicknamed ''an Fhiona'' (meaning ''of the wine'').
Ulick became chieftain on the death of this father, Richard Óg Bu ...
**********
Clanricarde
Clanricarde (; ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
Ter ...
s,
Earls of Marquesses of Clanricarde
******* Raymond de Burgh
******* Walter Óge de Burgh
****** Raymund de Burgh
****** Ulick de Burgh of Umhall
**** Alice de Burgh
****
Margery de Burgh
Margery de Burgh (; ), was a Norman-Irish noblewoman and wife of Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland.
Family and lineage
Margery de Burgh was born in Galway, Ireland, the eldest daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht and ...
**** Matilda de Burgh
**** Daughter de Burgh
***
Hubert de Burgh, Bishop of Limerick (d. 1250)
*** William de Burgh, Sheriff of Connacht
**
Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent
Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (; ; ; c.1170 – before 5 May 1243) was an English nobleman who served as Chief Justiciar of England and Ireland during the reigns of King John and of his son and successor King Henry III and, as a consequenc ...
(d. 1243) m.
*** John de Burgh
*** Hubert de Burgh
*** Hubert de Burgh
****
Barons Burgh
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knigh ...
**
Geoffrey de Burgh
Geoffrey de Burgh (; ; ; 1180 – 8 December 1228) was a medieval English cleric who was Archdeacon of Norwich (1200–1225), Bishop of Ely (1215–1219, 1225–1228) and the brother of William de Burgh and Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of ...
, Bishop of Ely (d. 1228)
** Thomas de Burgh
* Richard an Fhorbhair de Burgh (d.1343)
** Sir
William (Ulick) de Burgh (d. 1343/53), 1st Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or Clanricarde (Galway)
***
Richard Óg Burke
Richard Óg Burke, 2nd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1387) was an Irish chieftain and nobleman who was the son of Sir Ulick Burke or Uilleag de Burgh, 1st Clanricarde (d.1343/1353).
Richard died in 1387, and was succeeded by h ...
(d. 1387), 2nd Clanricarde
****
Ulick an Fhiona Burke
Ulick an Fhiona Burke, 3rd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; ; ; died 1424) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was nicknamed ''an Fhiona'' (meaning ''of the wine'').
Ulick became chieftain on the death of this father, Richard Óg Bu ...
(d. 1424), 3rd Clanricarde
*****
Ulick Ruadh Burke
Ulick Ruadh Burke, 5th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; ; ; died 1485) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was the son of Ulick an Fhiona Burke, 3rd Clanricarde (d.1424).
Ulick succeeded his uncle, William mac Ulick Burke, 4th Clanr ...
(d. 1485), 5th Clanricarde
****** Edmund Burke (d. 1466)
******* Ricard of Roscam (d. 1517)
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John mac Richard Mór Burke
John mac Richard Mór Burke, 10th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1536), was an Irish chieftain and noble.
Background
Burke was a son of Ricard mac Edmund Burke of Roscam, County Galway (died c.1517), a grandson of Edmund Burke ...
(d. 1536), 10th Clanricarde
******
Ulick Fionn Burke
Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; ; ; died 1509) was an Irish chieftain and noble.
Family background
Ulick succeeded his father, Ulick Ruadh Burke, 5th Clanricarde (d.1485), as chieftain. The Annals of the Four ...
(d.1509), 6th Clanricarde
*******
Ulick Óge Burke
Ulick Óge Burke, 8th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; ; ; died 1520) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was Clanricarde for barely a year.
He was a son of Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde (d.1509) who had been defeated at the B ...
(d. 1520), 8th Clanricarde
*******
Richard Mór Burke
Ricarde Mór Burke, 9th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1530) was an Irish chieftain and noble.
Background
Burke was the second son of Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde (d.1509) and Slaine Ni Con Mara (Slany MacNamara), succeed ...
(d. 1530), 9th Clanricarde
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Ulick na gCeann Burke (d. 1544), 12th Clanricarde, 1st
Earl of Clanricarde
Earl of Clanricarde (; ) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, first in 1543 and again in 1800. The former creation became extinct in 1916 while the 1800 creation is extant and held by the Marquess of Sligo since 191 ...
(1543)
*******
Richard Bacach Burke
Richard Bacach Burke, 11th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1538) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was the ancestor of the Burkes of County Galway.
Background
Burke was a son of Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde (d.1509). ...
(d. 1538), 11th Clanricarde
******
Richard Óge Burke
Richard Óge Burke, 7th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (; ; died 1519) was an Irish chieftain and noble who was the ancestor of the Burkes of Derrymaclachtna.
Life
Richard Óge was a son of a previous chieftain, Ulick Ruadh Burke, 5th Cl ...
(d. 1519), 7th Clanricarde
******* Sir Uilleag Burke (d. 1551), 13th Clanricarde
****
William mac Ulick Burke
William mac Ulick Burke, 4th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) (; ; died 1430) was an Irish chieftain and noble.
William succeeded his elder brother, Ulick an Fhiona Burke, as chieftain. He was later succeeded by his nep ...
(d. 1430), 4th Clanricarde
*** Edmund de Burgh (d. 1410)
Family
Ulick de Burgh married and had three children:
*
Richard Óg Burke, 2nd Clanricarde (d.1387)
* Redmond Burke (the ancestor of the Burkes of
Castle Hackett, Ower Cloghan and Athkip)
* Edmond Burke (the ancestor of the Burkes of Pallice, Lisnard and Derry)
[L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), p. 69]
Sources (Genealogy)
* ''A New History of Ireland'', volume IX, Oxford, 1984:
** ''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''.
References
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Irish lords
1353 deaths
People from County Galway
14th-century Irish people
Uilleag
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