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 Connaught and Egidia de Lacy. He founded Athassel Priory. In 1243, he succeeded his father as Lord of Connacht. In a royal order from Westminster in September 1247, Sir John Fitzgeoffrey was charged by the

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with seizing the lands of Walter de Burgh's older brother Richard, who had died. The de Burgh lands in Connaught were being held by John de

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, likely the son of Gilbert de Lyvet, one of the earliest

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and Marmaduke de Eschales (Scales). In 1264, he married a cousin, Lady Maud de Lacy, only daughter and heiress of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster (by his second wife, Emmeline de Riddlesford, the granddaughter of

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). That year De Burgh was created

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in her right. In 1270, he and Walter de Ufford, the

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, were defeated by Aedh mac Felim Ua Conchobair at Áth an Chip. He married secondly Aveline, daughter of Sir John Fitzgeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland, by his wife, Isabel Bigod. He died, aged about 40, in

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, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

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 ...

('The Red Earl of Ulster'). Other children were three sons, Theobald, William and Thomas, and daughter, Egidia, who married Sir

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(1260–1309), 5th

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Ancestry

Notes

References

* * ''Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700'' by

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; Lines 73-30, 177B-8, 177B-9. * ''The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many'', John O'Donovan, 1843 * ''The Surnames of Ireland'', Edward MacLysaght, Dublin, 1978. * ''The Anglo-Normans in Co. Galway: the process of colonisation'', Patrick Holland, ''Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 41 (1987–88) * ''Excavation on the line of the medieval town defences of Loughrea, Co. Galway'', J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 41 (1987–88) * ''Anglo-Norman Galway; rectangular earthworks and moated sites'', Patrick Holland, J.G.A. & H.S., vol. 46 (1993) * '' Rindown Castle: a royal fortress in Co. Roscommon'', Sheelagh Harbison'', J.G.A. & H.S., vol. 47 (1995) * ''The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; land-holdings, castles and settlements'', Patrick Holland, J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 49 (1997) * ''Annals of Ulster'' at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts a
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