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

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Biography

De Burgh was the second son of Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connaught and

Egidia de Lacy 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 ...

. He founded

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. In 1243, he succeeded his father as

Lord of Connacht Lord of Connaught (Connacht) was a title used by several Norman barons in Ireland. Granted to William de Burgh, the lordship was claimed by his son, Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught, Richard Mor de Burgh, and his descendants. Conques ...

. 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

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, 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 Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster (c. 1176after December 26, 1242) was an Anglo-Norman soldier and peer. He was a leading figure in the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century, and was created Earl of Ulster in 1205 by King John of En ...

(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

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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 Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 73-30, 177B-8, 177B-9. * ''The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many'', John O'Donovan, 1843 * ''The Surnames of Ireland'',

Edward MacLysaght Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght ( ga, Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986) was a genealogist of twentieth century Ireland. His numerous books on Irish surnames b ...

, Dublin, 1978. * ''The Anglo-Normans in Co. Galway: the process of colonisation'', Patrick Holland, ''Journal of the

Galway Archaeological and Historical Society The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on 21 March 1900, at the Railway Hotel, Galway. It promotes the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. Since 1900, the Society has published 70 volumes of the ''J ...

, 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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