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William de Burgh, born in village of Burgh Castle, Norfolk, c.1160?, died at Athassell Abbey, Golden, Co. Tipperary, 1204.
William took his surname from the village of Burgh Castle, Norfolk, England. Very little can be ascertained about his background other than his family were minor gentry, and that his probable younger brother was Hubert de Burgh, later Earl of Kent. William apparently arrived in Ireland in 1184 among the retinue of Prince John, who apparently made him Governor of Limerick. Within a few years he was granted the manors of Kilsheeland and Ardpatrick, and in time, the castle of Tibraghty in Co. Kilkenny.
Sometime in the 1190's he married a daughter of Donal Mor mac Turlough O'Brian King of Thomond (died 1194). This alliance probably took place during the reign of his son, Murtough, as up to the time of his death Donal had being at war with the Normans. At any rate no more wars are recorded between the two sides for the rest of the decade.
In 1200 "Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair went into Munster, to the son of Mac Carthy and William Burke to solicit their aid." This marked the start of de Burgh's interest in the province. Though King of Connacht Ua Conchobair faced much opposition, mainly from within his own family and wished to engage Burke's aid to help secure his postion. The following year William and Ua Conchobair led an army from Limerick to Tuam and finally to Boyle. Ua Conchobair's rival, Cathal Carragh Ua Conchobair marched at the head of his army to give them battle but was killed in a combined Burke/Ua Conchobair onslaught after a week of skirmishing between the two sides.
William and Ua Conchobair then travelled to Iar Connacht and stayed at Cong for Easter. Here, William and the sons of Rory O'Flaherty conspired to kill Ua Conchobair but the plot was foiled, apparently by holy oaths they were made to swear by the local coarb family. However, when de Burgh demanded payment for himself and his retinue, battle finally broke out with over seven hundred of de Burgh's followers said to have being killed. William, however, managed to return to Limerick.
The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his passing in 1204.
"William Burke plundered Connaught, as well churches as territories; but God and the saints took vengeance on him for that; for he died of a singular disease, too shameful to be described."
He was survived by his sons Richard Mor de Burgh (d.1242), Bishop Hubert de Burgh of Limerick (d.1251), Sheriff William de Burgh (d.1247) and an apparently illigitmate son, Richard de Burgh.
The senior male line of the family came to an end with the murder of William Donn de Burgh, 4th Earl of Ulster, in 1333. A junior branch later gave rise to the Earls of Clanricarde.
His descendants include:
- Elizabeth de Burgh
- Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, 15th Earl of Clanricarde
- Mary Robinson, nee Bourke, 7th President of Ireland.
- Ray Bourke, former Irish government minister.
- Richard Southwell Bourke, Cheif Secretary of Ireland & Governor General of India
- Sir Richard Bourke
- Tibbot na Long Bourke, Lord Viscount Bourke
- Count William Gall Von Bourckh
- Aedanus Burke
- Edmund Burke
- Honora Burke
- Robert O'Hara Burke
- Samuel Martin Burke
- Thomas Henry Burke, Under Secretary for Ireland.
- Sir Ulick Burke
- Major General Count Walter Burke, founder of Burke's Regiment
See Also:
De Burgh Lords of Connacht and Earls of Ulster
Walter de Burgh (actual forename still unconfirmed).
=Alice (surname unknown).
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William, c.1160-1202. Hubert, c.1165-1243.
=inion Donnell O'Brien +unknown mistress
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Richard Mor, Lord of Connacht, d.1242. Hubert William Richard
=Egidia de Lacy. d.1251. d.1247. issue
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Richard Walter, d.1271. William Og Margery dau.
d.1248. =Avelina k.1270. =Theo Butler =Gerald de Prendergast
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Richard, The Red Earl of Ulster, d.1326. Theobald Egida=James Stewart
=Margaret de Burgh (a gt.grandaughter of Bishop Hubert)
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Walter John Thomas Edmund Catherine Joan Avelina Matilda Elizabeth de Burgh
d.1304 =Eliza d.1316 k.1338 all married with issue =King Robert I
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William Donn de Burgh, The Brown Earl, k.1333. King David II
=dau. of Earl Henry of Lancaster. of Scotland.
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Elizabeth, Duchess of Ulster.
=Lionel, Duke of Clarence.
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King Edward IV of England.
Sources:
- http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/index.html
- "Burke: People and Places", Eamonn Bourke, Dublin, 1995.