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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Richard Mór de Burgh<br>1st Lord of Connaught
| name = Richard Mór de Burgh<br />1st Lord of Connaught
| honorific-suffix =
| honorific-suffix =
| native_name = ''Ricard Mór de Búrca''
| native_name_lang = Irish
| image = Richard de Burgh.png
| image = Richard de Burgh.png
| image_size = 200px
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| caption = The inverted shield of Richard de Burgh from ‘Historia Anglorum’ (c.1250-59): British Library, Royal MS.14 CVII Historia Anglorum.
| caption = The inverted shield of Richard de Burgh from ‘Historia Anglorum’ (c.1250–59): British Library, Royal MS.14 CVII Historia Anglorum.
| order =
| order =
| office = [[Chief governor of Ireland|Justiciar of Ireland]]
| office = [[Chief governor of Ireland|Justiciar of Ireland]]
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| term_end = 16 June 1232
| term_end = 16 June 1232
| deputy =
| deputy =
| predecessor = Geoffrey de Marisco
| predecessor = [[Geoffrey de Marisco]]
| successor = [[Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent]]
| successor = [[Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent]]
| birth_date = {{circa|1194}}
| birth_date = {{circa|1194}}
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| death_place =
| death_place =
| nationality =
| nationality =
| father = [[William de Burgh]]
| father = [[William de Burgh]]
| mother = Daughter of [[Domnall Mór Ua Briain|King Domnall Mór Ua Briain]]
| mother = Daughter of [[Domnall Mór Ua Briain|King Domnall Mór Ua Briain]]
| spouse = [[Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht]]
| spouse = [[Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht]]
| relations =
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| children = Sir Richard de Burgh <br>[[Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster]] <br>[[William Óg de Burgh]] <br>Alice de Burgh <br>[[Margery de Burgh]] <br>Matilda de Burgh <br>Daughter de Burgh
| children = Sir Richard de Burgh <br />[[Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster]] <br />[[William Óg de Burgh]] <br />Alice de Burgh <br />[[Margery de Burgh]] <br />Matilda de Burgh <br />Daughter de Burgh
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'''Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|d|'|b|ɜːr}}; {{respell|d’|BER}}; c.[[1194 in Ireland|1194]]–[[1242 in Ireland|1242]],<ref name=curtis>{{cite book |last=Curtis |first=Edmund |title= A History of Ireland |orig-year=1950 |year=2004 |edition=6th |publisher=Routledge |place= New York |pages=70–72 |isbn=0-415-27949-6}}</ref> or 1243{{sfn|Lodge|1754|p=24}}{{sfn|Owen|1790|p=8}}), was a [[Hiberno-Normans|Hiberno-Norman]] [[aristocrat]] who was Seneschal of [[Munster]] and [[Justiciar of Ireland]] (1228–32).
'''Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|d|'|b|ɜːr}}; {{respell|d’|BER}}; c.[[1194 in Ireland|1194]]–[[1242 in Ireland|1242]],<ref name=curtis>{{cite book |last=Curtis |first=Edmund |title= A History of Ireland |orig-year=1950 |year=2004 |edition=6th |publisher=Routledge |place= New York |pages=70–72 |isbn=0-415-27949-6}}</ref> or 1243{{sfn|Lodge|1754|p=24}}{{sfn|Owen|1790|p=8}}), was an [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] [[aristocrat]] who was Seneschal of [[Munster]] and [[Justiciar of Ireland]] (1228–32).


==Background==
==Background==
Richard Mór de Burgh was born towards the end of the year in 1193 (and came of age in 1214). He was the eldest son and heir of [[William de Burgh]] and his wife (daughter of [[Domnall Mór Ua Briain]], [[Kings of Thomond|King of Thomond)]]. Richard's principal estate was in the barony of [[Loughrea]] where he built a castle in [[1236 in Ireland|1236]] and a town was founded. He also founded [[Galway]] town and [[Ballinasloe]]. The islands on [[Lough Mask]] and Lough Orben were also part of his demesne.
Richard Mór de Burgh was born towards the end of the year in 1193 (and came of age in 1214). He was the eldest son and heir of [[William de Burgh]] and his wife (daughter of [[Domnall Mór Ua Briain]], [[Kings of Thomond|King of Thomond)]]. Richard's principal estate was in the barony of [[Loughrea]] where he built a castle in 1236 and a town was founded. He also founded [[Galway]] town and [[Ballinasloe]]. The islands on [[Lough Mask]] and Lough Orben were also part of his demesne.


From the death of his father ([[1206 in Ireland|1206]]) until he reached his majority and received his inheritance [[1214 in Ireland|(1214)]], Richard was a ward of the crown of England. In [[1215 in Ireland|1215]] he briefly served in the household of his uncle, [[Hubert de Burgh|Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent]]. In [[1223 in Irelan|1223]] (and again in [[1225 in Ireland|1225)]] he was appointed Seneschal of [[Munster]] and keeper of [[King John's Castle (Limerick)|Limerick Castle]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB|last=Smith|first=B.|title=Burgh, Richard de (d. 1243), justiciar of Ireland|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-3994|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-21|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/3994|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref>
From the death of his father ([[1206 in Ireland|1206]]) until he reached his majority and received his inheritance (1214), Richard was a ward of the crown of England. In [[1215 in Ireland|1215]] he briefly served in the household of his uncle, [[Hubert de Burgh|Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent]]. In 1223 (and again in [[1225 in Ireland|1225)]] he was appointed Seneschal of [[Munster]] and keeper of [[King John's Castle (Limerick)|Limerick Castle]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB|last=Smith|first=B.|title=Burgh, Richard de (died 1243), justiciar of Ireland|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-3994|access-date=2021-12-21|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/3994|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref>
[[File:John Castle Limerick-seabhcan.jpg|thumbnail|Limerick Castle]]
[[File:John Castle Limerick-seabhcan.jpg|thumbnail|Limerick Castle]]


==Connacht==
==Connacht==
In [[1224 in Ireland|1224]], Richard claimed [[Connacht]] (which had been granted to his father but never, in fact, conquered by him): he asserted that the grant to the Gaelic king [[Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair]] (after William de Burgh's death in 1206), had been on condition of faithful service and that the king's son, [[Aedh mac Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair]] (who succeeded that year) had forfeited it. Richard had the favour of his uncle, [[Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent|Hubert]], justiciar of England, and was later awarded Connacht (May [[1227 in Ireland|1227]]). Having been given custody of the counties of Cork and Waterford and all the crown lands of Decies and Desmond, he was appointed [[Justiciar of Ireland]] (1228–32). In 1230 he was able to send the King 2000 marks, the proceeds of a [[tax]] of one-sixteenth on ecclesiastical [[benefices]]. He was removed from office in 1232, but his disgrace was short-lived.
In [[1224 in Ireland|1224]], Richard claimed [[Connacht]] (which had been granted to his father but never, in fact, conquered by him): he asserted that the grant to the Gaelic king [[Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair]] (after William de Burgh's death in 1206), had been on condition of faithful service and that the king's son, [[Aedh mac Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair]] (who succeeded that year) had forfeited it.{{fact|date=October 2023}} Richard had the favour of his uncle, [[Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent|Hubert]], justiciar of England, and was later awarded Connacht (May [[1227 in Ireland|1227]]). Having been given custody of the counties of Cork and Waterford and all the crown lands of Decies and Desmond, he was appointed [[Justiciar of Ireland]] (1228–32). In 1230 he was able to send the King 2000 marks, the proceeds of a [[tax]] of one-sixteenth on ecclesiastical [[benefices]]. He was removed from office in 1232, but his disgrace was short-lived.


When, in [[1232 in Ireland|1232]], his uncle [[Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent|Hubert's]] fell from grace, Richard was able to distance himself and avoid being campaigned against by [[Henry III of England|Henry III]]. It was only in [[1235 in Ireland|1235]], when he summoned the whole feudal host of the English lords and magnates to aid him, that he finally expelled the Gaelic king, [[Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair]], from Connacht. Richard and his lieutenants received great shares of land, while Felim was obliged to pay homage and was allowed to hold only five [[Cantred|cantreds]] ([[County Roscommon|in Roscommon]]), while Richard held the remaining 25 cantreds of Connacht in chief of the crown of England. De Burgh took the title of "Lord of Connacht".<ref name=curtis/>
When, in [[1232 in Ireland|1232]], his uncle [[Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent|Hubert]] fell from grace, Richard was able to distance himself and avoid being campaigned against by [[Henry III of England|Henry III]]. It was only in [[1235 in Ireland|1235]], when he summoned the whole feudal host of the English lords and magnates to aid him, that he finally expelled the Gaelic king, [[Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair]], from Connacht. Richard and his lieutenants received great shares of land, while Felim was obliged to pay homage and was allowed to hold only five [[Cantred|cantreds]] ([[County Roscommon|in Roscommon]]), while Richard held the remaining 25 cantreds of Connacht in chief of the crown of England. De Burgh took the title of "Lord of Connacht".<ref name=curtis/>


==Wife and children==
==Wife and children==
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* [[William Óg de Burgh]] (d.1270), Anglo-Irish Lord and warrior who was the ancestor of the [[Earl of Clanricarde|Lords of Clanricarde]].
* [[William Óg de Burgh]] (d.1270), Anglo-Irish Lord and warrior who was the ancestor of the [[Earl of Clanricarde|Lords of Clanricarde]].
* Alice de Burgh.
* Alice de Burgh.
* [[Margery de Burgh]] (d. after March 1253) married [[Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland]].
* [[Margery de Burgh]] (died after March 1253) married [[Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland]].
* Matilda de Burgh married Sir Gerald de Prendergast of Beauvoir; they had a daughter, [[Maud de Prendergast|Maud]].<ref> Burke, Bernard. "Prendergast Lineage", [https://books.google.com/books?id=x8lsAAAAMAAJ&dq=maud+de+prendergast+1242&pg=PA773 ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry''], Harrison, 1895, p. 773.</ref>
* Matilda de Burgh married Sir Gerald de Prendergast of Beauvoir; they had a daughter, [[Maud de Prendergast|Maud]].<ref> Burke, Bernard. "Prendergast Lineage", [https://books.google.com/books?id=x8lsAAAAMAAJ&dq=maud+de+prendergast+1242&pg=PA773 ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry''], Harrison, 1895, p. 773.</ref>
* Daughter de Burgh who married Hamon de Valoynes; they had a daughter, Mabel de Valoynes.
* Daughter de Burgh who married Hamon de Valoynes; they had a daughter, Mabel de Valoynes.


Richard de Burgh died shortly before 17 February 1243.
Richard de Burgh fell ill on a voyage to France and died shortly before 17 February 1243.


==Ancestry==
==Ancestry==
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==Notes==
==See also==
* [[House of Burgh]], an [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] and [[Hiberno-Norman]] dynasty founded in 1193
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* [[Lord of Connaught]]
{{Reflist|2|refs=
* [[Earl of Ulster]]
* ''A New History of Ireland'', volume IX, Oxford, 1984;
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** ''Earls of Ulster and Lords of Connacht, 1205–1460 (De Burgh, De Lacy and Mortimer)'', p. 170;
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** ''Mac William Burkes: Mac William Iochtar (de Burgh), Lords of Lower Connacht and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332–1649'', p. 171;
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** ''Burke of Clanricard: Mac William Uachtar (de Burgh), Lords of Upper Connacht and Earls of Clanricard, 1332–1722.
</ref>
}}


==References==
==References==
===Citations===
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* ''Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700'' by Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 73-30, 177B-8, 177B-9.
{{reflist|2}}
* ''The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many'', [[John O'Donovan (scholar)|John O'Donovan]], 1843

* ''The Surnames of Ireland'', [[Edward MacLysaght]], Dublin, 1978.
===Bibliography===
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* ''The Anglo-Normans in Co. Galway: the process of colonisation'', Patrick Holland, ''Journal of the [[Galway Archaeological and Historical Society]], vol. 41,(1987–88)
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* {{Citation |last=Weiss |first=Frederick Lewis |title=Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 |pages= (Lines) 73-30, 177B-8, 177B-9}}
* ''Excavation on the line of the medieval town defences of Loughrea, Co. Galway'', J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 41, (1987–88)
* {{Citation |last=Harbison |first=Sheelagh |title=Rindown Castle: a royal fortress in Co. Roscommon |journal=Journal of the [[Galway Archaeological and Historical Society]] |volume=47 |year=1995 }}
* ''Anglo-Norman Galway; rectangular earthworks and moated sites'', Patrick Holland, J.G.A. & H.S., vol. 46 (1993)
* {{Citation |last=Hayden |first=Alan |title=Excavation on the line of the medieval town defences of Loughrea, Co. Galway |journal=Journal of the [[Galway Archaeological and Historical Society]] |volume=41 |year=1988 }} {{JSTOR|25535575}}
* '' Rindown Castle: a royal fortress in Co. Roscommon'', Sheelagh Harbison'', J.G.A. & H.S., vol. 47 (1995)
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* {{citation |last=Holland |first=Patrick |title=The Anglo-Normans in Co. Galway: the process of colonization |journal=Journal of the [[Galway Archaeological and Historical Society]] |volume=41 |year=1988 }} {{JSTOR|25535573}}
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* ''The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; land-holdings, castles and settlements'', Patrick Holland, J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 49 (1997)
* {{Citation |last=Holland |first=Patrick |title=Anglo-Norman Galway; rectangular earthworks and moated sites |journal=Journal of the [[Galway Archaeological and Historical Society]] |volume=46 |year=1993 }}
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* {{citation |last=Holland |first=Patrick |title=The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; land-holdings, castles and settlements |journal=Journal of the [[Galway Archaeological and Historical Society]] |volume=49 |year=1997 }}
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*{{cite book |last=Lodge |first=John |title=The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom; with Their Paternal Coats of Arms |volume=4 |publisher=William Johnston |year=1754 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CAWhR9N6jDQC&pg=PT24}}
* {{citation |last=MacLysaght |first=Edward |author-link=Edward MacLysaght |title=The Surnames of Ireland |location=Dublin |year=1978 |language=en}}
*{{Cite book |editor-last=Moody |editor-first=T. W. |editor-link=T. W. Moody |editor-last2=Martin |editor-first2=F. X. |editor-link2=F. X. Martin |editor-last3=Byrne |editor-first3=F. J. |editor-link3=Francis John Byrne |title=A New History of Ireland: IX: Maps, Genealogies, Lists, A Companion to Irish History, Part II |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-19-959306-4 |language=en}}
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** ''Earls of Ulster and Lords of Connacht, 1205–1460 (de Burgh, de Lacy and Mortimer)'', p. 170;
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** ''Mac William Burkes: Mac William Iochtar (de Burgh), Lords of Lower Connacht and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332–1649'', p. 171;
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** ''Burke of Clanricard: Mac William Uachtar (de Burgh), Lords of Upper Connacht and Earls of Clanricard, 1332–1722'', p. 172.
* {{citation | title = The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's Country | last = O'Donovan | first = John |author-link=John O'Donovan (scholar) | publisher = Irish Archaeological Society | year = 1843 | location = Dublin | url = https://archive.org/details/tribescustomsofh00odonuoft }}
*{{cite book |last=Owen |first=W. |title=The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of Ireland |volume=III |publisher=London: Fleet Street, Holborn, Piccadilly |year=1790 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjAwAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA8}}

==External Links==
{{commons}}
* ''Annals of Ulster'' at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* ''Annals of Ulster'' at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* ''Annals of Tigernach'' at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* ''Annals of Tigernach'' at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
*[http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Dan.McCarthy/chronology/synchronisms/annals-chron.htm Revised edition] of McCarthy's synchronisms at [[Trinity College Dublin]].
* [http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Dan.McCarthy/chronology/synchronisms/annals-chron.htm Revised edition] of McCarthy's synchronisms at [[Trinity College Dublin]].

==Secondary sources==
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book
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|title=The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom; with Their Paternal Coats of Arms
|volume=4
|first=John
|last=Lodge
|publisher=William Johnston
|year=1754
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CAWhR9N6jDQC&pg=PT24}}
*{{cite book
|title=The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of Ireland
|volume=III
|first=W
|last=Owen
|publisher=London: Fleet Street, Holborn, Piccadilly
|year=1790
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjAwAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA8}}
{{refend}}


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Latest revision as of 10:12, 24 June 2024

Richard Mór de Burgh
1st Lord of Connaught
The inverted shield of Richard de Burgh from ‘Historia Anglorum’ (c.1250–59): British Library, Royal MS.14 CVII Historia Anglorum.
Justiciar of Ireland
In office
13 February 1228 – 16 June 1232
Preceded byGeoffrey de Marisco
Succeeded byHubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent
Personal details
Bornc. 1194
Diedc. 1242
SpouseEgidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht
ChildrenSir Richard de Burgh
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
William Óg de Burgh
Alice de Burgh
Margery de Burgh
Matilda de Burgh
Daughter de Burgh
Parents

Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht (English: /dˈbɜːr/; d’-BER; c.1194-1242,[1] or 1243[2][3]), was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat who was Seneschal of Munster and Justiciar of Ireland (1228–32).

Background

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Richard Mór de Burgh was born towards the end of the year in 1193 (and came of age in 1214). He was the eldest son and heir of William de Burgh and his wife (daughter of Domnall Mór Ua Briain, King of Thomond). Richard's principal estate was in the barony of Loughrea where he built a castle in 1236 and a town was founded. He also founded Galway town and Ballinasloe. The islands on Lough Mask and Lough Orben were also part of his demesne.

From the death of his father (1206) until he reached his majority and received his inheritance (1214), Richard was a ward of the crown of England. In 1215 he briefly served in the household of his uncle, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent. In 1223 (and again in 1225) he was appointed Seneschal of Munster and keeper of Limerick Castle.[4]

Limerick Castle

Connacht

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In 1224, Richard claimed Connacht (which had been granted to his father but never, in fact, conquered by him): he asserted that the grant to the Gaelic king Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair (after William de Burgh's death in 1206), had been on condition of faithful service and that the king's son, Aedh mac Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair (who succeeded that year) had forfeited it.[citation needed] Richard had the favour of his uncle, Hubert, justiciar of England, and was later awarded Connacht (May 1227). Having been given custody of the counties of Cork and Waterford and all the crown lands of Decies and Desmond, he was appointed Justiciar of Ireland (1228–32). In 1230 he was able to send the King 2000 marks, the proceeds of a tax of one-sixteenth on ecclesiastical benefices. He was removed from office in 1232, but his disgrace was short-lived.

When, in 1232, his uncle Hubert fell from grace, Richard was able to distance himself and avoid being campaigned against by Henry III. It was only in 1235, when he summoned the whole feudal host of the English lords and magnates to aid him, that he finally expelled the Gaelic king, Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair, from Connacht. Richard and his lieutenants received great shares of land, while Felim was obliged to pay homage and was allowed to hold only five cantreds (in Roscommon), while Richard held the remaining 25 cantreds of Connacht in chief of the crown of England. De Burgh took the title of "Lord of Connacht".[1]

Wife and children

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Before 21 April 1225, he married Egidia de Lacy (daughter of Walter de Lacy and his wife Margaret de Braose), with which alliance he acquired the cantred of Eóghanacht Caisil with the castle of Ardmayle in Tipperary. Richard and Egidia had three sons and four daughters:

Richard de Burgh fell ill on a voyage to France and died shortly before 17 February 1243.

Ancestry

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See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Curtis, Edmund (2004) [1950]. A History of Ireland (6th ed.). New York: Routledge. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-415-27949-6.
  2. ^ Lodge 1754, p. 24.
  3. ^ Owen 1790, p. 8.
  4. ^ Smith, B. (2004). "Burgh, Richard de (died 1243), justiciar of Ireland". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3994. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 21 December 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ Matthew Paris, Chronica majora, iv, pp 628, 655.
  6. ^ Burke, Bernard. "Prendergast Lineage", A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, Harrison, 1895, p. 773.

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