de Burgh, Lord of Connacht, and Earl of Ulster

• References:
  • DE BURGH in [Burkes Extinct]
  • SLIGO in [Burkes Peerage]
  • MAYO in [Burkes Peerage]
  • DE BURGH in [Burkes Irish, 1976]

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • Family Tree magazine, vol.3 no.8 (June 1987), p.7 (ancestry of Chris de Burgh).

1. Richard de Burgh, the Great, Lord of Connacht,
   Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1227-9,
   built Galway Castle 1232,
   mar Giles de Lacy and had issue:

   
   

   1. Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connacht.

   2. Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, had issue:
      1. Richard de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, had issue:
         1. John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, mar 1308 to Elizabeth de Clare [grand-dau of Edward I] and had issue:
            1. William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, mar Maud Plantagenet [descendant of Henry III] and had issue:
               1. Elizabeth (Isabella) de Burgh, Countess of Ulster, mar Lionel Plantagenet and had issue.

         2. Joan de Burgh,
            mar 1stly, 1312, to Thomas Fitzgerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare and had issue,
            mar 2ndly, 1329, to John D'Arcy, 1st Baron D'Arcy [see D'ARCY in [Burkes Extinct]] and had issue:
            1. William D'Arcy, of Plattyn, Co.Meath, ancestor of D'Arcy's of Ireland.
            2. Elizabeth D'Arcy, mar 1346 to James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde and had issue.

   3. William de Burgh, had issue:
      1. William de Burgh, had issue:
         1. Ulick de Burgh,
            ancestor of Earl and Marquess of Clanricarde [of the Jacobean semi-fortified house Portumna Castle, Co.Galway].

         2. Edmund Albanach de Burgh,
            ancestor of Viscount and Earl of Mayo,
            and also ancestor of:
            1. Sir Eric de Burgh, born 1881, had issue:
               1. Maeve Emily de Burgh, born 1926, mar Charles Davison and had issue:
                  1. Chris de Burgh, born 1948, musician.

   4. Margery de Burgh, mar Theobald le Botiller and had issue.

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