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The House of Burgh (English: / b ɜːr /; ber; French pronunciation:) or Burke (Irish: de Búrca; Latin: de Burgo) was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty which played a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland, held the earldoms of Kent, Ulster, Clanricarde, and Mayo at various times, and provided queens consort of Scotland and Thomond and Kings of ...
William de Burgh was the eldest son of Walter de Burgh and his wife, Alice, of Burgh-next-Aylsham, Norfolk or Burgh, Suffolk, and had three brothers: Hubert, Earl of Kent; Geoffrey, Bishop of Ely; and Thomas, Castellan of Norwich. [3] Ellis has made a case that William's father was Walter de Burgh but notes this is "highly conjectural". [3]
Upon William's murder on 6 June 1333, she became the sole legal heir to all the de Burgh lands in Ireland. Actually, her kinsmen Sir Edmond de Burgh of Clanwilliam, Sir Edmond Albanach Bourke the Mac William Iochtar, Sir Ulick Burke the Mac William Uachtar became the de facto heads of the family and owners of de Burgh land during the Burke Civil War. [3]
[1] [2] Due to this confusion the real Richard de Burgh is often referred to as "Richard Mór Óg de Burgh", combining the two names. The family tree below represents the best scholarship on the different branches and lines of descent of the early de Burgh (Burke) family. [3]
John de Burgh (d.1271), son of Hubert de Burgh and son in law of William de Lanvallei John de Burgh (1286–1313) (1286–1313), Irish heir apparent to the Earldom of Ulster John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde or John Smith Burke (1720–1782), Irish peer
Richard was born in 1572, the second but eldest surviving son of Ulick Burke [1] and his wife Honora Burke. His father was the 3rd Earl of Clanricarde. His father's family was Old English and descended from William de Burgh (died 1206) who arrived in Ireland during the reign of King Henry II, and was the founder of the House of Burgh in Ireland.