Richard Mór de Burgh 1st Baron of Connaught

• Preferred Name: Richard Mór de Burgh 1st Baron of Connaught^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]}
  
• Alternate Name: Richard Mar de Burc
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Commissioned by Henry III to cause the Laws and Customs of England to be observed in Ireland
  
• Birth: 1193 in Connaught, Ireland at LATI: N3.6667 LONG: E9
  
• Titles: with note: Description: Sheriff of Cork
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord Justice of IrelandBET 10 MAR 1226 AND 1232
  
• Burial: AFT 17 FEB 1243 in Abbey Graveyard, Athenry, County Galway, Ireland at LATI: N3.3013 LONG: E8.7457
  
• FSID: KNDD-WHX
  
• Office+held: 1227 in Ireland with note: Description: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland http://www.thepeerage.com/p461.htm#i4605
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Connaught17 SEP 1215
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 1st Baron of Connaught
  
• Cemetery: 1243 in Athenry, County Galway, Ireland at LATI: N3.3013 LONG: E8.7457 with note: Description: Athassel Priory copied from merge
  
• Death: 17 FEB 1243 in Bordeaux, Gascogne, France at LATI: N3.977 LONG: E0.176
  
• Titles: with note: Description: Seneschall of Munster
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Ancestor of the Lords Viscount Mayo, Lords Baron of Castleconnel, Brittas, etc.
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Richard Mòr de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht (c. 1194–1242, or 1243), was a Hiberno-Norman aristocrat and Justiciar of Ireland.
  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.
  
  Connacht
  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. 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).
  When, in 1232, his uncle Hubert's fall 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".
  
  Wife and children
  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:
  1. Sir Richard de Burgh (d.1248), Lord of Connaught, Constable of Montgomery Castle married a relative of Eleanor of Provence, and died (without issue) in Poitou.
  2. Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (d.1271), Lord of Connaught.
  3. William Óg de Burgh (d.1270), the ancestor of the Earls of Clanricarde and Mac William family.
  4. Alice de Burgh married Muirchertach O Briain.
  5. Margery de Burgh (d. after March 1253) married Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland.
  6. Matilda de Burgh married Sir Gerald de Prendergast of Beauvoir; they had a daughter, Maud.
  7. Daughter de Burgh who married Hamon de Valoynes; they had a daughter, Mabel de Valoynes.
  
  Richard de Burgh died shortly before 17 February 1243.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M%C3%B3r_de_Burgh,_1st_Baron_of_Connaught
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#MargeryBurghdied1253 as of 6/17/2016
  
  RICHARD de Burgh (-Gascony before 17 Feb 1243). King Henry III ordered "Richard de Burgh to have seisin of
  
  === Viceroy of Ireland, 1227-29; built castl ===
  Viceroy of Ireland, 1227-29; built castle of Galway (1232); died en route to meet the English King at Bordeaux; he served as Justiciar of Ireland (1228-32). Richard received the land of "Connok" (Connaught) when it was forfeited by its ruler, whom he fought against. His mother is identified by W.H. Turton, "The Plantagenet Ancestry" (Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.92. The surname became Bourke and Burke in later centuries. Richard is titled "Governor of Ireland."
  
  === ar.["60 Colonists" line 177B-8.] ===
  ar.["60 Colonists" line 177B-8.]
  
  === Richard de Burgh (d. 1243), Irish settle ===
  Richard de Burgh (d. 1243), Irish settler, is said to have been the son of William Fitzaldhelm, one of the early invaders of Ireland; he is however, described in the Close Rolls as the son of William de Burgh, who received a large grant in Connaught from John, and was afterwards disseised by him. Richard appears to have made a pilgimage to the shrine of St James at Compostella in 1222. The order of St James had been founded about fifty years before; the saint was held in high estimation by the chivalry of England, and pilgrimages to his shrine were popular, for they had the charter of military adventures, as well as of acts of devotion. On Richard's return he received grants of all the lands in Connaught, of which he and his father had been disseised by John, and thus became lord of a great part of the province. In 1223 the king sent him a Bristol ship laden with supplies, to help him in his was there. In the war with Aedh of Connaught in 1230 he led one of the divisions of the army under the command of Geoffrey de Marisco, and took part in a battle in which the Irish were defeated and Aedh was taken prisoner. When Peter des Roches succeeded in driving Richard, the Earl Marshall, into rebellion by his unjust treatment of him, he determined to draw him into Ireland that he might destroy him there. Accordingly he and his party wrote to the lords in Ireland, and excited them against him. This letter, which was sealed by the king, came, among others, to Richard, who joined in the conspiracy made against the earl, and invaded his lands. The earl went over to Ireland to defend his lands, and RIchard went with Geoffrey de Marisco and the rest to meet him. They offered to be his allies, and incited him to make war against the king's possessions that they might destroy him and divide his inheritance. None sought his life more eagerly than Richard. When the conspirators openly turned against him and prepared to give him battle (1 April 1234), Richard armed one of his Irish followers, a man of great strenght, with his own armour, and charged him to slay the earl. The Irishman failed in his attempt, bu the earl was mortally wounded somewhat later in the battle. During the expedition of Henry III to Poitou Richard and other Irish lords were persuaded by Maurice Fitzgerald to fit out a fleet and sail to join the king. They were met by the ships that guarded the coast of France. A storm separated the fleets, but the barons evidently had the worst of the engagement. Frightened alike by the rough weather and the attack of the French, they landed on a part of the coast that was unknown to them. Many perished of the hardships they had to undergo. Among them Richard died in the early part of 1243. He married Egidia, daughter of Walter de Laci, and left an heir, Walter and other children. He is the ancestor of the house of Clanricade. [Dictionary of National Biography III:323-324]
  
  === Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, called "The ===
  Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, called "The Great" Lord.
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 3/2009:
  Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught1
  M, #4605, d. circa 17 February 1243
  Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught|d. c 17 Feb 1243|p461.htm#i4605|William FitzAdelm|d. 1204|p461.htm#i4607||||||||||||||||
  Last Edited=22 Feb 2009
  Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught was the son of William FitzAdelm. He married Hodiernna de Gernon, daughter of Robert de Gernon and unknown daughter (?), before 21 April 1225. He died circa 17 February 1243, while on the way to meet the King of England at Bordeaux.1
  Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught also went by the nick-name of Richard 'the Great'.1 He gained the title of Lord of Connaught.1 He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1227.1 In 1232 he built the castle of Galway.1 In 1236 he built the castle of Loughrea.1
  Children of Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught and Hodiernna de Gernon
  Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster + d. 28 Jul 12711
  William de Burgh + 1
  Matilda de Burgh + 2
  Citations
  [S21 ] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 69. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
  [S37 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1603. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  
  === Sources: A. Roots 177B; Smallwood; Kraen ===
  Sources: A. Roots 177B; Smallwood; Kraentzler. Roots: Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught, died 1242. (Richard Mor de Burc), says Smallwood. Lord of Connaught. Governor of Ireland. Justiciar (chief political and legal officer) of Ireland.
  
  === He was Lord Deputy of Ireland and ances ===
  He was Lord Deputy of Ireland and ancestor of the Lords Clanricarde. Lord of Connaught, and viceroy of Connaught from 1227 to 1229. He built the Castle at Galway. He died on his passage to France wither he was proceeding, attended by "his barons and knights," to meet Henry II in Bordeaux. Arms: Or, a cross, gules.
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.27, 45; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === !Sir Bernard Burkes Dormant & Extinct Pe ===
  !Sir Bernard Burkes Dormant & Extinct Peerage p.161;
  
  === 1 _FSFTID LZXB-5P2 ===
  1 _FSFTID LZXB-5P2
  
  Govenor of Ireland 1227
  
  Richard 'The Great' de Burgh, Lord of Connaught
  Birth 1193 Connaught, Ireland
  Death: Died February 17, 1243 in Aquitaine, France
  Place of Burial: Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland,Lord Of Connaught
  Immediate Family:
  Son of William de Burgh, Lord of Connacht and Mor O'Brien
  Husband of Petronilla - Pernel de Lacy; Hodierna de Burgh and Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht
  Father of Margaret (Margery) de Burgh; Alice Burgh; Richard De Burgh; daughter of Richard de Burgh; William Mo'r De Burgh and 3 others
  Occupation:Lord of Connacht, Lord of Trim and Connaught, 1st Lord of Connaught

• Notes:

  Description: granted the Province of Connaught

• m. 28 APR 1225 in , , Meath, Ireland

1. Walter de Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster, b. 1230 in Galway Castle, Clare, Ireland     d. 28 JUL 1271 in Galway, County Galway, Ireland
2. Margery de Burgh, b. 1224 in Galway, Ireland     d. 1 MAR 1252
3. Matilda de Burgh, b. 1226 in Galway Castle,, Connaught, Ireland     d. 1276 in Ireland

1. Title: Burgh (Bourke) line in O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees, pgs. 849-850 [See document in the memories section]
   Author: O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees, pgs. 849-850
   Note: Burgh (Bourke) line in O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees, pgs. 849-850 [See document in the memories section]
   Page: Burgh (Bourke) line in O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees, pgs. 849-850 [See document in the memories section]
   
2. Title: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography "Burgh, Walter de, 1st earl of Ulster"
   Publication: Name: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/3998;
   
3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Richard De Burgh Lord Of Connacht -
   Author: Dictionary of National Biography, George Smith, Oxford Press, Vols 1-21 (Orignially published 1885-90),Ed by Sir Leslie S, Page number: III:323-324
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742373
   
4. Title: Richard Mór de Burgh (1194-1243), "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:731X-JD3Z : 15 June 2022), Richard Mór de Burgh, ; Burial, Athenry, , County Galway, Ireland, Abbey Graveyard; citing record ID 194332650, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:731X-JD3Z;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194332650/richard-m%C3%B3r-de_burgh Richard Mór de Burgh BIRTH 1194 Ireland DEATH 17 Feb 1243 (aged 48–49) Ireland BURIAL Abbey Graveyard Athenry, County Galway, Ireland MEMORIAL ID 194332650 1st Baron of Connaught Spouse: Egidia (Gille) de Lacy de Burgh 1202–1240 (m. 1225)
   Page: Find a Grave Index
   
5. Title: William FitzAdelm de Burgh in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 66 [See document in the memories section]
   Author: Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 66
   Note: William FitzAdelm de Burgh in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 66 [See document in the memories section]
   Page: William FitzAdelm de Burgh in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 66 [See document in the memories section]
   
6. Title: Richard de Burgh, Lord Connaught, Justiciar of Ireland (1193-1243), Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
   Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p124.htm#i3710 Citations: 1. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 86-87. 2. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 355. 3. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 376. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 14-15. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 604. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 428. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 14. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 45. [S147] Burke's Peerage, 1938 Edition, 1121.
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p124.htm#i3710;
   Note: Richard de Burgh, Lord Connaught, Justiciar of Ireland [1,2,3,4,5,6] M, #3710, b. circa 1193, d. circa 17 February 1243 Father William de Burgh, Seneschal of Munster7 d. Jan 1206 or Feb 1206 Mother (Miss) O'Brien7 Charts Some Descendants of Charlemagne Richard de Burgh, Lord Connaught, Justiciar of Ireland was born circa 1193 at Connaught, Ireland; Of age in 1214.4 He married Egidia de Lacy, daughter of Sir Walter de Lacy, Sheriff of Herefordshire, Lord of Meath and Margaret de Brewes, before 21 April 1225; They had 3 sons (Richard; Sir Walter, 2nd Earl of Ulster; & William Og) & 4 daughters (Margery, wife of Thebaud le Boteler; Mathilda, wife of Gerard de Prendergast; Alice; & (unnamed), wife of Hamon de Valoines).2,4,6 Richard de Burgh, Lord Connaught, Justiciar of Ireland died circa 17 February 1243 at Gascony, France.4 Family: Egidia de Lacy b. c 1200, d. a 22 Feb 1247 Children: Margery de Burgh+3,4,8 d. a 1 Mar 1253 Richard de Burgh Matilda de Burgh+9,1,4,5,6 Sir Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster, Lord Connaught+2,4 b. c 1229, d. 28 Jul 1271 William de Burgh+ b. c 1230, d. 1270
   
7. Title: Richard de Burgh in the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, Vol. 3, pgs. 263-264 [See document in the memories section]
   Author: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, Vol. 3, pgs. 263-264
   Note: Richard de Burgh in the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, Vol. 3, pgs. 263-264 [See document in the memories section]
   Page: Richard de Burgh in the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, Vol. 3, pgs. 263-264 [See document in the memories section]
   
8. Title: Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught in The Peerage
   Author: http://www.thepeerage.com/p461.htm#i4605 Citations: 1. [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 69. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage. 2. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1603. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
   Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p461.htm#i4605;
   Note: Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught was the son of William FitzAdelm. He married Egidia de Lacy, daughter of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath and Margaret de Braose. He married Hodiernna de Gernon, daughter of Robert de Gernon and Una Agnes de Gernon, before 21 April 1225. He died circa 17 February 1243, while on the way to meet the King of Englad at Bordeaux.1 Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught also went by the nick-name of Richard 'the Great'.1 He gained the title of Lord of Connaught.1 He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1227.1 In 1232 he built the castle of Galway.1 In 1236 he built the castle of Loughrea.1 Children of Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught and Egidia de Lacy: Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster+1 d. 28 Jul 1271 William de Burgh+1 Matilda de Burgh+2
   
9. Title: Magna Charta Sureties, 1215
   Author: Frederick Lewis Weis Th.D., editor, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 - The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of Their Descendants Who Settled in America Durung the Early Colonial Years, Fifth Edition, Third Printing (Balrimore, Maryland: Benealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2006), page 15-17, [Line 15]. Cit. Date: 29 Nov 2020.
   Page: This is correct
   
10. Title: Earls of Ulster in Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. 8, pgs. 4-6 [See document in the memories section]
    Author: Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. 8, pgs. 4-6
    Note: Earls of Ulster in Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. 8, pgs. 4-6 [See document in the memories section]
    Page: Earls of Ulster in Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. 8, pgs. 4-6 [See document in the memories section]
    
11. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Richard De Burgh Lord Of Connacht -
    Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr, Page number: 177b-8, 73-30
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741115
    
12. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Richard II de Burgh Lord of Connacht -
    Author: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Page number: XII/2:172
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741118
    
13. Title: Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught (1193-1243), Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M%C3%B3r_de_Burgh,_1st_Baron_of_Connaught;
    Note: Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught (c.1194–1243), was a Hiberno-Norman aristocrat who was Seneschal of Munster and Justiciar of Ireland (1228–32). 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). 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. Justiciar of Ireland (13 February 1228 – 16 June 1232) Richard de Burgh died shortly before 17 February 1243.
    
14. Title: The Lordship of Connaught in Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. 1, pg XI [See document in the memories section]
    Author: Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. 1, pg XI
    Note: The Lordship of Connaught in Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. 1, pg XI [See document in the memories section]
    Page: The Lordship of Connaught in Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. 1, pg XI [See document in the memories section]
    
15. Title: Identification of Walter de Burgh as Mac William Burke in the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, Vol. 3, pg. 359, footnote m; pg. 387, footnote k; pg 389-390, footnote q; pg. 393-395, footnote f. [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, Vol. 3, pg. 359, footnote m; pg. 387, footnote k; pg 389-390, footnote q; pg. 393-395, footnote f.
    Note: Identification of Walter de Burgh as Mac William Burke in the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, Vol. 3, pg. 359, footnote m; pg. 387, footnote k; pg 389-390, footnote q; pg. 393-395, footnote f. [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Identification of Walter de Burgh as Mac William Burke in the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, Vol. 3, pg. 359, footnote m; pg. 387, footnote k; pg 389-390, footnote q; pg. 393-395, footnote f. [See document in the Memories section]
    
16. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/12238;
    
17. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Richard De Burgh Lord Of Connacht - Family genealogies: birth-name: Richard Mor de Burgh
    Author: Book, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists
    Note: Family genealogies: birth-name: Richard Mor de Burgh also Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
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