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Personal data Richard "The Red" Óg de Burgh 2nd Earl of (Richard "The Red" Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of) Ulster 

• Also known as 3rd\2nd Earl of /Ulster/, Richard de Burgh.
• First name Richard "The Red" Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of.
• He was born about 1259 in Ulster, Ireland.Sources 1, 4, 5
• He died on July 29, 1326 in Monastery of Athassel, Tipperary, Ireland.Sources 1, 4, 5
• A child of Walter de Burgh and Avelina FitzJohn
• This information was last updated on February 4, 2023.

Household of Richard "The Red" Óg de Burgh 2nd Earl of (Richard "The Red" Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of) Ulster

He is married to Margaret de Guines.

They got married before February 27, 1280/1281.Sources 5, 6

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth de Burgh  ± 1284-1327 
2. John de Burgh  ± 1290-1313 
3. Eleanor (Alianore) de Burgh  ± 1282-???? 
4. Maud de Burgh  ± 1292-1320
5. Katherine de Burgh  ± 1293-± 1331
6. Joan de Burgh  ± 1300-1359 

Notes about Richard "The Red" Óg de Burgh 2nd Earl of (Richard "The Red" Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of) Ulster

Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
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Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd earl of Ulster (1259 – July 29, 1326), called The Red Earl, was one of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries, a son of Walter de Burgh, the 1st Earl of Ulster (of the second creation) and Lord of Connacht.[1] His name, "Richard Og", meant Richard the Young, probably a reference to his youth when he became earl in 1271, or to differentiate him from his grandfather, Richard Mor. He was also known as the Red Earl.

Richard Og was the most powerful of the de Burgh Earls of Ulster, succeeding his father in Ulster and Connacht upon reaching his majority in 1280.[1] He was a friend of King Edward I of England, and ranked first among the Earls of Ireland. Richard's wife Marguerite de Guînes was the cousin of King Edward's queen. He pursued expansionist policies that often left him at odds with fellow Anglo-Irish lords.

His daughter Elizabeth was to become the second wife of King Robert the Bruce of Scotland. However, this did not stop him leading his forces from Ireland to support England's King Edward I in his Scottish campaigns and when the forces of Edward Bruce invaded Ulster in 1315, the Earl led a force against him, but was beaten at Connor in Antrim. The invasion of Bruce and the uprising of Felim O'Connor in Connacht left him virtually without authority in his lands, but O'Connor was killed in 1316 at the Second Battle of Athenry, and he was able to recover Ulster after the defeat of Bruce at Faughart.[1]

He died July 29, 1326 at Athassel Priory, near Cashel, County Tipperary.

[edit] Children and family
Aveline de Burgh (b. c. 1280), married John de Bermingham, 1st Earl of Louth
Eleanor de Burgh (1282 – aft. August 1324)
Elizabeth de Burgh (c. 1284 – 26 October 1327), married Robert I of Scotland
Walter de Burgh (c. 1285–1304)
John de Burgh (c. 1286 – 18 January 1313)
Matilda de Burgh (c. 1288–1320), married Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Hertford
Thomas de Burgh (c. 1288–1316)
Catherine de Burgh (c. 1296 – 1 November 1331), married Maurice Fitzgerald, 1st Earl of Desmond
Edmond de Burgh (b. c. 1298)
Joan de Burgh (c. 1300 – 23 April 1359), married Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare

[edit] See Also
Ballymote Castle

[edit] References
^ a b c Curtis, Edmund [1950] (2004). A History of Ireland, 6th ed., Routledge, 78, 83–86. ISBN 0-415-27949-6.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Walter de Burgh Earl of Ulster
1271–1326 Succeeded by
William Donn de Burgh

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Richard de Burgh, b. c 1259, d. Athassel, 29 July 1326, 2nd Earl ofUlster; m. bef. 27 Feb 1280/1, Margery, d. 1304. [Magna Charta Sureties]

Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, son of Walter de Burgh and Avalina FitzJohn, and his wife Margaret, d. 1304. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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Richard de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, b. c 1259, d. 29 July 1326; m. by27 Feb 1280/1 Margaret, d. 1304 (perhaps daughter of Arnold (Arnoul) III,Count of Guines (d. 1283), grandson of William de Fiennes and his wifeAlice (or Agnes), sister of Marie (or Mary) de Coucy, wife of AlexanderII, King of Scotland). (Earlier printings of this line show Richard deBurgh's wife as "said to be" a daughter of Sir John de Burgh. This isdisproven by John C. Parsons in "Gen. Mag., cit; Anselme 6:167-168, 8:543f.) [Ancestral Roots, Line 94a-31]

Note: I previously had Magaret de Burgh, "said to be" daughter of John deBurgh, as Eleanor's mother. It turns out that Margaret/Margery de Burgh,daughter of John, was a nun.

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EARLDOM OF ULSTER (III, 2) 1271

RICHARD (DE BURGH), EARL OF ULSTER [IRL], son and heir, born circa 1259,was brought to the King at Woodstock, shortly before 27 December 1274,and granted seisin of his estates, 5 January 1279/80 (h). He harried thelands in Ulster of William FitzWarin in 1281; and was with Edward Iduring the King's progress through Wales, July to December 1284. InSeptember 1286 he and other Irish nobles made a pact of mutual aid withsome of the Scottish nobility (c). He surrendered the office of Keeper ofthe Isle of Man, June 12; and was summoned for service in Gascony, 1294,and Flanders, 1297, though later allowed to remain in Ireland. On 3January 1295/6 he was summoned to muster at Whitehaven, 1 March, for anexpedition to Scotland; he was among the Irish called upon in January1299/1300 to consider aiding the King against the Scots; and was grantedrespite of payments of debt for service in Scotland, 1301. In 1302 he andothers were asked to bring a large force from Ireland to Scotland. He wasagain in Scotland, 1303-04, while in February 1303/4 he held negotiationswith Sir John Comyn, before he capitulated, 9 February, at Strathord. On21 August 1309 he was appointed King's Commissioner to treat for peacewith Robert Brus, but was given the command of the Irish troops to serveagainst the Scots, 26 October following, as also against Brus, 26 March1314. Further demands for service against the Scots were made, 1322-23,but on 1 June 1323 his attendance was cancelled following a truce.Meanwhile in Ireland he led expeditions into Connaught and against theO'Neills, 1286, 1288, 1291 and 1292, and attacked the sept of O'Hanlon in1291 and destroyed Roscommon in 1292. Conflict between the Earl and JohnFitzThomas, head of the Geraldines, led to the capture, 12 December 1294,of Richard, who was imprisoned in Lea Castle, Queen's co., till 12 March1294/5. He only obtained his release by royal intervention and bysurrendering his children as hostages. In October and November 1299 hehad livery of his purparty of the lands of his uncle, Richard FitzJohn[Lord FitzJohn], in England and Ireland. Rights of free chace in hisdemesne lands in Ireland were granted to him, 1 May 1304, and he becameguardian of the lands and heir of Ralph Pipard [Lord Pipard], 22 Julyfollowing. He was Keeper of the royal castles of Athlone, 1305-07, and ofAthlone, Randown and Roscommon, 16 Aug. 1309-March 1319. On 20 January1306/7 the King granted him 1,000 marks to subdue Moryertagh Macnaheganand he led an expedition into Connaught, April following. He wasappointed, 15 June 1308, the King's Lieutenant in Ireland; but next daythis office was given to Piers (de Gavaston), Earl of Cornwall, whomRichard met at Drogheda in August. For his good services to the late Kinghe was pardoned, 16 Aug. 1309, the yearly rent of 500 marks by which heheld Connaught. He was summoned, 10 October 1314, to attend theParliament [ENG] meeting at Westminster, 20 January fbllowing, and wasagain called to Westminster, 5 November 1317. After the invasion ofIreland by Edward Brus in May 1315, Earl Richard was defeated by him atConnor, co. Antrim, 10 September, and forced to retreat to Connaught, bythen in a state of anarchy; and on 21 February 1316/7, when Edward andRobert Brus were threatening Dublin, the Earl and his kinsmen were seizedby the Mayor and imprisoned in Dublin Castle on suspicion (probablyunfounded) of complicity with Brus. The King having ordered an enquiryinto the causes of this arrest, 23 April, Richard was released, 8 May1317, and was about to go to the King through South Wales, Augustfollowing. On 9 August 1318 he was one of the royal guarantors of theTreaty of Leake signed between Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and Edward Il;and in August 1323 he and others in Ireland were ordered to captureRoger, Lord Mortimer, who was reported to have escaped from the Tower ofLondon. He built churches, granted lands to religious foundations and wasa benefactor of the Cistercian house of St. Mary at Dunbrody, but he wasaccused of high-handed acts against the Bishops of Derry and Raphoe.

He married, before 27 February 1280/1, Margaret [possible daughter ofArnoul III, Count of Guisnes, by Alice, daughter of Enguerrand III, Lordof Coucy], who died in 1304. Having been present, 11 May 1326, in theIrish Parliament held at Kilkenny, he went to the monastery at Athassel,where he died 29 July 1326 and was buried shortly before 29 August.[Complete Peerage XII/2: 173-7, XIV:619, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(h) The King was then doubtful if he had attained his majority. He was aminor in Oct 1278. On 15 Apr 1280 and in June 1283 he obtained lands ofthe dower of Emeline, Hugh de Lacy's widow, who d. 1276 and whose estateshad been in the King's hands because of Richard's minority. In Dec. 1280he is called the King's groom and he was allowed to pay his debts ininstalments to the Exchequer at Dublin. Richard had a younger brother,Theobald, who d. 25 Dec 1303 at Carrickfergus, when returning from anexpedition to Scotland, and a sister Jill (Egidia), who m. James, HighSteward of Scotland.

(c) Among the Scottish nobles was James, the High Steward, who m.Richard's sister Jill.

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