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• Alternative names: Richard De Burgh, Richard de Burgh, Richard de Burgh
• He was born in the year 1259 in Ulster Plantation, Ulster, Ireland.Sources 2, 3, 4, 5

  Attention: Was younger than 16 years old (12) when child (Walter De Burgh) died (July 28, 1271).

  Attention: Was younger than 16 years (0) when child (Maud De Vaux) was born (??-??-1223).

• (Sir Richard de Burgh) on July 29, 1326 in Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland: Knight, Earl of Ulster. Nicknamed the Red Earl and the general of all the Irish forces in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Gascoigne. Son of Sir Walter de Burgh and Aveline FitzJohn, grandson of Sir John FitzGeoffrey and Isabel de Bigod, Sir Richard de Burg.Source 6
• He died on July 29, 1326 in Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland, he was 67 years old.Sources 2, 3, 4, 5
• He is buried in Cashel, County Donegal, Ireland.Sources 4, 5
• A child of Walter de Burgh Earl van Ulster and Aveline Fitz-John van Lutegareshale

Household of Richard de Burgh Earl of Ulster, Earl of Connaught DNA

He is married to Margaret Lady France de Guines.

They got married on February 27, 1281 at Lanvalay, Connaught, Ireland, he was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Maud De Vaux  1223-1293
2. Margaret DeBurgh  1280-1331
3. Aveline BURGH  1280-1350
4. Joan DeBurgh  1282-1357
5. Eleanor de Burgh  1282-1324
6. Elizabeth Burgh  1284-1327
7. Walter De Burgh  1285-1271
8. Thomas Burgh  1288-1316
9. Maud Matilda De BURGH  1288-1315
10. John de Burgh  1290-1313 
11. Lord William de Burgh  1295-1334
12. Joan de Burgh  1296-1359 
13. Katherine de Burgh  1296-1331
14. Sir Edmund de Burgh  1298-1338

Notes about Richard de Burgh Earl of Ulster, Earl of Connaught DNA

Knight, Earl of Ulster. Nicknamed the Red Earl and the general of all the Irish forces in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Gascoigne.

Son of Sir Walter de Burgh and Aveline FitzJohn, grandson of Sir John FitzGeoffrey and Isabel de Bigod, Sir Richard de Burgh and Margaret de Lacy.

Richard married Margaret, the possible daughter of Arnoul II, Count of Guines and Alice de Coucy. They were married before 27 Feb 1281 and had fours sons and six daughters:
* Walter de Burgh
* John de Burgh, married Elizbeth de Clare
* Thomas de Burgh
* Sir Edmund de Burgh
* Eleanor, wife of Thomas de Multon, Lord Multon of Egremont
* Elizabeth, wife of Robert de Brus, King of Scotland
* Maud, wife of Gilbert de Clare
Aveline, wife of John Bermingham, Earl of Louth
* Katherine, wife of Maurice FitzThomas
* Joan, wife of Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare & Sir John Darcy, Baron de Knayth

Richard was the most powerful of the Burghs, succeeding his father in 1280, and constantly tangling with the Irish, particularly in Connaught, his own Lord. Queen Eleanor granted him her manor of Roteneche in Ireland in 1283. Richard invaded Connaught in 1286, plundering the monasteries and churches, taking hostages and then attacked King of Connaught, Magnus O'Connor at the castle of Milic.

Despite his daughter married the King of Scotland, Richard joined King Edward's fight against the Scots. A feud with Sir John FitzThomas, who held Richard hostage in his own castle Dec 1294 to Mar 1295 led to Sir John's forfeit of 120 librates (land having the annual value of one pound.) He was appointed Lieutenant of Ireland in 1308, but the position was immediately canceled and give to Peter de Gaveston, the favorite of Edward II. Invasions into Ireland by Edward Bruce and Felim Conhuir lost Richard his authority until he recovered Ulster after the defeat at Faughart and ultimately, Conhuir's death.

Sir Richard built churches, granted lands to religious groups, was a benefactor of the Cistercian house of St Mary at Dunbrody and built three castles; Ballimore, Greencastle and Sligo, and founded the Carmelite monastery at Loughrea, Tipperary, Ireland. Richard retired to the Athassel Priory, Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland, where he died

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