Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameWalter DE BURGH 2d Earl Of Ulster, 21G Grandfather
FatherRichard 'the Great' DE BURGH 2d Lord Of Connacht (~1194-1243)
MotherGiles DE LACY
Spouses
1Aveline FITZJOHN, 21G Grandmother
FatherJohn FITZGEOFFREY Baron Of Berkhampstead (~1208-1258)
MotherIsabel BIGOD (->1230)
ChildrenRichard 'the Red' (~1259-1326)
Web Notes notes for Walter DE BURGH 2d Earl Of Ulster
From Concise Dictionary of National Biography, DA28.D55 1939, p169:
Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, died 1271, 2d son of Richard (died 1243), succeeded his brother in the estates in 1248
From "A New History of Ireland", vol IX, p170:
He was created Earl Of Ulster 1263.
From Irish Roots, 1994 #1, 'Surnames of County Galway' page 28:
The chief residence of the O'Hynes family was at Ardrahan until it was seized by the Norman de Burgo in 1264.
Walter de Burgh, by his marriage with the heiress of de Lacy, had been created Earl of Ulster. At this time he was the head of the great house of the De Burghs, and to such a pitch had arrived the feud between them and the Geraldines that, at a meeting during 1264 at Castle Dermond, Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald, assisted by John FitzThomas, afterwards Earl of Kildare, audaciously seized on the persons of the Lord Justice, Richard de Capella, Richard de Burgh, heir apparent of Ulster, of Theobald le Butler, and one of two other great partisans of the family of the de Burghs, and committed them to prison in the castles of Ley and Dunamaise. At length the attention of Henry III was drawn to the disturbed state of his Irish dominions. A Parliament was held at Kilkenny, by whose advice the prisoners detained by the Geraldines were released; and the king, recalling the present Lord Justice, appointed in his place David Barry of the noble family of Barrymore who, curbing the insolent ambition of the Geraldines, restored peace between the two rival houses.41
He founded a Dominican Priory in 1269 at Lorrha, Ireland, 57 miles from Dublin, dedicated to St Peter Martyr.41
He was Earl of Ulster by right of his wife, daughter of Hugo de Lacy, and Lord of Connacht by right of his father; but by right of his grandfather, William de Burgh, he held very large estates in County Tipperary in Munster, which at that time, were comprehended under County Limerick. 41
He occupied the castle of Ardrahan in 1264 after defeated O Cleary & O Heyne in battle, after which the O Clearys left South Galway.9
Walter de Burgh, born about 1220 or after, died at his castle of Galway in 1271, buried at Athassel Priory, County Tipperary. He was 2nd Lord of Connaught and 1st Earl of Ulster. Second son of Richard Mor de Burgh. In 1243, he succeeded his father as Lord of Connacht, and was created Earl of Ulster as well in 1264. In 1270, he and Walter de Ufford, the Justiciar of Ireland, were defeated by Aedh mac Felim Ua Conchobair at Ath an Chip. Aedh and the O'Connors thereafter ruled independently in Roscommon as "kings of the Gael of Connacht".
Succeeded by his eldest son, Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (The Red Earl of Ulster).
References
Curtis, Edmund [1950] (2004). A History of Ireland, 6th ed., Routledge, 73–72. ISBN 0415279496.
Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, died 1271, 2d son of Richard (died 1243), succeeded his brother in the estates in 1248
From "A New History of Ireland", vol IX, p170:
He was created Earl Of Ulster 1263.
From Irish Roots, 1994 #1, 'Surnames of County Galway' page 28:
The chief residence of the O'Hynes family was at Ardrahan until it was seized by the Norman de Burgo in 1264.
Walter de Burgh, by his marriage with the heiress of de Lacy, had been created Earl of Ulster. At this time he was the head of the great house of the De Burghs, and to such a pitch had arrived the feud between them and the Geraldines that, at a meeting during 1264 at Castle Dermond, Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald, assisted by John FitzThomas, afterwards Earl of Kildare, audaciously seized on the persons of the Lord Justice, Richard de Capella, Richard de Burgh, heir apparent of Ulster, of Theobald le Butler, and one of two other great partisans of the family of the de Burghs, and committed them to prison in the castles of Ley and Dunamaise. At length the attention of Henry III was drawn to the disturbed state of his Irish dominions. A Parliament was held at Kilkenny, by whose advice the prisoners detained by the Geraldines were released; and the king, recalling the present Lord Justice, appointed in his place David Barry of the noble family of Barrymore who, curbing the insolent ambition of the Geraldines, restored peace between the two rival houses.41
He founded a Dominican Priory in 1269 at Lorrha, Ireland, 57 miles from Dublin, dedicated to St Peter Martyr.41
He was Earl of Ulster by right of his wife, daughter of Hugo de Lacy, and Lord of Connacht by right of his father; but by right of his grandfather, William de Burgh, he held very large estates in County Tipperary in Munster, which at that time, were comprehended under County Limerick. 41
He occupied the castle of Ardrahan in 1264 after defeated O Cleary & O Heyne in battle, after which the O Clearys left South Galway.9
Walter de Burgh, born about 1220 or after, died at his castle of Galway in 1271, buried at Athassel Priory, County Tipperary. He was 2nd Lord of Connaught and 1st Earl of Ulster. Second son of Richard Mor de Burgh. In 1243, he succeeded his father as Lord of Connacht, and was created Earl of Ulster as well in 1264. In 1270, he and Walter de Ufford, the Justiciar of Ireland, were defeated by Aedh mac Felim Ua Conchobair at Ath an Chip. Aedh and the O'Connors thereafter ruled independently in Roscommon as "kings of the Gael of Connacht".
Succeeded by his eldest son, Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (The Red Earl of Ulster).
References
Curtis, Edmund [1950] (2004). A History of Ireland, 6th ed., Routledge, 73–72. ISBN 0415279496.