Individual Details

Sir Richard "Lord of Connacht" Burgh

(Abt 1193 - Bef 17 Feb 1242)

}[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#_Toc293132244 LORDS of CONNAUGHT (de BURGH)]

Titles of Richard de Burgh (Royal Ancestry):
:Seneschal of Munster
:Keeper of Limerick Castle
:Lord of Connacht
:Justciar of Ireland 1228-32
RICHARD de Burgh (-Gascony before 17 Feb 1243). King Henry III ordered ''Richard de Burgh to have seisin of all the lands which belonged to William, Richard´s father, in Ireland and whereof the latter was disseised by King John'' by charter dated 14 Apr 1220[468]. Lord of Connaught. Justiciar of Ireland 1228-1232. Henry III King of England wrote to ''Ricardo de Burgo'', dated 13 Jan 1233, ordering him to surrender his castles to ''fideli nostro Mauricio filio Geroldi justiciarum nostrum Hiberniæ''[469]. A writ dated [29] Dec ''[28?] Hen III'' and 7 Mar ''27 Hen III'' after the death of ''Richard de Burgo'' assigns dower to ''Egidia late the wife of the said Richard'' but names no heir[470].
m as her first marriage, EGIDIA de Lacy, daughter of WALTER de Lacy Lord of Meath & his wife Margery de Briouse (-[22 Feb 1247/5 Nov 1248]).
A charter dated 22 Feb 1247 records the homage of ''Richard son and heir of Richard de Burgh for all his father´s lands…in Ireland…saving the dower of Egidia, who was Richard´s wife''[472].[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#_Toc293132244 LORDS of CONNAUGHT (de BURGH)]; entered 2013 Nov 30 by [[Bairfield-1|Michelle]]

=== Occupation ===
: Occupation: Lord of Connaught
:: Type: Justiciar of Ireland
:: Date: 13 February 1228

== Sources ==
*Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. II p. 14-15* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#_Toc293132244 LORDS of CONNAUGHT (de BURGH)]; MEDIEVAL LANDs - index; v2.5 Updated 23 December 2012
* Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, [http://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Burgh,_Richard_de_(d.1243)_(DNB00)&oldid=3862268 Burgh, Richard de (d.1243) (DNB00)]; (2012, May 28). In Wikisource, Retrieved 01:21, December 2, 2013.

* Ancestry.com family trees

=== Note ===Wikipedia: Perhaps his mother was a natural daughter of the King of England.

== Acknowledgements ==This page has been edited according to [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Acknowledgements Style Standards] adopted January 2014. Descriptions of imported gedcoms for this profile are under the Changes tab.

Events

BirthAbt 1193Galway Castle, Connaught, Clare, Ireland
Marriage21 Apr 1225Egidia Lacy
DeathBef 17 Feb 1242Gascoigne, Aquitaine, France
Reference No882149
Reference No
Reference No60

Families

SpouseEgidia Lacy (1200 - 1247)
ChildSir Walter "1st Earl of Ulster, Lord of Connaught and Munster in Ireland" Burgh Knt (1230 - 1271)
ChildUnknown Burgh (1225 - )
ChildMargery Burgh (1226 - 1252)
ChildMatilda Burgh (1228 - 1276)
ChildWilliam Burgh (1230 - 1270)
ChildRichard Burgh (1230 - 1248)
ChildAlice Burgh (1234 - 1243)
ChildHubert Burgh (1230 - )
FatherWilliam "Seneschal of Munster 1201" Burgh (1158 - 1206)
MotherUnknown O'Brien (1162 - 1218)