Sir Richard DE BURGH

Abt 1259 - 1326  (~ 67 years)

• Name	Richard DE BURGH
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	Abt 1259	Ulster Plantation, Northern Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	The Red Earl
  Occupation	3rd Earl of Ulster, Lord of Connacht
  Died	29 Jul 1326	Cashel, County Tipperary, Munster, Ireland
  Buried	Athassel Abbey, Golden, County Tipperary, Munster, Ireland   [1]
  Person ID	I43276	Main
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Sir Walter DE BURGH,   b. Abt 1230, County Norfolk, England ,   d. 28 Jul 1271, Galway Castle, Galway, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	Aveline FITZJOHN,   b. Abt 1235, Shere, Surrey, England ,   d. 20 May 1274, Dunmow Priory, Essex, England  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Family ID	F30507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret GUINES,   b. Abt 1263, Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ,   d. 1304, Burgh Hall, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	Bef 1281
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth DE BURGH,   b. Abt 1284, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland ,   d. 26 Oct 1327, Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F30506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  2nd Earl of Ulster Lord of Connacht Lieutenant of Ireland 1299-1300 Keeper of Athlone, Randown, and Roscommon Castles Richard de Burgh (the Red Earl) was probably the most powerful man in Ireland in his time, connected by marriage to most of the other Norman families in Ireland

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 85679488.