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Richard Óg 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 Óg", 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.

Richard Óg 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 Margaret de Burgh (no direct relation) was the [grand]daughter of Sir John de Burgh and Hawise of Lanvaley[1].] He pursued expansionist policies that often left him at odds with fellow Norman 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 Ó Conchúir in Connacht left him virtually without authority in his lands, but Ó Conchúir 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.

Plantation of Ulster

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 June 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 Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Og_de_Burgh,_2nd_Earl_of_Ulster

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Og_de_Burgh,_2._jarl_av_Ulster

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10693.htm#i106926

^ 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.

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   * Married: Bef 27 Feb 1280-1281

* Note: He [Richard de Burgh] married, before 27 February 1280/1, Margaret [possible daughter of Arnoul III, Count of Guisnes, by Alice, daughter of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy], who died in 1304. Having been present, 11 May 1326, in the Irish Parliament held at Kilkenny, he went to the monastery at At hassel, 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)] see Margaret de Guines
* Change Date: 21 Sep 2005
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Sir Richard de Burgh
BIRTH 1259
Northern Ireland
DEATH 29 Jul 1326 (aged 66–67)
Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland
BURIAL
Athassel Priory
Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland
MEMORIAL ID 85679488
Family Members
Parents
Walter de Burgh
1230–1271
Aveline FitzJohn Burgh
unknown–1274

Siblings
Hubert Earl of Kent DeBurgh
unknown–1243
1259–1326
Egidia Giles De Burgh Stewart
1263–1327
William de Burgh
1265–1324

Children
Elizabeth De Burgh
1284–1327
John de Burgh
1286–1313
Maud de Burgh de Clare
1290–1320
Joan Burgh Fitz Gerald