William DE BURGH

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• Fact: 3rd Earl of Ulster
• Death: 06 Jun 1333

Notes:

William was murdered.

Name:
He was summoned to Parliament from 10 Dec 1327 by writs directed"Willelmo de Burgh" whereby he is held to have become Lord Burgh. William De Burgh, Earl of Ulster, was murdered at Le Ford (now Belfast), aged twenty, on 6 June 6, 1333.

William married Maud Of LANCASTER on 1 May 1327 in Papal Dispensation. Maud (daughter of Henry Of LANCASTER and Maud DE CHAWORTH) was born about 1310 in Lancaster, England; died on 05 May 1377 in Campsey Abey, Suffolk; was buried in Priory, campsey, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth DE BURGH was born on 06 Jul 1332 in Carrickfergus Castle; died on 10 Dec 1363 in Dublin, Ireland; was buried in Clare Priory, Suffolk.

John married Elizabeth DE CLARE on 30 Sep 1308 in Waltham Abbey, Essex. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Gilbert DE CLARE, Knt. and Joan (of Acre) Of ENGLAND) was born on 16 Sep 1295 in Tewkesbury Abbey; died on 04 Nov 1360; was buried in Covent of the Minoresses without Aldgate. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: 3rd Earl of Ulster

Richard married Margaret ?. Margaret (daughter of Arnould III and Alix DE COUCY) died in 1304. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 6th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, Earl of Clare

Notes:

Gilbert was also known as the 7th Earl of Hertford, and the 3rd Earl of Gloucester, commonly called the Red, married Alice, daughter of Guy, Earl of Angoulesme, the King's half-brother, from whom he was divorced. In the battle of Lewes was one of the commanders against King Henry III, the King being taken prisoner; afterwards returned to the Royal party and was one of the chief generals on that side at the battle of Evesham where the barons were vanquished and their leader, Montfort, Earl of Leicester, was slain.

Name:
Gilbert De Clare 'the red', Knt., Baron of Clare, Suffolk, 9th Earl of Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford, son and heir of Richard de Clare and Maude de Lacy. He was born at Christ Church, co Hants on 2 Sep 1243.

He was married first to Alice De Lusignan, daughter of Hughes XI de Lusignam and Yolande de Bretagne. They had two daughters, and were divorced, his wife Alice said to have become hypochondriacal in 1271. At the death of King Henry III on 16 Noc 1272, the Earl took the lead in swearing fealty to Edward I, who was then in Sicily returning from the Crusade. He was Joint Guardian of England during the King's absence. Proposals for his marriage to the King's daughter were made as early as may 1283. Their daughter Margaret is probably the daughter born at Caerphilly Castle in October 1292, her mother having been purified there on 23 November following the birth of a daughter.

Gilbert married Joan (of Acre) Of ENGLAND about 30 Apr 1290 in Westminster Abbey. Joan (daughter of Edward I "Longshanks"Of ENGLAND and Countess of Ponthieu Eleanor of CASTILE) was born in 1272 in Acre, Palestine; died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Sufolk, England; was buried in Clare Priory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joan, also known as Princess Joan Plantaganet, who was the 8th in direct descent from William The Conqueror.
Was betrothed to Hartmann (drowned 1281/December 1282) son of Emperor Rudolf.