William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (born September 17, 1312 - † June 6, 1333 near Belfast ) was an Irish nobleman and temporarily royal deputy in the Lordship of Ireland .
Origin and youth
He was the only son of John de Burgh , the eldest son of Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster , and Elizabeth de Clare . His father died on June 18, 1313 in a battle near Galway . His mother became one of the three heiresses of the Clare family's extensive estates after the death of her brother Gilbert de Clare in 1314 and returned to England with her son. There she married again.
Return to Ireland
When his grandfather Richard died in 1326, William inherited his title of Earl of Ulster as a minor and returned to Ireland in 1327. In addition, he was on December 10, 1327 by Writ of Summons as Baron Burgh member of the English Parliament . He was knighted in 1328 . In 1328 he was given Carrickfergus Castle and around 1330 Athlone Castle . From 1330 to 1331 he was King's Deputy Deputy in Ireland.
Around 1328 he married Matilda of Lancaster , daughter of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth . As a friend and representative of King Edward III. he tried to restore English authority in the north of Ireland. He came into conflict with Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond , whom he suspected of allied against him together with Walter Liath de Burgh and Henry de Mandeville , Seneschal of Ulster. William attacked Walter Liath de Burgh and Henry de Mandeville in Ulster and Connacht . Henry de Mandeville fled to Dublin , where he was captured, while Walter Liath de Burgh was captured by William. Walter died in Northburgh Castle near Greencastle in 1332 , allegedly William let him starve to death. When William was traveling to Carrickfergus with Robert FitzRichard Mandeville the following year , he was murdered by the latter because his wife Gyle de Burgh had been a sister of Walter Liath de Burgh. Because of the murder, a bloody feud broke out between William's and Mandeville's followers. Williams' possessions were occupied by Walter's brother Edmond Albanach de Burgh from Connacht, who later called himself Mac William and declared himself independent from the English king. As a result, he became increasingly Gaelic and adopted the Irish language and clothing. With that, Ulster was again in Irish hands for over 200 years.
William's widow Matilda fled to England with her young daughter Elizabeth . Before 1343 she was second married to Sir Ralph Ufford , Justiciar of Ireland . Their daughter Elizabeth († 1363), the rightful heiress of Ulster, married Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence .
Web links
- Cracroft's Peerage: Ulster, Earl of (I, 1264-1460/1)
- William De Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (In: A Compendium of Irish Biography, 1878)
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert F. Foster: The Oxford history of Ireland . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, ISBN 0-19-280202-X , p. 73
- ^ Margaret Anne Cusack: An Illustrated History of Ireland, Longmans, Green, and Company, London 1868. Retrieved April 7, 2015 .
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Richard de Burgh |
Earl of Ulster 1326-1333 |
Elizabeth de Burgh |
New title created |
Baron Burgh 1327-1333 |
Elizabeth de Burgh |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | De Burgh, William, 3rd Earl of Ulster |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ulster, William Donn de Burgh 3rd Earl of; Burgh, William de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish nobleman and King's Deputy of Ireland |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1312 |
DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1333 |
Place of death | at Belfast |