William Óg de Burgh explained
Sir William Óg de Burgh |
Native Name: | Uilleag Óg de Búrca |
Native Name Lang: | Irish |
Birth Place: | Galway, Ireland |
Death Date: | 1270 |
Issue: | Sir William Liath de Burgh (d.1324) |
Father: | Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connaught |
Mother: | Egidia de Lacy |
Noble Family: | House of Burgh |
Sir William Óg de Burgh (; died 1270) was an Anglo-Irish noble and soldier who was the ancestor of the Earls of Clanricarde and the Mac William Iochtar (Burkes of County Mayo).
Career
William Óg was the third son of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht. He served with distinction in France with King Henry III (1245) and later in Scotland. He was involved in fierce feudal warfare in Ireland where he killed the Lord of Desmond. He was killed at the Battle of Áth an Chip or Athankip by the Ua Conchobair Kings of Connacht, in 1270.[1]
Family
He was survived by at least one son, Sir William Liath de Burgh (d.1324), Custos or Warden of Ireland (who married Finola Ní Briain).
William Óg was the ancestor of the Burke (de Burgh) Earls of Clanricarde and the Mac William Iochtar (Burkes of County Mayo).[2]
Genealogy
See also
References
Bibliography
- Book: Burke, E. . The Landed Gentry of Ireland . London . 1912 . en.
- Book: Knox, Hubert T. . Hubert T. Knox . 1908 . The History of the County of Mayo to the close of the sixteenth century . 395 . Dublin . Hodges, Figgis and Company . en.
- Book: Bourke, Eamonn . Burke: People and Places . Ballinakilla Press and de Búrca Rare Books . Whitegate and Castlebar . 1995 . 0-946130-10-8 . en.
- Book: Moody . T. W. . T. W. Moody . Martin . F. X. . F. X. Martin . Byrne . F. J. . Francis John Byrne . A New History of Ireland: IX: Maps, Genealogies, Lists, A Companion to Irish History, Part II . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 1989 . 978-0-19-959306-4 . en.
- Mac William Burkes: Mac William Iochtar (de Burgh), Lords of Lower Connacht and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332–1649, p. 171;
- Lower Mac William and Viscounts of Mayo, 1332-1649, pp. 235–36.
Notes and References
- Book: Burke, E. . The Landed Gentry of Ireland . London . 1912 . en.
- Burke, Donald G. Burke’s East Galway: the culture, history, and genealogy of the families of east Galway. Burk of Clanricarde 1280 – 1333, (2013), [pedigree table of selected branches of the Burkes]. Retrieved 5 May 2020.