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Birth:          17 Sep 1312 of Ulster, Ireland
Death:          6 Jun 1333 Le Ford, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Donn_de_Burgh,_3rd_Earl_of_Ulster
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and 4th Baron of Connaught (17 September 1312 – 
6 June 1333), was an aristocrat in the Peerage of Ireland.
Background[edit]

The grandson of the 2nd Earl Richard Óg de Burgh via his second son, John, William 
de Burgh was also Lord of Connaught in Ireland, and held the manor of Clare, Suffolk.

He was summoned to Parliament from 10 December 1327 to 15 June 1328 by writs 
addressed to Willelmo de Burgh. In 1331 he was appointed Lieutenant of Ireland for a 
year. [1]

Marriage and issue[edit]

The 3rd Earl of Ulster married, before 16 November 1327 (by a Papal Dispensation 
dated 1 May 1327), Maud of Lancaster, daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and 
Maud Chaworth. They had one child, Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster. She 
married Lionel of Antwerp, third son of Edward III of England.

Death[edit]

In November 1332, at Greencastle, near the mouth of Lough Foyle, he had his cousin 
Sir Walter Liath de Burgh starved to death. In revenge, Sir Walter's sister, Gylle de 
Burgh, wife of Sir Richard de Mandeville, planned his assassination.

In June 1333, he was killed by de Mandeville, Sir John de Logan, and others. The 
Annals of the Four Masters noted that William Burke, Earl of Ulster, was killed by the 
English of Ulster. The Englishmen who committed this deed were put to death, in 
divers ways, by the people of the King of England; some were hanged, others killed, 
and others torn asunder, in revenge of his death.

His widow Maud fled to England, where she remarried, was again widowed in 1346, 
and then became an Augustinian Canoness at Campsey Priory, where she is buried. 
Upon his death, the various factions of the de Burghs, now called Burke, began the 
Burke Civil War for supremacy.

Parents
DE BURGH John (1286 - 18 Jan 1313)
DE CLARE Elizabeth (16 Sep 1295 - 4 Nov 1360)

Siblings
DE BURGH William Donn (17 Sep 1312 - 6 Jun 1333)

Marriage To PLANTAGENET Maud "of Lancaster" (ABT 1310 - 5 May 1377)
    m. BEF 16 Nov 1327 

Notes

Parents
PLANTAGENET Henry (1281 - 22 Sep 1345)
DE CHAWORTH Maud (2 Feb 1282 - 3 Dec 1322)

Children by PLANTAGENET Maud "of Lancaster" ABT 1310 - 5 May 1377
DE BURGH Elizabeth (6 Jul 1332 - 10 Dec 1363)

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