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Birth:          6 Jul 1332 Carrickfergus Castle, near Belfast, Ireland
Death:          10 Dec 1363 Dublin, Ireland
Burial:         11 Mar 1364 Priory, Clare, Suffolk, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_de_Burgh,_4th_Countess_of_Ulster
Elizabeth de Burgh, Duchess of Clarence, suo jure 4th Countess of Ulster and 5th 
Baroness of Connaught (6 July 1332 – 10 December 1363) was a Norman-Irish 
noblewoman who married Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence.
Elizabeth was born at Carrickfergus Castle near Belfast, Ireland, the only child of 
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and Maud of Lancaster, Countess of Ulster. 
She was the last of the senior legitimate line of the descendants of William de Burgh.
[1] Her paternal grandparents were John de Burgh and Elizabeth de Clare, and her 
maternal grandparents were Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud Chaworth.

Marriage[edit]

Upon William's murder on 6 June 1333 she became the sole legal heir to all the de 
Burgh lands in Ireland. Actually, her kinsmen Sir Edmond de Burgh of Clanwilliam, Sir 
Edmond Albanach Bourke the Mac William Iochtar, Sir Ulick Burke the Mac William 
Uachtar became the de facto heads of the family and owners of de Burgh land during 
the Burke Civil War 1333-38.[1]

As Countess of Ulster she was raised in England and married Lionel of Antwerp, 1st 
Duke of Clarence on 15 August 1352 at the Tower of London. He was the second son 
of Edward III of England and his queen consort Philippa of Hainault.

The couple had one child, Philippa, born on 16 August 1355. Philippa, who 
succeeded as Countess of Ulster, married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March in 
1368. Both their titles passed to their son Roger Mortimer, and eventually through their 
granddaughter Anne de Mortimer, who married into the House of York. The House of 
York would base its claim to the English throne on their descent from Lionel of 
Antwerp.

Elizabeth died in Dublin in 1363 during her husband's term as Governor of Ireland. She 
is buried in Clare Priory, Suffolk, England.

Parents
DE BURGH William Donn (17 Sep 1312 - 6 Jun 1333)
PLANTAGENET Maud "of Lancaster" (ABT 1310 - 5 May 1377)

Siblings
DE BURGH Elizabeth (6 Jul 1332 - 10 Dec 1363)

Marriage To PLANTAGENET Lionel of Antwerp (29 Nov 1338 - 17 Oct 1368)
    m. 9 Sep 1342 Tower of London, London, England

Notes
contract marriage? Note birthdate of child

Parents
____ Edward III (13 Nov 1312 - 21 Jun 1377)
OF HAINAULT Philippa (24 Jun 1311 - 15 Aug 1369)

Children by PLANTAGENET Lionel of Antwerp 29 Nov 1338 - 17 Oct 1368
PLANTAGENET Philippa (16 Aug 1355 - 5 Jan 1382)

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