William de Burgh

- 1205

• Name	William de Burgh
  Birth	of Askeaton, Limerick, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1205  [2]
  Alternate death	Bef Mar 1206  [1, 3]
  Person ID	I1747	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Walter de Burgh,   b. of Burgh near Aylsham, Norfolk, England
  Mother	Alice   bur. Walsingham, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F4312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	(Unknown)
  Marriage	Bef 1193  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Richard de Burgh,   b. Abt 1193   d. 1242 (Age ~ 49 years)
  Family ID	F623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Seneschal of Munster, 1201. "Closely associated with John, lord of Ireland, he probably accompanied him on his expedition to Ireland in 1185, and became John's principal agent in the conquest and organization of northern Munster. While other leading Anglo-Norman invaders are vividly described by Gerald of Wales, knowledge of this turbulent frontier lord has to be gleaned from hostile Gaelic sources or administrative records. Perhaps the best clue to his character lies in the study of the imposing sites of his castles at Kilfeacle, Carrigogunnell, and Shanid, among others, which reveals a powerful personality capable of impressing his authority on fiercely contested borders."

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.