Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath

Walter de Lacy (c. 1172 – 1241) was Lord of Meath in Ireland and Ludlow in Shropshire in the Welsh Marches.

Life

With his father Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath he built Trim Castle (Caisleán Bhaile Atha Troim in Irish), Trim, County Meath.

In 1211 he erected the castle on Turbet Island in the abortive Anglo-Norman attempt to gain control of West Ulster.

He was Sheriff of Herefordshire from 1218 to 1222. In 1230 he joined with Geoffrey de Marisco and Richard de Burgh to subdue the King of Connaught.

He was a benefactor to the abbeys of Lanthony and Creswill (Herefordshire) and also founded the abbey of Beaubec in Ireland.

On his death his estate was divided between his grandaughters Margery and Maud.

Family

• Son of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath
• Brother of Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster
• Husband of Margaret de Braose, daughter of William de Braose and Maud de St. Valery.
• His son Gilbert de Lacy of Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire was taken hostage for his father in August 1215, and died before 25 December 1230. Gilbert married Isabel Bigod, daughter of Sir Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk (Magna Charta Surety) & Maud Marshal. They had 1 son and 2 daughters:

1. Walter de Lacy married Rohese Le Boteler but had no issue. Walter died between 1238 and 1241.
2. Margery (Margaret) de Lacy married Sir John de Verdun, Lord of Westmeath, son of Theobald le Boteler and Rohese de Verdun.
3. Maud de Lacy married Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, Lord Geneville, Justiciar of Ireland, son of Simon de Joinville, Seneschal of Champagne, & Beatrix of Burgundy.^[1]

• His daughter Petronilla de Lacy married Sir Ralph VI de Toeni, Lord of Flamstead, son of Sir Roger IV de Toeni, Lord of Flamstead & Constance de Beaumont.
• His daughter Egidia de Lacy (also called Gille) married Richard Mor de Burgh Lord of Connaught and Strathearn. Together they had many notable descendants, including Elizabeth de Burgh, Catherine Parr^[2], Margaret de Clare, the Earls of Ormond, King Edward IV of England, King Richard III of England, and many other British monarchs including Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms. They are also the ancestors of both Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII of England, the parents of Elizabeth I. Through the Royal family of the United Kingdom and its predecessors states, and especially through Queen Victoria they became the ancestors of Royal houses all over Europe.

References

Source

• A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland By John Burke
• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 70-29, 75A-30, 98-28, 177A-7