House of Burke

House of Burke
Armorial of Burke: Or, a cross gules
Country	Lordship of Ireland, Kingdom of Ireland
Titles	Numerous titles *Mac William Íochtar Clanricarde Lord of Connaught Marquess of Clanricarde Marquess of Sligo Earl of Ulster Earl of Kent Earl of Clanricarde Earl of Mayo Earl of St Albans Viscount Tunbridge Viscount Mayo Viscount Burke Baron Fermoy Baron Burgh Baron of Castleconnell Baron Connaught Baron Leitrim Baron Downes Baron Strabolgi Burke Baronets
Founded	1203
Founder	William de Burgh
Cadet branches	Bourke MacPhilbin Phillips McWilliams Jennings McHugo Gillick

The House of Burke (Irish: de Búrca; Latinised to de Burca or de Burgo) is the name given to the clan of the Anglo-Norman family at one time known as de Burgh.

The first of the family to come to Ireland was William de Burgh (c.1160?-1204), a Norman adventurer and knight who settled in Ireland in 1185. He was the elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent and Justiciar of England.^[1]

The later Anglo-Irish de Burghs (the Earls of Ulster, Lords of Connaught, and Earls of Clanricarde) descend from William de Burgh.

The "Burke" surname is one of the most common in Ireland and England, particularly in north Munster and Connacht. The name derives from "burg" or "burgh", meaning fort, and is of Norman origin.

Earls of Ulster

The Earls of Ulster who belonged to this family were

• Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
  • Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
    • John de Burgh
      • William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
        • Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster, who married Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence; thus, the Earldom of Ulster passed into the House of Plantagenet.

See also

• Burke
• Earl of Ulster
• Mac William Íochtar
• Clanricarde
• Burke Civil War 1333-38
• The Book of the Burkes (1580s)
• Earl of Clanricarde
• Lord of Connaught
• Viscount Mayo
• Earl of Mayo
• Edmund Burke
• Burke's Peerage
• Theobald Burke
• Irish nobility
• Burke Baronets of Glinsk

Sources

Burke: People and Places, Eamonn Bourke, 1995. ISBN 0-946130-10-8

References

1. ↑ C. A. Empey, ‘Burgh, William de (d. 1206)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004

External links

 Round, John Horace (1911). "Burgh". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.