Richard Mor De Burgh, 1st Baron Of Connaught

1194 - 1242  (48 years)

• Name	Richard Mor De Burgh
  Title	1st Baron Of Connaught
  Birth	1194	County Clare, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Feb 1242	Aquitaine, France
  Burial	Ulster, Northern Ireland
  Person ID	I7679	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	William Burgh, Seneschal of Munster ,   b. 1158, Ireland d. Bef Feb 1206, County Tipperary, Ireland (Age < 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Princess O'Brien, Princess of Thomond ,   b. 1162, Ireland d. 1218, Ireland (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1193
  Family ID	F1029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Egidia De Lacy, Of Connacht ,   b. Abt 1205, County Meath, Ireland d. Aft 22 Feb 1247, County Connaught, Ireland (Age > 42 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1225	County Meath, Ireland
  Children	+ 1. Matilda Burgh,   b. Abt 1228, Mayo, Ireland d. 1276, Ireland (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Walter De Burgh, 1st Earl Of Ulster ,   b. Abt 1230, Galway, Clare, Ireland d. 28 Jul 1271, County Connaught, Ireland (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1194 - County Clare, Ireland Marriage - 28 Apr 1225 - County Meath, Ireland Death - 17 Feb 1242 - Aquitaine, France Burial - - Ulster, Northern Ireland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht (English: /dˈbɜːr/; d’-BER; c . 1 1 9 4 -1242, or 1243), was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat who was Seneschal o f M u n s t er and Justiciar of Ireland (1228-32). He was the eldest son and heir of William de Burgh and his wife (daught e r o f D o m nall Mór Ua Briain, King of Thomond). Richard's principal esta t e w a s i n t he barony of Loughrea where he built a castle in 1236 and a t o w n w a s f ounded. He also founded Galway town and Ballinasloe. The islan d s o n L o u gh Mask and Lough Orben were also part of his demesne. From the death of his father (1206) until he reached his majority and r e c e i v ed his inheritance (1214), Richard was a ward of the crown of Engl a n d . I n 1 215 he briefly served in the household of his uncle, Hubert de B u r g h , E arl of Kent. In 1223 (and again in 1225) he was appointed Senesc h a l o f M u nster and keeper of Limerick Castle.