Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster

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Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, was a powerful Anglo-Irish nobleman of the late 13th and early 14th centuries who dominated Irish politics and was a key ally of the English crown.

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Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish nobleman
Earl of Ulster
human
alliedWith Anglo-Norman magnates in Ireland
birthDate c. 1259
burialPlace Franciscan Friary, Galway
child Edmund de Burgh
Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots
John de Burgh
Thomas de Burgh
Walter de Burgh of Kintyre
conflictWith Gaelic Irish lords
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
daughter Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots
daughterMarried Robert the Bruce
deathDate 29 July 1326
deathPlace Athenry, County Galway
linked to: Athenry
dominatedRegion Connacht
Ulster
ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
familyName de Burgh
linked to: de Burgh family
father Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
feudalLordUnder King of England
floruit early 14th century
late 13th century
givenName Richard
heldOffice Lord of Connacht
linked to: Kings of Connacht
inheritedTitle Earl of Ulster
inheritedTitleFrom Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman French
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Middle English
militaryAllyOf English crown
linked to: Crown of England
mother Aveline FitzJohn
nickname Richard Óg
nobleFamily de Burgh family
notableFor being a key ally of the English crown in Ireland
dominating Irish politics in the late 13th and early 14th centuries
opposed Robert the Bruce
participatedIn Scottish Wars of Independence
linked to: Anglo-Scottish Wars
religion Roman Catholicism
sonInLaw Robert the Bruce
spouse Margaret de Burgh
supported Edward I of England
Edward II of England
territorialBase Connacht
Ulster
title 2nd Earl of Ulster
Lord of Connacht
linked to: Kings of Connacht

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Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots father Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster grandfather Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster inheritedFrom Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster