Burke Civil War


The Burke/de Burgh Civil War was a conflict in Ireland in the 1330s between three leading members of the de Burgh Anglo-Norman family.

Background

, was murdered by his household knights in June 1333. His only child, Elizabeth de Burgh, succeeded as Countess of Ulster and legal heir to the de Burgh estate as an infant. But because she was an infant, and a female, she was taken by her mother to England for safety.
Meanwhile, three members of the de Burgh family fought against each other in an attempt to preserve their own personal estates, and overall control of the massive de Burgh inheritance in Ireland. They were:
The eventual outcome of the war was the loss of almost all the de Burgh lands in Ulster, which was reconquered within a year by the Gaelic-Irish.
The remaining de Burghs in Ireland fragmented into three distinct clans, all of which had several sub-septs. They were:
Walter de Burgh
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William de Burgh, died 1205. Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, d. 1243.
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Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught Hubert de Burgh, Bishop of Limerick, d. 1250. Richard Óge de Burgh
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Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster William Óg de Burgh, d. 1270.
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Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster Edmond Albanach de Burgh
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John de Burgh Edmond de Burgh, 1298-1338.
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William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
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Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster
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Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster
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Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March