William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster

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Anglo-Irish noble Earl medieval Irish magnate nobleman

William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, was a powerful 14th-century Anglo-Irish nobleman whose murder in 1333 triggered a major collapse of English authority in much of Ireland.

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Label Occurrences
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster 3
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster canonical 1
her father William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish noble ⓘ
Earl ⓘ
medieval Irish magnate ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Burke Civil War ⓘ
collapse of the Earldom of Ulster ⓘ
birthDate 1312 ⓘ
birthPlace Ireland ⓘ
causeOfDeath murder ⓘ
child Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1333-06-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Greencastle, County Down ⓘ
deathYear 1333 ⓘ
era 14th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish ⓘ
familyName de Burgh family ⓘ
surface form: de Burgh
father John de Burgh ⓘ
feudalLordOf Connacht ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
grandfather Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster ⓘ
grandmother Margaret de Burgh ⓘ
heldOffice chief magnate in Ireland for the English king ⓘ
inheritedFrom Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster ⓘ
killedAtAge 21 ⓘ
languageOfUse Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Norman French

Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath assassination ⓘ
memberOf House of Burgh ⓘ
mother Elizabeth de Clare ⓘ
nobleTitle 3rd Earl of Ulster ⓘ
Lord of Connaught ⓘ
notableFor his murder in 1333 ⓘ
precipitating the collapse of English royal authority in much of Ireland ⓘ
triggering the Burke Civil War in Connacht ⓘ
politicalAlignment Lordship of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: English Crown in Ireland
regionOfActivity Connacht ⓘ
Lordship of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Norman Lordship of Ireland

Ulster ⓘ
reignEnd 1333 ⓘ
reignStart 1326 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic ⓘ
spouse Matilda of Lancaster ⓘ
surface form: Maud of Lancaster
successor Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster ⓘ
titleHeld Earl of Ulster ⓘ
Lord of Connaught ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots → relative → William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ⓘ
Elizabeth de Clare → child → William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster → father → William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster → heirOf → William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster → titleInheritedFrom → William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ⓘ
this entity surface form: her father William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster