Hubert de Burgh

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Hubert de Burgh was a prominent early 13th-century English nobleman and royal official who rose to become Justiciar of England and a key supporter of King John and the young Henry III.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman
Justiciar of England
royal official
activeInPeriod early 13th century
late 12th century
burialPlace Blackfriars
surface form: "Blackfriars, London"
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth c. 1170
dateOfDeath 1243
employer Henry III of England NERFINISHED
Henry III, King of England NERFINISHED
John, King of England NERFINISHED
King John of England NERFINISHED
King Richard the Lionheart
surface form: "Richard I of England"
era High Middle Ages
father Walter de Burgh of Burgh-next-Aylsham
houseOrFamily de Burgh family
memberOf English royal household
monarchServed Henry III of England NERFINISHED
John of England NERFINISHED
King Richard the Lionheart
surface form: "Richard I of England"
nobleTitle Earl of Kent
notableWork siege of Dover (1216–1217)
surface form: "Defense of Dover Castle against Prince Louis of France"

Role in issuing the reissues of Magna Carta under Henry III
participatedIn Battle of Sandwich (1217)
siege of Dover (1216–1217)
surface form: "Defense of Dover Castle (1216–1217)"

First Barons' War
placeOfBirth Aylsham
surface form: "Burgh-next-Aylsham, Norfolk"
placeOfDeath Banstead, Surrey NERFINISHED
positionHeld Lord Justice of Ireland
surface form: "Chief Justiciar of Ireland"

Constable of Dover Castle
Earl of Kent
Lord Justice of Ireland
surface form: "Justiciar of England"

Lord Justice of Ireland
surface form: "Justiciar of Ireland"

Seneschal of Poitou
High Sheriff of Dorset
surface form: "Sheriff of Dorset"

Sheriff of Herefordshire
Sheriff of Kent
High Sheriff of Somerset
surface form: "Sheriff of Somerset"

Warden of the Cinque Ports
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling William de Burgh NERFINISHED
significantEvent Imprisonment and fall from power in the 1230s
Restoration to some lands and partial rehabilitation before death
spouse Beatrice de Warenne
Isabella of Gloucester
surface form: "Isabel of Gloucester"

Margaret of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany
supported Henry III of England NERFINISHED
King John of England NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

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

Battle of Sandwich (1217) commander Hubert de Burgh
First Barons' War commander Hubert de Burgh
Isabella of Gloucester spouse Hubert de Burgh
this entity surface form: "Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent"