Global InformationHouse of Burgh information
| House of Burgh (Burke) | |
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 Arms: de Burgh (Burke) Blazon: Or, a cross gules.[1] | |
| Country |  Holy Roman Empire Normandy Kingdom of England Lordship of Ireland Kingdom of Ireland Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom British Empire Kingdom of Spain Republic of Ireland |
| Founded | 1193 |
| Founder | William de Burgh |
| Current head | The Marquess of Sligo The Earl of Mayo The Lord Burgh |
| Titles | List
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| Traditions | Catholicism |
| Motto | Un Roy, Une Foy, Une Loy ("One King, One Faith, One Law".[1]) |
| Heirlooms | List
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| Estate(s) | List
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| Dissolution | 1363 (Original line) 1916 (Clanricarde line) |
| Cadet branches | List
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The House of Burgh or Burke (English: /d ˈbɜːr/; d’-BER; French pronunciation: [d.buʁ]; Irish: de Búrca; Latin: Burgo) was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty which held the earldoms of Kent, Ulster, Clanricarde, and Mayo at various times, provided queens consort of Scotland and Thomond and kings of Britain, and played a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland.
The founder of the de Burgh family in Ireland was William de Burgh, the elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, who was Regent of England (and believed to be the ancestor of the Lords Burgh). William's descendants included the Lords of Connaught (Connacht) and Earls of Ulster and Clanricarde. His great-great-granddaughter, Elizabeth married King Robert I of Scots. Another descendant, Elizabeth, became the wife of King Edward III's son Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and were ancestors of the Yorkist Plantagenet kings of England.
The de Burgh/Burke family produced many prominent figures during the Middle Ages, Crusades, British Empire, World War I, Irish War of Independence and World War II. Though the original (Ulster) line became extinct in 1363 and the Clanricarde line in 1916, the Mayo line is represented by the current Earl of Mayo.
- ^ a b Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London : Harrison & sons.