Everything about Elizabeth De Burgh 4th Countess Of Ulster totally explained
Elizabeth de Burgh, Duchess of Clarence, suo jure Countess of Ulster (
6 July 1332 Carrickfergus Castle.
Ireland –
10 December 1363 Dublin)
Elizabeth was the only child of
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and
Maud of Lancaster. She was the last of the senior legitimate line of the descendants of
William de Burgh.
Upon William's murder on
6 June 1333 she became the sole legal heir to all the de Burgh lands in
Ireland. In actual fact, her kinsmen
Sir Edmond de Burgh of Clanwilliam,
Sir Edmond Albanach Bourke,
Mac William Iochtar and
Sir Ulick Burke,
Mac William Uachtar became the
de facto heads of the family and owners of de Burgh land during the
Burke Civil War 1333-38.
As Countess of Ulster she was raised in England and married
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence on
15 August 1352 at the
Tower of London. He was the second son of
Edward III of England and his
queen consort Philippa of Hainault.
They had an only child,
Philippa Plantagenet, born on
16 August 1355. Philippa married in 1368
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1351–1381). They were parents to
Roger Mortimer, grandparents to
Anne de Mortimer, great-grandparents to
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and great-great-grandparents to
Edward IV and
Richard III.
Elizabeth died in
Dublin in 1363 during her husband's term as
Governor of Ireland. She is buried in
Clare Priory,
Suffolk,
England.
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