Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster

Richard Og de Burgh (* 1259, † 1326), also known as Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster was the second and third Lord of Connacht. His name " Richard Og " meant " Richard Young ", likely a reference to his young age when he was or to distinguish him from his grandfather Richard Mor 1271 Earl. He was also known as the " Red Earl ".

Richard Og was the most powerful of the de Burgh Earls in Ulster. He was a close friend of the English King Edward I, and was the highest-ranking Earl in Ireland. His wife Marguerite de Guines was the cousin of the Queen of England. He pursued an expansionist policy and it fell out with the other Anglo-Irish Lords. In 1316 he defeated in the Second Battle of Athenry Felim mac Aedh Ua Conchobair, the king of Connacht.

His sister Epidia de Burgh was the wife of James Stewart, Steward of Scotland, and grandfather of the future King Robert II. Elizabeth de Burgh, one of his five daughters, was the wife of Robert the Bruce, and thus Queen of Scotland.

Family

His father was Walter de Burgh (*, ? † July 28, 1271 ), second son of Richard de Burgh, the conqueror of Connacht.

Swell

• Burke People and Places, Eamonn Burke, Dublin, 1995.
• Personal data to www.thepeerage.com (English)

• Earl of Ulster
• Irishman
• Born in 1259
• Died in 1326
• Man