House of Burke

"De Burgo" redirects here. For people of that name, see Burgo (disambiguation).
House of Burke

Armorial of Burke: Or, a cross gules
Country Lordship of Ireland, Kingdom of Ireland
Titles
Founded 1203
Founder William de Burgh
Cadet branches Bourke
MacPhilbin
Phillips
McWilliams

The House of Burke (Irish: de Búrca; Latinised to de Burca or de Burgo) is the name given to the clan of the Anglo-Norman family originally known as de Burgh.

The first de Burgh to come to Ireland was William de Burgh (c.1160?-1204), a Norman adventurer and knight who settled in Ireland in 1185. He was the elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent and Justiciar of England.[1]

The later Anglo-Irish de Burghs (the Earls of Ulster, Lords of Connaught and Earls of Clanricarde) descend from William de Burgh.

The "Burke" surname is one of the most common in Ireland and England, particularly in north Munster and Connacht. The name derives from "burg" or "burgh", meaning a town, and is of Norman origin.

Earls of Ulster

The Earls of Ulster who belonged to this family were

See also

Source

Burke: People and Places, Eamonn Bourke, 1995. ISBN 0-946130-10-8

References

  1. ↑ C. A. Empey, ‘Burgh, William de (d. 1206)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004

External links

 Round, John Horace (1911). "Burgh". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 


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