Walter de Burgh was 2nd Lord of Connaught and 1st Earl of Ulster (after its restoration), the second son of Richard Mor de Burgh. He founded Athassel Priory. In 1243, he succeeded his father as Lord of Connacht, and was created Earl of Ulster as well in 1264. 1270, he and Walter de Ufford, the Justiciar of Ireland, were defeated by Aedh mac Felim Ua Conchobair at Ath an Chip. Aedh and the O'Connors thereafter ruled independently in Roscommon as "kings of the Gael of Connacht".

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  • Walter de Burgh was 2nd Lord of Connaught and 1st Earl of Ulster (after its restoration), the second son of Richard Mor de Burgh. He founded Athassel Priory. In 1243, he succeeded his father as Lord of Connacht, and was created Earl of Ulster as well in 1264. 1270, he and Walter de Ufford, the Justiciar of Ireland, were defeated by Aedh mac Felim Ua Conchobair at Ath an Chip. Aedh and the O'Connors thereafter ruled independently in Roscommon as "kings of the Gael of Connacht". Married Aveline, daughter of Sir John FitzGeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland, by his wife, Isabel Bigod. In a royal order from Westminster in September 1247, Sir John FitzGeoffrey was charged by the King with seizing the lands of Walter de Burgh's older brother Richard, who had died. The de Burgh lands in Connaught were being held by de Burgh, John de Livet, likely the son of Gilbert de Lyvet, one of the earliest Lord Mayors of Dublin and Marmaduke de Eschales (Scales). Succeeded by his eldest son, Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (The Red Earl of Ulster). Other children, according to the Dictionary of National Biography were: three sons, Theobald, William and Thomas, and daughter, Egidia who married Sir James Stewart (1243-1309), High Steward of Scotland.
  • Walter de Burgh, 3 seigneur de Connaught de 1248 à 1271 et 1 comte d'Ulster de 1264 à 1271, fut un baron anglo-irlandais.
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  • Walter de Burgh was 2nd Lord of Connaught and 1st Earl of Ulster (after its restoration), the second son of Richard Mor de Burgh. He founded Athassel Priory. In 1243, he succeeded his father as Lord of Connacht, and was created Earl of Ulster as well in 1264. 1270, he and Walter de Ufford, the Justiciar of Ireland, were defeated by Aedh mac Felim Ua Conchobair at Ath an Chip. Aedh and the O'Connors thereafter ruled independently in Roscommon as "kings of the Gael of Connacht".
  • Walter de Burgh, 3 seigneur de Connaught de 1248 à 1271 et 1 comte d'Ulster de 1264 à 1271, fut un baron anglo-irlandais.
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  • Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
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