Elizabeth De Burgh (c.1332 - ):
Landowner
Elizabeth de Burgh was the daughter of William de Burgh, the 'Brown Earl', who was murdered at instigation of his cousins. Elizabeth was sole heir to the Earldom of Ulster, and was taken to England by her mother while still a child. She later married Lionel, Duke of Clarence, the son of Edward III, who became 5th Earl of Ulster on their marriage in 1352. Although he was unable to enforce his rights, through him the English royal family had a claim to the large de Burgh estates in Ireland, which right they revived in Tudor times
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