Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht
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Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht (c. 1180 – 24 February 1240), was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman, the wife of Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught and Strathearn (c.1180–1242), and the mother of his seven children, including Sir William Óg de Burgh, a lord and warrior and Walter de Burgh, the first Earl of Ulster. She was also known as Gille de Lacy. Egidia was the daughter of Walter II de Lacy by his second wife Margaret de Braose.
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Egidia de Lacy | |
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Lady of Connacht | |
Born | c. 1180 Trim Castle, County Meath, Ireland[citation needed] |
Died | 24 February 1240 Connaught, Ireland |
Noble family | de Lacy |
Spouse(s) | Richard Mor de Burgh |
Issue | Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connacht, Justiciar of Ireland Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster William de Burgh Margery de Burgh Mathilda, wife of Gerald de Prendergast Unnamed daughter, wife of Hamon de Valoignes Alice de Burgh |
Father | Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim Castle and Ludlow Castle |
Mother | Margaret de Braose |
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