Gylle de Burgh
Gylle de Burgh | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Gylle de Búrca |
| Born | Galway, Ireland |
| Noble family | de Burgh |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Father | William Liath de Burgh |
Gylle de Burgh (English: /dˈbɜːr/; d'-BER; fl. 1332) was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman and wife of Richard de Manderville.
De Burgh was the only daughter of Sir William Liath de Burgh (died 1323) and a sister of Sir Walter Liath de Burgh. Walter was captured and starved to death by his cousin, the Earl of Ulster, in 1332.
Gylle, married to , had her husband and his family kill the earl at Carrickfergus on 6 June 1333 in revenge. This murder was directly responsible for the destruction of the great de Burgh lordship of Connacht, and the loss of Ulster to the Gaelic-Irish till the Ulster Plantations of 1610.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Knox, Hubert T. History of Mayo.
- ^ Dictionary of Irish Biography ... to the Year 2002. pp. 14, 18.
Categories:
- 14th-century Irish people
- 14th-century Irish women
- People from County Mayo
- People from County Galway
- House of Burke