Margery de Burgh
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Margery de Burgh | |
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| Born | 1224 Galway, Ireland |
| Died | 1 March 1252 (aged 27–28) |
| Noble family | House of Burgh |
| Spouse | Theobald Le Botiller |
| Issue | Theobald Le Botiller Elizabeth Butler (Le Botiller) |
| Father | Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connaught |
| Mother | Egidia de Lacy |
Margery de Burgh (English: /dəˈbɜːr/ də-BUR; 1224–1252) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman and wife of Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland.
Margery de Burgh was born in Galway, Ireland, the eldest daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht and Justiciar of Ireland, and Egidia de Lacy. She had three brothers and three sisters, including Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.
Marriage and issue
In 1242, Margery married Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland (1224–1248), the eldest son of Theobald le Botiller, Chief Butler of Ireland and his first wife, Joan, daughter of Geoffrey de Marsh (or Mareys), Knt., Justiciar of Ireland.[citation needed]
Margery and Theobald had two children:
- Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland (1242- 26 September 1285), who married, in 1268, Joan FitzJohn (died 26 May 1303), daughter of John Fitzgeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland, and Isabel Bigod. Joan was a younger sister of his uncle's wife, Aveline FitzJohn. The marriage produced issue, from whom descended the Earls of Ormond.
- Elizabeth Butler (Le Botiller)
