Margery de Burgh

Medieval Irish noblewoman 1224–1252

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Margery de Burgh
Born	1224 Galway, Ireland
Died	1 March 1252(1252年03月01日) (aged 27–28)
Noble family	House of Burgh
Spouse(s)	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.

Family and lineage

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.

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)

Margery's husband died 26 December 1248. He was buried before 3 August 1248 at Arklow,^{[contradictory ]} County Limerick.^{[contradictory ]} On 27 April 1250, she made a fine to remarry.^{[citation needed ]}

Margery de Burgh died on 1 March 1252.^{[citation needed ]}

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