Margaret O’Brien, countess of Clanricarde

Margaret O'Brien

• F, #216911, b. circa 1535
• Last Edited=27 Jul 2017
• Consanguinity Index=0.0%

Margaret O'Brien was born circa 1535.2 She is the daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond and Eleanor fitz John.1

She married, secondly, unknown MacNamara.2

She married, thirdly, Ross O'Loughlen.2

She married, firstly, Richard Bourke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde, son of Ulick Bourke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde and Grace O'Carroll, before 6 October 1548.1,3

She and Richard Bourke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde were divorced after claiming that she worked witchcraft against him.1

Her married name became MacNamara.2 Her married name became O'Loughlen.2 After her marriage, Margaret O'Brien was styled as Countess of Clanricarde in 1548. From 1548, her married name became Bourke.1 She was living in 1616.2

Child of Margaret O'Brien and Richard Bourke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde

1. Ulick Bourke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde+4 d. 20 May 1601

Citations

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p21692.htm

1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 229. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2036. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
3. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 181. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
4. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 230