Ulick Bourne, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde

Ulick Bourke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, d. 20 May 1601. He was also known as Ulick de Burgh 1.

Parents: son of Richard Bourke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde and Margaret O'Brien.1

Married:

1. Unknown
2. on 25 November 1564 at Anthenry, County Galway, Ireland to Honora Burke, daughter of John Burke. She was b. ca. circa 1535 and was living in 1615.1
3. Martha Frannas

Child of Ulick Bourke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde and unknown

1. Margaret de Burgh+3

6 Children of Honora Burke and Ulick Bourke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde include:

1. Sir William Bourke+2 d. 2 Feb 1625
2. Sir Thomas Bourke3
3. Edmond Bourke3 d. 22 Jun 1639
4. Richard Bourke1 b. c 1566
5. Mary Bourke4 b. c 1566, d. b Jul 1604
6. Richard Bourke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde+1 b. c 1572, d. 12 Nov 1635

Child of Ulick Bourke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde and Martha Frannas

1. John Bourke, 1st Viscount Bourke of Clanmories+1 b. b 1601, d. 16 Nov 1633

Notes

Burke had long been a rebel against the crown, and since the 1560s had instigated the Mac an Iarla wars in Connacht and Thomond, devastating much of the area. A staunch opponent of Elizabeth I, on his father's death in 1582 it was uncertain who would inherit the title, Ulick or his brother, John. Ulick cleared the succession by murdering John and acknowledging the supremacy of the crown. He remained a loyal subject till his death.

Events

• In 1572 he was in rebellion, but sued for pardon in November.2
• He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Clanricarde [I., 1543] on 24 July 1582.1
• He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron of Dunkellin [I., 1543] on 24 July 1582.1
• In May 1589 he fought with great gallantry against the rebel Irish.2
• Between 1598 and 1601 he supported the English during Tyrone's rebellion.1
• He was commander of the Forces in Connaught on 9 January 1599/0

Links

• http://thepeerage.com/p3476.htm#i34758
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulick_Burke,_3rd_Earl_of_Clanricarde

Citations

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 230. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [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.
3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VIII, page 605.
4. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 232.
5. [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 70. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.