Lord of Connaught

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Lord of Connaught was a medieval noble title in Ireland associated with the powerful de Burgh (Burke) family’s lordship over the province of Connacht.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lord of Connacht 5
Lord of Connaught canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal lordship
medieval noble title
appliesToJurisdiction Connacht
associatedEthnicity Anglo-Norman
Hiberno-Norman
associatedWith Burke family
de Burgh family
associatedWithConflict Anglo-Norman–Gaelic wars in Connacht
Gaelic resurgence in Ireland
country Ireland
dynasticTitleOf House of Burke
House of de Burgh
linked to: House of Burgh
feudalRank lord
governedFrom Connacht strongholds of the de Burghs
linked to: Roscommon Castle
governingSystem feudalism
governs lordship of Connacht
governsTerritory Connacht
hasAlternativeName Lord of Connacht
linked to: Lord of Connaught

Lord of Connaught of the de Burghs
hasCulturalContext Anglo-Norman lordship in Gaelic Ireland
hasTitleHolderFamilyBranch Burke of Clanricarde
Burke of Mayo
de Burgh of Connacht
historicalRegion Province of Connacht
languageOfTitle English
Latin
linkedToDynasticPartition Burke civil war in Connacht
linkedToEvent Norman invasion of Ireland
linkedToReligion Roman Catholicism
nobleFamily Burke
de Burgh
linked to: de Burgh family
originatedFrom Anglo-Norman conquest of Connacht
partOf Lordship of Ireland
politicalRole regional overlord in medieval Ireland
precededBy Gaelic kings of Connacht
linked to: Kings of Connacht
regionType Gaelic province
relatedTitle Earl of Ulster
Mac William Uachtar
Mac William Íochtar
socialClass high nobility
sphereOfInfluence western Ireland
status historical title
titleType hereditary title
territorial title
usedInCentury 13th century
14th century
15th century
usedInPeriod Middle Ages

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Óg de Burgh title Lord of Connacht
subject linked to: Richard Óg
linked to: Lord of Connaught
Richard Óg de Burgh positionHeld Lord of Connacht
subject linked to: Richard Óg
linked to: Lord of Connaught
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster nobleTitle Lord of Connacht
linked to: Lord of Connaught
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster positionHeld Lord of Connacht
linked to: Lord of Connaught
Lord of Connaught hasAlternativeName Lord of Connacht
linked to: Lord of Connaught