Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht

Egidia de Lacy
Egidia de Lacy
Lady of Connacht
Noble family	de Lacy
Spouse(s)	Richard Mor de Burgh
Issue	Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connacht, Justiciar of Ireland ; Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster; William de Burgh; Margery de Burgh; Unnamed daughter, wife of Gerald de Prendergast; Unnamed daughter, wife of Hamon de Valoignes; Alice de Burgh
Father	Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim Castle and Ludlow Castle
Mother	Margaret de Braose

Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connaught (born c.1205), was a Hiberno-Norman noblewoman, the wife of Richard Mór de Burgh, and the mother of his seven children, including Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster. She was also known as Gille de Lacy.

Family

Egidia de Lacy was born at Trim Castle, Co. Meath, Ireland about 1205, the daughter of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim Castle in Meath and Ludlow Castle in Shropshire (c.1172- 1241), and Margaret de Braose (1177- after 1255). Egidia was also known as Gille. She was one of at least six children. Her brother Gilbert de Lacy (c.1202- 25 December 1230), married Isabel Bigod, by whom he had issue. Her sister Pernel de Lacy (c.1201- after 25 November 1288), married firstly, William St. Omer, and secondly, Ralph VI de Toeni, by whom she had issue.

Egidia'a paternal grandparents were Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, and Rohese of Monmouth, and her maternal grandparents were William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, and Maud de St. Valery.

Marriage and issue

On 21 April 1225, she married Richard Mor de Burgh (1194- 17 February 1243), Lord of Connacht (May 1227- 1242/1243), Justiciar of Ireland (1228–1232) , the son of William de Burgh and More O' Brien, daughter of Donal Mor mac Turlough O' Brien, King of Thomond and Orlachan MacMurrough of Leinster. The marriage produced seven children:

Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connacht (died 1248)
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (1230- 28 July 1271), married Aveline FitzJohn, daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland and Isabel Bigod, by whom he had issue, including Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster.
William de Burgh (died 1270), married and had a son, William Liath.
Margery de Burgh (died after 1 March 1253), married Theobald le Botiller, son of Theobald le Botiller, chief Butler of Ireland and Joan du Marais, by whom she had issue. They were ancestors of the Butler Earls of Ormond.
Unnamed daughter who married Gerald de Prendergast, by whom she had issue, including a daughter Maud de Prendergast who in her turn married as his first wife Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly. Maurice FitzGerald and Maud de Prendergast were the parents of a daughter, Juliana FitzGerald.
Unnamed daughter who married Hamon de Valoignes, by whom she had issue.
Alice de Burgh