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4 ULSTER.. whtkt it WM managed by SeneacliaU, and the Prince waa glad to tranafer it> in 1261, to Walter Di Bubgh, the Lord of Oonnanght, in exchange for the rich domain of KilaOan. The Barldom remained in the family of de Burgh till 1862, when Bliaabeth de Bnrgh, the da. and h. of the 3d Earl, carried it to her huaband, lioneirpLaMTAOuriT] of Antwerp, the 8d a. of Edward IIL, who became, in her right. Earl of Ulater and Lord of Oonnanght They were the anoeatora of the House of Tork, and, ainee the aooeaaion of Edward lY., the Earldom of Ulater haa formed part of the apeoial inheritance of the Crown."] John db Courot, the famous Conqueror of Ulsteri " vihone parentage ia a problem as yet it would seem unsolved,"(*) is generally, tho' erroneoudjfi^) tiated to have been cr by Henrj^ II,]n 1181, Eibloip Ulbtbb [I.] He unqueationably had ^ obtained a substantial hold on Ulater," and waa Lord of that Honour ; placing his followers in castles there who, aa his ' Barone$ * or feudal tenanta, became known aa the Barmu of UUier " and in the midst of whom he kept at Down his own feudal court."(*) Haying been declared an enemy, he waa in 1204 taken prisoner and the grant of Ulster was made, 29 Hay 1206, to Hugh de Lacy, aa hereafter atated. He d. s.p. legit.(®) shortly before 22 Sep. 1219. Barldom [L] 1, llvau db I^oy,(*>) 2d a, of Hugh dk Laoy, Lord I ] 205 ^' ^^ palatine Honour of Meath,(«) and one of the Gonquerora of ". Ireland, (Ch. Gov. thereof 1178 and 1179 ; murdered 26 July I n?«> 1186) by hia first wife Rose di Monmooth, settled in Ulster after 1 J40. |j|g f|ither*B death,(0 and became the chief opponent of John de Courcy, Lord of the Honour of Ulater, whom he defeated early iu 1204, whereupon he croeaed over to England, and received 2 May 1206 a grant of Ulster " as John de Courcy held it on the day when Hugh conquered and took him prisoner in the field," which grant waa confirmed some 3 weeks later, when, 29 May 1206, he waa cr. EARL OF ULSTUR [I.](>) He however opposed the English JusticUry and was expelled from Ireland in 1210, to which he returned about 1216, being restored to his castles and lands 20 April 1227. He supi^orted the Royal authority in 1234 against the Earl of Pembroke, joining Richard de Burgh next year in the great raid into Oonnaught. He at. Emmeline, or Leceliue, da. and h. of Walter db Ridlkpobd, feudal '* Lord of Brajr," oo. Dublin.(«) He d. probably s.p.m. legit. (>») Ute in 1242 or early {before 26 April) 1248 and waa bur, in the church of the Dominican friars at Carridcfergus. On his death the Barldom of Ulster [[.], and the vast dominion of Ulster remied to the Orown-O) His widow was living Nov, 1267, but d. before 1278. She is sometimes said to have m. Stephen db Lomqkspbb, Oh. Qov. of Ireland, 1269-60. (*) J. H. Round'a article on him in the NaL Biogr, (b) See p. 8, note " d." (*) ** We have the positive statement of Giraldus himself that he [John de Oourcy] had no legit issue. Vet peerage writers have assigned him a son. Miles, from whom, by a grossly fictitioua pedigree, they have derived the Lords Kinsale." [J. H. Round, fU iupra.] See vol iv, p. 892, notea f " and " g," and aee also iu that vol., p. 896, note ** b," tub ^ Kingsale " aa to the alleged " db OoaBOT-PRiviLBOB " (of remaining covered in the presence of Royalty), aupposed to have been gi-anted to this John de Courcy and his heun male. f^) See C. L. Kingsford's article on him in the NtU, Biogr. •) Seep. 8, note "b." (0 *' Mr. Gilbert ia mistaken in speaking of him aa having been Viceroy [Qjf. Chief Governor ?] of Ireland 1189-90 and agJn in 1208 and 1206, for the recorda ahew that John de Courd and MeUer FitaHeniy held office [Qy. 1189-1209 f] uninterrup- tedly." [See note <<d" above]. (f) See p. 8, notea " c " and *' e." (^) Numerous children of both sexes are allotted to him, but their legitimacy is doubtful. Three sons and three daughters are mentioned iu the Nat. Biogr. (See note "d" above.] Another da. (see "Remarka" on p. 8) is stated to be hia heiress, while aa to yet another but a very problematical da. (also said to be his heiress and the inheritrix of hia Earldom), see p. 6, note "d," (t) See p. 8, note " e/'