Earl of Kent, Hubert de Burgh

Birth Name Earl of Kent, Hubert de Burgh 1a 2a
Gramps ID I32660
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Death [E43464] 1243-05-12    
1b 2b
_FA1 [E43465]   1st Earl of Kent, 1227.  
3a 2c
_FA2 [E43466]   Justicular of England 15 Jun 1215-1232.  
2d
_FA3 [E43467]   Chief governor of Ireland for about a month in 1232.  
2e
_FA4 [E43468]   Custodian of son-in-law Richard de Clare Earl of Gloucester during his minority.  
2f
_FA5 [E43469] 1216 Held Dover Castle against Louis Capet.  
4 2g

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father de Burgh, Walter [I33621]
Mother (de Burgh), Alice [I35003]
         Earl of Kent, Hubert de Burgh [I32660] 1243-05-12
    Brother     Lord Connacht, William de Burgh [I32663] 1205

Families

    Family of Earl of Kent, Hubert de Burgh and de Arsic, Margaret [F13080]
Unknown Partner de Arsic, Margaret [I35184] ( * + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Partners (Primary) [E59330]      
5a 2h
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Burgh, John [I33527]12101275
    Family of Earl of Kent, Hubert de Burgh [F13081]
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E59331] 1209    
6a 7a 2i

Narrative

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There is a Hubert de Burgh (d.12 May 1243)earl of Kent who justciar of England (1215-32) and chief governor of Ireland for about a month in 1232. He married three times (according to *Complete peerage* VII:140-142.

In the 3rd edition of the *Handbook of British Chronology*, 1986, reprinted
with corrections 1996 (Cambridge University Press), on p 72, there is:
"Hubert de Burgh (e. of Kent 1227(. Appd. justiciar 15 June 1215."

CP VII:133 says that Hubert's parentage is unknown. The lengthy footnote
acompanying this remark mentions the Connaught filiation as one of a number
of options. The problem with the Connaught filiation is that Dugdale who
proposed it gave no evidence for it. Vol.IX of *A New History of Ireland* (Oxford, 1984) edited by T Moody et al. follows Dugdale.

A Letter Close of 13 October 1234 addressed to the justiciar of Ireland (Maurice fitz Gerold) refers to Hubert as uncle of Richard de Burgh. Similar sources also confirm that William de Burgh was Richard's father. There is then a high probability that Hubert and William were brothers. [C Ellis *Hubert de Burgh: a study in constancy* (Phoenix House, London, 1952)
192-193; *A New History of Ireland* (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1984) IX:170
Table 38]. Apart from the fact that Hubert says his mother's name is 'Alice'
(Ellis, 191) and that we now know his place of name (Ellis 188-190), as has
been said above nothing more is known of his ancestry. I amost forgot, there
is some ground for thinking his father's name is 'Walter'.

Clarence Ellis was the author of: Hubert de Burgh, A Study in Contancy,
published in 1952. It has a very complete study on Hubert. Appendix I has "The Ancestry and Birthplace of Hubert de Burgh. His Irish Kinsmen". Hubert and William's family are East Anglian, Norfolk and Suffolk. Ellis discusses the confusion associated with the cross-connection of Robert of Mortain and Hubert and William.

David Douglas in William the Conqueror discusses Harlowen de Burgh,
more usually named de Conteville...See also Loyd: The Origins of Some
Anglo-Norman Families.

Pedigree

  1. de Burgh, Walter [I33621]
    1. (de Burgh), Alice [I35003]
      1. Earl of Kent, Hubert de Burgh
        1. de Arsic, Margaret [I35184]
          1. de Burgh, John [I33527]
      2. Lord Connacht, William de Burgh [I32663]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Alison Weir: Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy [S146907]
      • Page: p 66
      • Source text:

        no parents

      • Page: p 66
      • Source text:

        d 1243

  2. large-G675.FTW [S261374]
      • Citation:

        Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996

      • Citation:

        Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996

      • Citation:

        Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996

      • Citation:

        Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996

      • Citation:

        Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996

      • Citation:

        Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996

      • Citation:

        Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996

      • Source text:

        I don't know if they were married or not

      • Source text:

        I don't know if they were married or not

  3. Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England) [S186983]
      • Source text:

        no date

  4. Sharon Kay Penman "Here be Dragons" [S0418]
  5. Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S42140]
      • Source text:

        I don't know if they were married or not

  6. soc.genealogy.medieval [S83902]
      • Page: John Cantwell marccant@@erols.com
      • Source text:

        quoting "Hubert de Burgh A Study in Constancy" by Clarence Ellis, pub. 1952

  7. Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" [S76671]
      • Source text:

        no date, her 2nd m