Lord Meath, Hugh de Lacy

Birth Name Lord Meath, Hugh de Lacy 1a 2a 3a 4
Gramps ID I29325
Gender male
Age at Death 71 years, 6 months

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E39121] 1115 Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England  
2b 4
Death [E39122] 1186-07-00 Durrow, Ireland  

Cause: Decapitated by an Irishman while he was showing him how to use a pick.

1b 2c 4
_FA1 [E39123]   Acceded: 1172. 5th Baron.  
2d 4
_FA2 [E39124]   Took part in campaign of 1165 from Shrewsbury into North Wales.  
2e 4
_FA3 [E39125]   In Ireland with Henry II from October 1171 & remained aft Henry ret to England.  
2f 4
_FA4 [E39126]   Summer of 1173 he was in Normandy helping to quell the rising.  
2g 4
_FA5 [E39127]   Held Verneuil w/ Hugh de Beauchamp under seige by Louis VII.  
2h 4
_FA6 [E39128]   Given the city of Dublin (1173) & its castle.  
2i 4
_FA7 [E39129]   Viceroy of Dublin 1178-84.  
2j 4
_FA8 [E39130]   Restless nature & intolerant of inefficiency.  
2k 4
_FA9 [E39131]   Judiciar of Ireland, Lord of Meath.  
2l 4
_FA10 [E39132]   The Lordship of Meath contained 800, 000 acres.  
2m 4

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Lord Meath, Gilbert de Lacy [I29889]about 1104after 1163
Mother (de Lacy), Agnes [I30567]about 1108
         Lord Meath, Hugh de Lacy [I29325] 1115 1186-07-00

Families

    Family of Lord Meath, Hugh de Lacy and de Clare, Rohese [F13137]
Unknown Partner de Clare, Rohese [I34929] ( * 1115 + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Lacy, Mary [I33993]
Lord Palatine of Meath, Walter de Lacy [I29324]1160FEB 1240/41

Narrative

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Hugh is possibly Gilbert's brother rather than son.

"Much more is known of the actions of Hugh II than of any previous member of
the family. He paid no scutage in 1164-5, so that he was probably present in
person on the campaign of 1165 from Shrewsbury into North Wales. He was in
Ireland with the king from October 1171, and remained there after the king
returned in April 1172. He was back in England by 29 December 1172, when he distinguished himself at the first public festival of St. Thomas at Canterbury. The archbishop was carried away by the occasion and expressed himself rather too strongly, only to be rebuked firmly by Hugh II. In the summer of 1173 he was in Normandy helping to quell the rising, and with Hugh de Beauchamp held the castle of Verneuil while it was being besieged by
Louis VII in July. He spent some time during the year in Ireland, where he
had acquired the old kingsom of Meath, so that from now onwards he spent a
good deal of time on the west side of St. George's Channel. In the same
year he had been given the city of Dublin and its castle, a grant followed
five years later by his promotion to Viceroy. That post he held until 1184,
although he had been deprived of Dublin castle for a short period in 1181-2
as a penalty for marrying the daughter of Rory O'Connor, the last king of
Connaught. At Durrow in July 1186 he had his head cut off by an Irishman
while he was showing him how to use a pick, according to the graphic
desctiprion in the chronicle of St. Mary, Dublin -- a commentary on his
restless nature, apparently intolerant of inefficiency to the end."
--- W E Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194*,
Oxford (Clarendon Press) 1966, p 190-191

Pedigree

  1. Lord Meath, Gilbert de Lacy [I29889]
    1. (de Lacy), Agnes [I30567]
      1. Lord Meath, Hugh de Lacy
        1. de Clare, Rohese [I34929]
          1. de Lacy, Mary [I33993]
          2. Lord Palatine of Meath, Walter de Lacy [I29324]

Ancestors

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