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OCCU 1st Earl of Ulster
RELI Sources: Roberts, Gary Boyd.  "Ancestors of American Presidener and Elizabeth Bughersh?Ulster, Hugh de Lacy, earl of(b.  c. 1176--d. before Dec. 26, 1242, Ulster, Ire.), one of themost powerful
Anglo-Norman lords in Ulster (in Ireland) in thefirst half of the 13th century.He was the younger son of Hugh de Lacy, 1st lord of Meath. For atime he was coadjutor of John de  Courci in Leinster
andMunster, but after 1200 the rivalry between the two developedinto war, and in 1203 de Lacy drove de Courci out of Down and inthe following year took him prisoner. He was rewarded by KingJohn with
grants of land in Ulster and Connaught, which wereconfirmed by a charter on May 29, 1205, on which date (orearlier) Hugh was created earl. He returned to Ireland withquasi-viceregal authority. In
1207 war broke out between theEarl of Ulster and the justiciar. This brought King John inperson to Ireland, where he expelled the earl's brother, Walterde Lacy, from Meath, and compelled the earl
himself to flee toScotland.For several years Ulster took part in the wars in France, and hedid not return to Ireland until 1221, when he allied himselfwith the O'Neills against the English. In 1226
his lands inUlster were handed over to his brother Walter, but they wererestored to him in the following year, after which date heappears to have loyally served the king, being more than
oncesummoned to England to give advice about Irish affairs. On hisdeath he left no surviving legitimate children, and the earldomof Ulster reverted to the crown. Related Propaedia TopicsThe Kingdom
of England and its continental dependencies from theNorman Conquest to the death of Edward I; Scotland, Wales, andIreland (1066-1307)Copyright (c) 1996 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. All
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