DESCENDANT OF CHARLEMAGNE, ALFRED THE GREAT, KING LOUIS VII OF FRANCE AND ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE
DESCENDANT OF KING BRIAN BORU, IRELAND'S GREATEST KING
GREAT GREAT GRANDSON OF SIR WILLIAM MARSHALL
GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDSON OF STRONGBOW DE CLARE
LORD OF CONNAUGHT, 2ND EARL OF ULSTER
In 1315, Irish king Edward Bruce, Robert the Bruce's brother, tried to unite the Irish and Scottish against England. A loyal and close friend of King Edward I, Richard de Burgh led the royal forces in the fight, even though Robert the Bruce washis son-in-law. In 1317, when the Bruce brothers joined in Ireland, Richard was put in prison as a safeguard, the King apparently fearing his loyalty would be tested.
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