House of Burgh

House of Burgh (Burke)
House of Burgh (Burke)
	Arms: de Burgh (Burke); Blazon: Or, a cross gules.
Country	Holy Roman Empire; Normandy; Kingdom of England; Lordship of Ireland; Kingdom of Ireland; Kingdom of Scotland; Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom; British Empire; Kingdom of Spain; Republic of Ireland
Founded	1193
Founder	William de Burgh
Current head	The Marquess of Sligo; The Earl of Mayo; The Lord Burgh
Titles	List Mac William Íochtar; Earl of Clanricarde; Lord of Connaught; Marquess of Clanricarde; Marquess of Sligo; Earl of Ulster; Earl of Kent; Earl of Clanricarde; Earl of Mayo; Earl of St Albans; Viscount Tunbridge; Viscount Mayo; Viscount Burke; Baron Fermoy; Baron Burgh; Baron Ardenerie; Baron Connemara; Baron Bourke; Lord of Connaught; Baron Leitrim; Baron Downes; Baron Strabolgi; Burke Baronets; Kings and Queens of Thomond; de Burgo Baronets; Kings and Queens of England; Kings and Queens of England and Ireland; Kings and Queens of Scots; Kings and Queens of Great Britain and Ireland; ;
Traditions	Catholicism
Motto	Un Roy, Une Foy, Une Loy; ("One King, One Faith, One Law".)
Heirlooms	List Book of the de Burgos; ;
Estate(s)	List Portumna Castle; Somerhill House; Derryinver; Palmerstown House; ;
Dissolution	1363 (Original line); 1916 (Clanricarde line)
Cadet branches	List Agnatic Clanricarde; Marquess of Clanricarde; Mac William Íochtar; Earl of Mayo; Viscount Mayo; Earl of Ulster; Baron Bourke; Baron Leitrim; Baron Downes; Burke Baronets; de Burgo Baronets; ; Cognatic Dál gCais (Ireland); House of Bruce (Scotland); House of York (England); Earl of Harewood; Baron Burgh; Hussey de Burgh; Baron Strabolgi; Baron Fermoy; ;

The House of Burgh or Burke (English: /d ˈbɜːr/; d’-BER; French pronunciation: [d.buʁ]; Irish: de Búrca; Latin: Burgo) was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty which held the earldoms of Kent, Ulster, Clanricarde, and Mayo at various times, provided queens consort of Scotland and Thomond and kings of Britain, and played a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland.

The founder of the de Burgh family in Ireland was William de Burgh, the elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, who was Regent of England (and believed to be the ancestor of the Lords Burgh). William's descendants included the Lords of Connaught (Connacht) and Earls of Ulster and Clanricarde. His great-great-granddaughter, Elizabeth married King Robert I of Scots. Another descendant, Elizabeth, became the wife of King Edward III's son Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and were ancestors of the Yorkist Plantagenet kings of England.

The de Burgh/Burke family produced many prominent figures during the Middle Ages, Crusades, British Empire, World War I, Irish War of Independence and World War II. Though the original (Ulster) line became extinct in 1363 and the Clanricarde line in 1916, the Mayo line is represented by the current Earl of Mayo.

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