Earl of Ulster

Earl of Ulster is in Earl Ireland.

In or before 1259 Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster and Aveline Fitzjohn Countess Ulster were married. She by marriage Countess of Ulster.

On 16th November 1327 William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster and Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster were married. She by marriage Countess of Ulster. She the daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster and Maud Chaworth.

In 1352 Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence and Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence were married. He by marriage Earl of Ulster. She was the sole heir of her father and brought the de Burgh inheritance of the lands of Ulster to the marriage. As a consequence of their earlier betrothal he had been called Earl Ulster since 1347. She the daughter of William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster and Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster. He the son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England.

On 30th December 1460 the Lancastrian army took their revenge for the defeats of the First Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Northampton at the Battle of Wakefield near Sandal Castle. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter, Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset and Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland, and included John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon and William Gascoigne XIII, both knighted, and James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde, John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford, John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby, Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley, Henry Roos and Thomas St Leger.

The Yorkist army was heavily defeated.

Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York was killed. King Edward IV of England succeeded 4th Duke York, 7th Earl March, 9th Earl of Ulster, 3rd Earl Cambridge, 9th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.

Thomas Neville, and Edward Bourchier were killed.

Father and son Thomas Harrington and John Harrington were killed, the former dying of his wounds the day after.

William Bonville 6th Baron Harington was killed. Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset succeeded 7th Baroness Harington.

Thomas Parr fought in the Yorkist army.

Following the battle Richard Neville Earl Salisbury was beheaded by Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland. William Bonville was executed.

Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland was killed on Wakefield Bridge by John "Butcher" Clifford. Earl of Rutland extinct.


On 28th June 1461 King Edward IV of England was crowned IV King of England. Duke York, Earl March, Earl of Ulster, Earl Cambridge, Baron Mortimer of Wigmore merged with the Crown. Cardinal Thomas Bourchier was assisted by Archbishop William Booth at Westminster Abbey.

Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence was appointed 4th Earl of Ulster.

Earl of Ulster

On 7th October 1368 Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence died from poisoning at Alba. Duke Clarence extinct. Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster succeeded 2nd Countess of Ulster. He was buried at the St Pietro Ciel d'Oro Church, Pavia.

There was strong speculation he had been poisoned by his wife's father.

On 24th August 1369 Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster were married at Reading Abbey, Berkshire. She by marriage Countess March. He by marriage Earl of Ulster. She the daughter of Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence and Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence. He the son of Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March and Philippa Montagu Countess March.

On 7th October 1388 Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster and Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster were married. She by marriage Countess March, Countess of Ulster. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent. He the son of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster.

In 1415 Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl March 7th Earl of Ulster and Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter were married. She by marriage Countess March, Countess of Ulster. She the daughter of Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford. He the son of Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster and Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster.

Earl of Ulster

In 1264 Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster was created 1st Earl of Ulster.

On 28th July 1271 Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster died at County Galway. Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster succeeded 2nd Earl of Ulster.

In or before 1280 Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster and Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster were married. She by marriage Countess of Ulster. He the son of Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster and Aveline Fitzjohn Countess Ulster.

On 29th July 1326 Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster died at Altassel Priory. William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster succeeded 3rd Earl of Ulster.

On 6th June 1333 William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster was murdered by Richard de Mandeville in revenge for the murder of Richard's wife's brother Walter Liath de Burgh the year before. Earl of Ulster and Baron Burgh extinct. There is some argument that his daughter Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence succeeded as Countess of Ulster although her husband Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence appears to have been Earl of Ulster of a new creation. See Annals of Ulster.