The Earl of Clanricarde | |
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Uilleag de Búrca | |
Member of the Irish House of Lords | |
Hereditary Peerage 1 July 1543 – March 1544 | |
Preceded by | New Creation (Clanricarde) |
Succeeded by | Richard Sassanach Burke |
Personal details | |
Born | Ulick Burke |
Died | 1544 |
Nationality | Irish |
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Children | 4, including Richard Sassanach Burke |
Parent | Richard Mór Burke |
Ulick na gCeann Burke, 12th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar, 1st Earl of Clanricarde (English: /ˈjuːlɪk ... klænˈrɪkɑːrd/ YOO-lik ... klan-RIK-ard; died 1544; styled MacWilliam, and na-gCeann, meaning "of the Heads", "having made a mount of the heads of men slain in battle which he covered up with earth") was an Irish noble and son of Richard Mór Burke, 9th Clanricarde (d. 1530) by a daughter of Madden of Portumna.[1]