Margery de Burgh


Margery de Burgh, was a Norman- Irish noblewoman and the wife of Theobald Le Botiller.

Family and lineage

Margery de Burgh was born in Galway, Ireland, the eldest daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht and Justiciar of Ireland, and Egidia de Lacy. She had three brothers and three sisters, including Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.

Marriage and issue

In 1242, Margery married Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland, the eldest son of Theobald le Botiller, Chief Butler of Ireland and his first wife, Joan, daughter of Geoffrey de Marsh, Knt., Justiciar of Ireland.
Margery and Theobald had two children:
Margery's husband died 26 December 1248. He was buried before 3 August 1248 at Arklow, Co. Limerick. On 27 April 1250, she made a fine to remarry.
Margery de Burgh died on 1 March 1252.