William Burke Lord of Bealatury | |
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Uilleag de Búrca | |
 Arms of de Burgh/Burke of Clanricarde: Or, a cross gules in the first quarter a lion rampant sable [1] | |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Parent | John na Seamar Burke |
| Relatives | Redmond Burke (brother) John Óge Burke (brother) Tomás Burke (brother) |
| Military career | |
| Years of service | 1593–1603 |
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William Burke, Lord of Bealatury (fl. 1580s-1616) was an Irish noble and soldier who served in Spain, and later in Ireland during the Nine Years' War.
Burke was a member of the Burke family of Clanricarde, in what is now County Galway. He was one of five brothers who left Ireland to enrol in Spanish service in the late 1580s. The five were sons of John na Seamar Burke (died 1583) and nephews of Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde (died 1601). The eldest of the family was Redmond Burke, Baron Leitrim. They were in Ireland in time to participate in the Nine Years' War (Ireland). Philip O'Sullivan Beare relates that in 1599 William Burke secured a victory over "English recruits clad in red coats" (qui erant tyrones Angli sagis rubris induti). [2]
Both William and Redmond were "some of the chiefs who were along with Red Hugh O'Donnell at Kinsale in 1601". In the aftermath of the battle it was determined that O'Donnell, "Redmond, the son of John Burke, and Captain Hugh Mus, the son of Robert, should go to Spain to complain of their distresses and difficulties to the King of Spain." O'Neill and O'Donnell determined that "These chiefs left some of their neighbouring confederates in Munster, to plunder it in their absence, namely: Captain Tyrrell, the other sons of John Burke, and other gentlemen besides them."
William accompanied Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare on his march north in 1603. He appears to have gone to Spain in the years afterwards.
William Burke signed himself Lord of Bealatury in Spanish documents of 1616. [2]
Earl of Clanricarde is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, first in 1543 and again in 1800. The former creation became extinct in 1916 while the 1800 creation is extant and held by the Marquess of Sligo since 1916.
Richard Óg Burke, 2nd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar was an Irish chieftain and nobleman who was the son of Sir Ulick Burke or Uilleag de Burgh, 1st Clanricarde (d.1343/1353).
Ulick na gCeann Burke, 12th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar, 1st Earl of Clanricarde was an Irish noble and son of Richard Mór Burke, 9th Clanricarde by a daughter of Madden of Portumna.
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Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde PC (Ire), styled Lord Dunkellin until 1601, was an Irish nobleman and politician.
Richard Sassanach Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde, styled Lord Dunkellin until 1544, was an Irish noble who succeeded his father Ulick na gCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde as chief of a Gaelicised Norman family with authority over much of what is now County Galway. Richard's nickname was Sassanach "Englishman", because he took the English part during the Tudor reconquest of Ireland.
Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, styled Lord Dunkellin until 1582, was an Irish peer who was the son of Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde and Margaret O'Brien.
John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde ; 1642–1722) was an Irish soldier and peer who was a colonel during the Williamite War in Ireland.
John "na Seamer" Burke, Baron Leitrim, also known as John of the Shamrocks, was one of the notorious half-brothers called the meic an Iarla, whose conflicts with each other and their father, Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde, caused devastation to south Connacht several times between the late 1560s and early 1580s.
Ricarde Mór Burke, 9th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar was an Irish chieftain and noble.
William mac an Iarla Burke was an Irish lord who was executed in 1580.
John Oge Burke was an Irish gentleman and soldier, who served during the Nine Years' War, and was executed.
Redmond Burke, Baron Leitrim was an Irish noble and soldier who served in Spain and later in Ireland during the Nine Years' War.
Tomás Burke was an Irish gentleman and soldier who served during the Nine Years' War.
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John mac Richard Mór Burke, 10th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar, was an Irish chieftain and noble.
Ulick Óge Burke, 8th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar was an Irish chieftain and noble who was Clanricarde for barely a year.
Richard Óge Burke, 7th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar was an Irish chieftain and noble who was the ancestor of the Burkes of Derrymaclachtna.
Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar was an Irish chieftain and noble.
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