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Birth:          ABT 1205 Trim Castle, County Meath, Ireland

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egidia_de_Lacy,_Lady_of_Connacht
Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht (born c. 1205), was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman, 
the wife of Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught and Strathearn (c.1194–
1242), and the mother of his seven children, including Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of 
Ulster. She was also known as Gille de Lacy. Egidia was the daughter of Walter II de 
Lacy by his second wife Margaret de Braose.

Family[edit]
 
Egidia de Lacy was born at Trim Castle, (County Meath, Ireland) about 1205, the 
daughter of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath and Margaret de Braose. Egidia, also 
known as Gille, was one of at least six children. Her brother Gilbert de Lacy (c. 1202 – 
d. 1230)married Isabel Bigod, by whom he had issue. Her sister Pernel de Lacy 
(c.1201 – after 25 November 1288), married firstly, William St. Omer, and secondly, 
Ralph VI de Toeni, by whom she had issue.

Egidia'a paternal grandparents were Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, and Rohese of 
Monmouth, and her maternal grandparents were William de Braose, 4th Lord of 
Bramber, and Maud de St. Valery.

Marriage and children[edit]

On 21 April 1225, she married Richard Mor de Burgh (1194 –17 February 1243), Lord of 
Connacht (May 1227- 1242/1243), Justiciar of Ireland (1228–1232), the son of William 
de Burgh and More O' Brien, daughter of Donal Mor mac Turlough O' Brien, King of 
Thomond and Orlachan MacMurrough of Leinster. The marriage produced seven 
children:
Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connacht (died 1248)
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (1230 – 28 July 1271), married Aveline FitzJohn, 
daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland and Isabel Bigod, by whom he had 
issue, including Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster.
William de Burgh (died 1270), married and had a son, William Liath.
Margery de Burgh (died after 1 March 1253), married Theobald le Botiller, son of 
Theobald le Botiller, chief Butler of Ireland and Joan du Marais, by whom she had 
issue. They were ancestors of the Butler Earls of Ormond.
Unnamed daughter who married Gerald de Prendergast, by whom she had issue, 
including a daughter Maud de Prendergast who in her turn married as his first wife 
Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly. Maurice FitzGerald and Maud de Prendergast 
were the parents of a daughter, Juliana FitzGerald.
Unnamed daughter who married Hamon de Valoignes, by whom she had issue.
Alice de Burgh

Death[edit]

Egidia died on an unknown date in Ireland.

Royal ancestor[edit]

Egidia had many notable descendants, including Elizabeth de Burgh, Catherine Parr,
[1] Margaret de Clare, the Earls of Ormond, and many Kings and Queens of Scotland 
and England. She was the ancestor of both Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII of 
England, the parents of Elizabeth I. Through the Royal families of England and 
Scotland, she became the ancestor of Royal houses all over Europe.

Egidia became:
the ancestor of David II, James V, Mary I, and James VI of Scotland;
the ancestor of all the Kings and Queens regnant of England from Edward IV to 
Elizabeth II, with the single exception of Henry VII who was married to her greatx9-
granddaughter Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.

Line of descent for the Scottish Royal family[edit]

Line of descent for the Scottish Royal family from Egidia de Lacy to David II of 
Scotland:
1.Egidia de Lacy (b.c.1205)
2.Walter de Burgh (c.1230–1271)
3.Richard Óg de Burgh (1259–1326)
4.Elizabeth de Burgh (c.1284–1327), the wife of Robert the Bruce (Robert I of 
Scotland)
5.David II of Scotland (1324–1371)

Line of descent for the English Royal family from Egidia de Lacy to Edward IV of 
England:
1.Egidia de Lacy (b.c.1205)
2.Walter de Burgh (c.1230–1271)
3.Richard Óg de Burgh (1259–1326)
4.John de Burgh (c.1286–1313)
5.William Donn de Burg (1312–1333)
6.Elizabeth de Burgh (1332–1363), the wife of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, 
3rd son of Edward III of England
7.Phillipa of Clarence (1355–1382), the wife of Edmund Mortimer
8.Roger de Mortimer (1374–1398)
9.Anne de Mortimer (1390–1411), the wife of Richard of Conisburgh
10.Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (1411–1460)
11.both Edward IV of England (1442–1483) and Richard III of England (1452–1485)

From Edward IV descend all subsequent Kings and Queens regnant of England who 
followed his brother Richard III, with only 1 exception as mentioned above, as well as 
James V of Scotland and his descendants.

Another link exists into the Royal Windsor family through Sarah Ferguson via 
Wingfield, Meade, O'Brien, Fitzgerald, and then to Richard Óg de Burgh, a grandson 
of the said Egidia de Lacy, and a greatx5-grandson of Walter de Lacey the Norman 
soldier. This link makes Sarah Ferguson and her ex-spouse, Queen Elizabeth II's 
second son Prince Andrew, Duke of York, distant cousins.

Parents
DE LACY Walter (ABT 1172 - 24 Nov 1241)
DE BRAOSE Margaret (ABT 1177 - AFT 1255)

Siblings
DE LACY Petronilla (Pernel) (ABT 1195 - AFT 25 Nov 1288)
DE LACY Gilbert (ABT 1199 - 1234)
DE LACY Egidia (Jill) (ABT 1205 - )

Marriage To DE BURGH Richard Mor (ABT 1203 - 17 Feb 1242)
    m. 21 Apr 1225 

Notes

Parents
DE BURGH William (ABT 1170 - 1206)
O'BRIEN More (ABT 1178 - )

Children by DE BURGH Richard Mor ABT 1203 - 17 Feb 1242
DE BURGH Margaret (Margery) (ABT 1226 - 1 Mar 1252)
DE BURGH Walter (ABT 1230 - 28 Jul 1271)

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