Matilda De BURGH

   General Notes:

BOOKS
Kings and Queens of Great Britain, Genealogical Chart, Anne Taute and Romilly Squire, Taute, 1990: "Gilbert De Clare Earl of Gloucester, Mar Matilda De Burgh, Daughter of Richard De Burgh Earl of Ulster, Died 1315."

The Political History of England 1216-1377, Vol III, T F Tout, AMS Press, 1905, p269: "The easiest way to keep up a show of English government was to form an alliance between the crown and some of the baronial houses. Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, the most powerful of the feudal lords of Ireland, was the only one who at that period bore the title of earl. He had long been interested in general English affairs, and his kinswomen had intermarried into great British houses. One of his daughters married Robert Bruce when he was Earl of Carrick, and another was more recently wedded to Earl Gilbert of Gloucester...
p270: "...The death of Earl Gilbert at Bannockburn broke his nearest tie with England, and the release of Elizabeth Bruce in exchange for Hereford gave his daughter the actual enjoyment of the throneof Scotland..."

   Marriage Information:

Matilda married Earl Gilbert De Clare GLOUCESTER, son of Earl Gilbert De Clare GLOUCESTER and Duchess Joan Acre GLOUCESTER. (Earl Gilbert De Clare GLOUCESTER was born on 10 May 1291 in Winchcomb, Gloucester, England and died on 24 Jun 1314 in Battle, Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland.) The cause of his death was killed in Battle.