Family
The identity of William's wife is uncertain. A late medieval genealogy records his marriage to an unnamed daughter of Donmal Mor mac Turlough O'Brien, and the descent of the Earls of Ulster and Clanricarde from their son Richard. A book of genealogies recorded in the 15th century by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, one of the Four Masters (published in Annalecta Hibernica 18), indicates that the mother of Richard Mor de Burgh, William's son and successor, was the "daughter of the Saxon king", an illegitimate daughter of Henry II of England or perhaps Richard I of England. Such a connection would explain the use of the term consanguineus kinsman by Edward I of England to describe Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster.
William had three known children (with the spelling Connaught being used in titles of English nobility):
- Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught, Lord of Connaught.
- Hubert de Burgh, Bishop of Limerick.
- Richard Óge de Burgh, (illegitimate), Sheriff of Connaught.
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