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Hugh de Lacy 1st Earl of Ulster1,2
b. circa 1176, #31281
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Father   Hugh de Lacy, 5th Baron Lacy3 b. circa 1135, d. circa 1186
Mother   Rohese de Monmouth3 d. circa 1180

Death*
Hugh died at Ireland.1 
Name Variation Hugh de Lacy 1st Earl of Ulster was also found as Hugh de Lacy 1st Earl of Ulster.2 
Name Variation Hugh de Lacy 1st Earl of Ulster was also found as Hugh de Lacy Earl of Ulster.3 
Birth* circa 1176 Hugh was born circa 1176 at Ulster, Ireland. He was the 4th son of Hugh and Rose.2 
Marriage* circa 1195 Hugh de Lacy 1st Earl of Ulster married Lesceline de Verdun, daughter of Bertram II de Verdun Seneschal of Ireland and Rohese, circa 1195.1,2  
!AInfoNew* 1195 From 1195 he was an ally of John de Curcy but from 1201 they were enemies. 
!AInfoNew 1203 On 31 August 1204 Hugh and his elder brother Walter were promised 8 cantreds of John de Curcy's lands in Ulster and on 13 November following, this grant was confirmed by charter. Being granted a safe-conduct to visit England in March 1205, he was given, on 2 May, the land of Ulster to be held by the same service as that done by John de Curcy; and on 29 May this grant was confirmed, on which date (or possibly earlier) he was created EARL OF ULSTER.  
!AInfoNew 1208 He was probably Justiciar of Ireland for a short time in 1208; but when William de Briouze fled to Ireland in 1210, where he was sheltered by the Lacys, Hugh fled to Scotland with William's wife and children after the capture of William. 
!AInfoNew 1211 During the years 1211-19 he participated in the Albigensian Crusade.
A crusade against the "heretics" in Europe. 
Death before 26 December 1242
Hugh died before 26 December 1242 at Franciscan Friars Convent, at Carrickfergus, at Ireland.3,2 
research* 1275 Find at Internet 1275. 

Family   Lesceline de Verdun b. circa 1175, d. before 1234
Child  1. Maud de Lacy b. c 12341

Citations
  1. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/Enf_Bry/famhist/h18.html/i768.html#I56757.
  2. Download, Jim Weber http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I30238.
  3. Download, http://www.geocities.com:0080/~nutbrown/g0001255.html#I10113.
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