Maud of Lancaster
| Maud of Lancaster | |
|---|---|
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Countess of Ulster Lady de Ufford |
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| Spouse(s) |
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster Sir Ralph de Ufford |
| Issue | |
| Noble family | Lancaster |
| Father | Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster |
| Mother | Maud Chaworth |
| Born | c. 1310 |
| Died | 5 May 1377 (aged about 67) Bruisyard Abbey, Suffolk, England |
| Buried | Bruisyard Abbey |
Maud of Lancaster, Countess of Ulster (c. 1310 – 5 May 1377) was an English noblewoman and the wife of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster. She was the mother of Elizabeth de Burgh, suo jure Countess of Ulster. Her second husband was Sir Ralph de Ufford, Justiciar of Ireland. After Ufford's death, Maud became a canoness at the Augustine Abbey of Campsey in Suffolk.
Maud was born in about 1310, a daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud Chaworth. She had an older sister, Blanche, Baroness Wake of Liddell, and four younger sisters, Joan, Baroness Mowbray, Isabel, Prioress of Amesbury, Eleanor, Countess of Arundel, and Mary, Baroness Percy. Her only brother was Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. His daughter was Blanche of Lancaster, who would in 1359 become the first wife of John of Gaunt, and in 1367 the mother of the future King Henry IV of England.
Maud's mother died in 1322, when Maud was twelve years old.
In 1327, Maud married her first husband, William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster. The couple received a papal dispensation for their marriage, which was dated 1 May 1327. Maud went to live in Ireland with her husband. Together they had one daughter who was born at Carrickfergus Castle in Belfast:
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