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'William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster', the "Brown Earl"^[1], (1312 – June 6 1333, Carrickfergus) was the grandson of 2nd Earl Richard Og de Burgh via his second son, John.

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In November 1332, at Greencastle County Galway, he had his cousin Sir Walter de Burgh starved to death.^[2]
He was murdered in 1333 by some of his tenants, due to a feud, and was survived by an only child, Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Ulster who married Lionel of Antwerp, third son of Edward III of England. A History of Ireland, , Edmund, Curtis, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 0-415-27949-6
Upon the death of William Donn ("donn" is Irish for brownhair) the various factions of the de Burghs, now called Burke, began a civil war for supremacy.

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1. http://www.libraryireland.com/HullHistory/StatuteKilkenny1.php
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★ ''Chronicle of Britain'' ISBN 1-872031-35-8