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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">Henry II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_FitzAldelm" title="William FitzAldelm">William FitzAldelm</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1177–1181</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_FitzAldelm" title="William FitzAldelm">William FitzAldelm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_fitz_Richard" title="John fitz Richard">John fitz Richard</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Meath" title="Lordship of Meath">1st Lord of Meath</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 1172 – 25 July 1186</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy,_Lord_of_Meath" title="Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath">Walter de Lacy</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">before 1135<br /><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">25 July 1186<br /><a href="/wiki/Durrow,_County_Offaly" title="Durrow, County Offaly">Durrow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rohese_of_Monmouth" title="Rohese of Monmouth">Rohese of Monmouth</a> <br /> (d. before 1180); <br /> <a href="/wiki/Rose_N%C3%AD_Conchobair" class="mw-redirect" title="Rose Ní Conchobair">Rose Ní Conchobair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_de_Lacy" title="Gilbert de Lacy">Gilbert de Lacy</a> <br /> Agnes de Lacy</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, 4th Baron Lacy</b> (<a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language" title="Anglo-Norman language">Anglo-Norman</a>: <i lang="xno">Huge de Laci</i>; before 1135 – 25 July 1186), was an <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Normans" title="Anglo-Normans">Anglo-Norman</a> landowner and royal office-holder. He had substantial land holdings in <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>. Following his participation in the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_invasion_of_Ireland" title="Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland">Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland</a>, he was granted, in 1172, the lands of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Meath" title="Kingdom of Meath">Kingdom of Meath</a> by the Anglo-Norman <a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">King Henry II</a>, but he had to gain control of them. The <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Meath" title="Lordship of Meath">Lordship of Meath</a> was then the most extensive <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(division)" title="Liberty (division)">liberty</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Ireland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_de_Lacy,_Lord_of_Meath&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hugh de Lacy was the son of <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_de_Lacy" title="Gilbert de Lacy">Gilbert de Lacy</a> (died after 1163) of <a href="/wiki/Ewyas_Lacy" title="Ewyas Lacy">Ewyas Lacy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weobley" title="Weobley">Weobley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ludlow" title="Ludlow">Ludlow</a>. He is said to have had a dispute with <a href="/wiki/Josce_de_Dinan" title="Josce de Dinan">Josce de Dinan</a> as to certain lands in <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a> in 1154. He was in possession of his father's lands before 1163, and in 1165–66 held fifty-eight and three-quarters <a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_fee" title="Knight's fee">knight's fees</a>, and had nine tenants without knight service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_in_Ireland">Career in Ireland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_de_Lacy,_Lord_of_Meath&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career in Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ireland.Trim32.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ireland.Trim32.jpg/250px-Ireland.Trim32.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ireland.Trim32.jpg/375px-Ireland.Trim32.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ireland.Trim32.jpg/500px-Ireland.Trim32.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption> The keep of <a href="/wiki/Trim_Castle" title="Trim Castle">Trim Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kilkea_Castle_Castledermot_Ireland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kilkea_Castle_Castledermot_Ireland.jpg/220px-Kilkea_Castle_Castledermot_Ireland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kilkea_Castle_Castledermot_Ireland.jpg/330px-Kilkea_Castle_Castledermot_Ireland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kilkea_Castle_Castledermot_Ireland.jpg/440px-Kilkea_Castle_Castledermot_Ireland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Kilkea Castle (Front)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clonard_Motte_Hugh_de_Lacy_2007_08_26.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Clonard_Motte_Hugh_de_Lacy_2007_08_26.jpg/220px-Clonard_Motte_Hugh_de_Lacy_2007_08_26.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Clonard_Motte_Hugh_de_Lacy_2007_08_26.jpg/330px-Clonard_Motte_Hugh_de_Lacy_2007_08_26.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Clonard_Motte_Hugh_de_Lacy_2007_08_26.jpg/440px-Clonard_Motte_Hugh_de_Lacy_2007_08_26.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="2336" /></a><figcaption>Motte-and-bailey built by de Lacy at <a href="/wiki/Clonard,_County_Meath" title="Clonard, County Meath">Clonard, County Meath</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In October 1171 Lacy went over with Henry II as part of an Anglo-Norman force to invade Ireland, and early in 1172 he was sent to receive the submission of <a href="/wiki/Ruaidr%C3%AD_Ua_Conchobair" title="Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair">Rory</a>, <a href="/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland" title="High King of Ireland">High King of Ireland</a>. Before Henry's return to England about the end of March 1172, Lacy was granted Meath by the service of fifty knights and with almost royal authority; he was also put in charge of <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Castle" title="Dublin Castle">Dublin Castle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, it is generally accepted that Lacy was <a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a> the first <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland" title="Lord Lieutenant of Ireland">Viceroy of Ireland</a>, a position he was to hold three times (in 1172, 1179, and <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1180</span>), the third time jointly with the Bishop of Salisbury.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>King Henry's ostensible grant of Meath to Lacy was not accepted by <a href="/wiki/Tighearn%C3%A1n_Ua_Ruairc" class="mw-redirect" title="Tighearnán Ua Ruairc">Tighearnán Ó Ruairc</a>, King of <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A9ifne" class="mw-redirect" title="Bréifne">Bréifne</a>, who ruled it at that time. Ó Ruairc refused to concede, but parleyed with Lacy on the <a href="/wiki/Hill_of_Ward" title="Hill of Ward">Hill of Ward</a>, in Meath. After negotiations stalled, a dispute ensued in which an interpreter was killed by a blow aimed at Lacy, who fled; Ó Ruairc was killed by a spear-thrust as he mounted his horse, and he was decapitated. His head was impaled over the gate of Dublin Castle and was later sent to Henry II. The <i><a href="/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters" title="Annals of the Four Masters">Annals of the Four Masters</a></i> say that Ó Ruairc was treacherously slain. From the account given by <a href="/wiki/Gerald_of_Wales" title="Gerald of Wales">Gerald of Wales</a>, it would appear that there was a plot to destroy Ó Ruairc.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gerald of Wales also related the following legend of Féchín and Hugh de Lacy: </p><p><i>" Chapter LII (<b>Of the mill which no women enter</b>)</i> </p> <ul><li><i>"There is a mill at <a href="/wiki/Foure" class="mw-redirect" title="Foure">Foure</a>, in <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a>, which St. Fechin made most miraculously with his own hands, in the side of a certain rock. No women are allowed to enter either this mill or the church of the saint; and the mill is held in as much reverence by the natives as any of the churches dedicated to the saint. It happened that when Hugh de Lacy was leading his troops through this place, an archer dragged a girl into the mill and there violated her. Sudden punishment overtook him; for being struck with infernal fire in the offending parts, it spread throughout his whole body, and he died the same night"</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lordship_of_Meath">Lordship of Meath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_de_Lacy,_Lord_of_Meath&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lordship of Meath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Meath" title="Lordship of Meath">Lordship of Meath</a></div> <p>Lacy only escaped from Dublin with difficulty; he seems to have left the city in the charge of <a href="/wiki/Richard_de_Clare,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke" title="Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke">Richard de Clare</a> by the king's orders, and to have commenced securing Meath by the construction of castles. Among these was <a href="/wiki/Trim_Castle" title="Trim Castle">Trim Castle</a>, which was put in charge of <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Tyrrel" title="Hugh Tyrrel">Hugh Tyrrel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Song_of_Dermot_and_the_Earl" title="The Song of Dermot and the Earl">The Song of Dermot and the Earl</a></i> states, "And <a href="/wiki/Skryne" title="Skryne">Skryne</a> he then gave by charter to <a href="/wiki/Adam_de_Feypo" title="Adam de Feypo">Adam de Feypo</a> he gave it", and he built his castle there.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After this Lacy went back to England. On 29 December 1172 he was at <a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a>, where, according to a story preserved by Giraldus, he reproved Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Richard_of_Dover" title="Richard of Dover">Richard of Dover</a> for his boastful language. Next year he was fighting for King Henry in France and held <a href="/wiki/Verneuil-sur-Avre" title="Verneuil-sur-Avre">Verneuil</a> against <a href="/wiki/Louis_VII_of_France" title="Louis VII of France">Louis VII</a> for a month; but at the end of that time, the town was forced to capitulate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lacy was sent back to Ireland as procurator-general in 1177, soon after the death of Richard de Clare. The grant of Meath to Lacy was now confirmed, with the additions of <a href="/wiki/Offaly" class="mw-redirect" title="Offaly">Offaly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kildare" title="Kildare">Kildare</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wicklow" title="Wicklow">Wicklow</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As governor of Ireland Lacy secured Leinster and Meath, building numerous castles, while leaving the Irish in possession of their lands. There were accusations that he intended to seize the sovereignty of the island for himself. The author of the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gesta_Henrici&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gesta Henrici (page does not exist)">Gesta Henrici</a></i>, however, says that Lacy lost his favour with Henry in consequence of complaints of his injustice by the Irish.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1181_in_Ireland" title="1181 in Ireland">1181</a>, Lacy was recalled from his royal post for having married the daughter of Ruadri O Conchobair, King of Connaught and deposed <a href="/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland" title="High King of Ireland">High King of Ireland</a>, without the permission of Henry. He was sent back the following winter, although with a co-adjutor, Robert of Shrewsbury, one of the royal clerks. Early in 1185, Henry sent his son <a href="/wiki/John,_King_of_England" title="John, King of England">John</a> over to Ireland, who complained to his father that Lacy would not permit the Irish to pay tribute. This led to renewed disapproval, but Lacy remained in Ireland and occupied himself as before with castle-building.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death,_aftermath_and_legacy"><span id="Death.2C_aftermath_and_legacy"></span>Death, aftermath and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_de_Lacy,_Lord_of_Meath&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death, aftermath and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1186 Hugh de Lacy was killed by Gilla-Gan-Mathiar O'Maidhaigh, while he was supervising the construction of a <a href="/wiki/Motte-and-bailey" class="mw-redirect" title="Motte-and-bailey">Motte</a> castle at <a href="/wiki/Durrow,_County_Offaly" title="Durrow, County Offaly">Durrow</a> at the instigation of <a href="/w/index.php?title=An_tSionnach_(the_Fox)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="An tSionnach (the Fox) (page does not exist)">An tSionnach</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=O%27Breen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="O'Breen (page does not exist)">O'Breen</a> (O'Briain).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prince John was promptly sent over to Ireland to take possession of his lands.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lacy's body was initially buried at <a href="/wiki/Durrow_Abbey" title="Durrow Abbey">Durrow Abbey</a>. In 1195, the Archbishops of <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Cashel" title="Archbishop of Cashel">Cashel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Dublin_(Roman_Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)">Dublin</a> disinterred his body and reinterred his remains at <a href="/wiki/Bective_Abbey" title="Bective Abbey">Bective Abbey</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a> and his head in <a href="/wiki/Liberty_of_Thomas_Court_and_Donore" title="Liberty of Thomas Court and Donore">St Thomas's Abbey</a>, Dublin. A long controversy was then carried on between the two abbeys for his body, settled only in 1205 when it was disinterred again and reburied in St Thomas's Abbey, in the tomb of Lacy's first wife.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lacy was a benefactor of <a href="/wiki/Llanthony_Priory" title="Llanthony Priory">Llanthony Priory</a> and also of many churches in Ireland, including the abbey of Trim.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKingsford1892-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_issue">Marriage and issue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_de_Lacy,_Lord_of_Meath&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Marriage and issue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hugh de Lacy was married twice. </p><p>Before 1155 Hugh married <a href="/wiki/Rohese_of_Monmouth" title="Rohese of Monmouth">Rohese of Monmouth</a> (also known as Rose of Monmouth or Roysya de Monemue). She was the granddaughter of <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard" title="Gilbert Fitz Richard">Gilbert Fitz Richard</a>. <a href="/wiki/Richard_de_Clare,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke" title="Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke">Strongbow</a> was another grandchild of Fitz Richard. Hugh and Rohese had at least 8 children, 4 sons and 4 daughters: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy,_Lord_of_Meath" title="Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath">Walter de Lacy</a> (1166–1241)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_de_Lacy,_1st_Earl_of_Ulster" title="Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster">Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster</a> (bef.1179–1242)</li> <li>Gilbert de Lacy</li> <li>Robert de Lacy (died young)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Elayne (Elena) de Lacy, who married Richard de Beaufo (Belfou)</li> <li>Alice de Lacy, who married Roger Pipard, then married <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_de_Marisco" title="Geoffrey de Marisco">Geoffrey de Marisco</a>, Justiciar of Ireland, son of Jordan de Marisco, Justiciar of Ireland.</li> <li>a daughter, given name unknown, who married Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Fitz_Alan,_1st_Lord_of_Oswestry_and_Clun" class="mw-redirect" title="William Fitz Alan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun">William FitzAlan</a>, son of Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Fitz_Allan,_Lord_of_Oswestry" class="mw-redirect" title="William Fitz Allan, Lord of Oswestry">William FitzAlan</a>, Lord of Oswestry, and his first wife Christiana.</li></ul> <p>Rohese died before 1180. </p><p>Hugh married secondly Princess <a href="/wiki/Rose_N%C3%AD_Conchobair" class="mw-redirect" title="Rose Ní Conchobair">Rose Ní Conchobair</a>, daughter of <a href="/wiki/King_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Ireland">King of Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruaidr%C3%AD_Ua_Conchobair" title="Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair">Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair</a>. <br />They had at least 2 children, a son and a daughter: </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Gorm_de_Lacy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Gorm de Lacy (page does not exist)">William Gorm de Lacy</a> (declared illegitimate by <a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">Henry II of England</a>)</li> <li>Ysota de Lacy</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_de_Lacy,_Lord_of_Meath&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1268078990">.mw-parser-output table.ahnentafel{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel tr{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-t{border-top:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px;border-left:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-b{border-bottom:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px;border-left:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px}</style><div class="noresize"><table class="collapsible collapsed" style="margin:0.3em auto;clear:none;min-width:60em;width:auto;font-size:88%;border:1px solid #aaa"><tbody><tr><th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none;color:inherit;width:auto">Ancestors of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"><table class="ahnentafel" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="60" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="29"> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #9fe;"><a href="/wiki/De_Lacy" title="De Lacy">Hugh</a>, Lord of Lassy, Normandy</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;"><a href="/wiki/Walter_de_Lacy_(died_1085)" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter de Lacy (died 1085)">Walter de Lacy</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #ffc;"><a href="/wiki/Roger_de_Lacy" title="Roger de Lacy">Roger de Lacy</a><sup id="cite_ref-Wrightman185_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wrightman185-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #fb9;"><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_de_Lacy" title="Gilbert de Lacy">Gilbert de Lacy</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> 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#fb9;">Agnes</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_de_Lacy,_Lord_of_Meath&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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CHAPTER XIV.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Annals of the Four Masters</i>, 1186.5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/search.html">[1]</a>. Calendar of Patent Rolls. 1340, 14 November, Reading, membrane 24 & 25. Volume 5, page 53 (Inspection of charters from 1234 by Walter de Lacy in which grants are made for the soul of his brother, Robert)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wrightman185-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Wrightman185_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wrightman <i>Lacy Family</i> pp. 185–186</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Attribution</dt></dl> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKingsford1892" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge (1892). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Lacy,_Hugh_de_(d.1186)" class="extiw" title="s:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Lacy, Hugh de (d.1186)">Lacy, Hugh de (d.1186)</a>". In <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lee" title="Sidney Lee">Lee, Sidney</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a></i>. Vol. 31. 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