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Adelm de Burgh
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Adelm de Burgh is the documented father of the founder of the Irish Burkes; the famous tale that the family sprang from a first husband of the Conqueror's mother, and so from the blood of Normandy's dukes, is a medieval invention and is given no weight here.
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ADELM (Aldelm) de BURGH; father of William FitzAdelm de Burgh (I99721, our line). DOCUMENTED FLOOR of the de Burgh line; the traditional descent from Herleva of Falaise and Robert of Mortain is REJECTED as fabrication and deliberately NOT wired. Standard documented Anglo-Norman/Irish genealogy per the cited authorities; contested rungs note-only, not hardened.