Ellis has made a case that William's father was Walter de Burgh but notes this is "highly conjectural".

William was "one of the new wave of Anglo-Normans to come to Ireland with John, lord of Ireland, in 1185" and has been described as "one of the most prominent men involved in the annexation of the kingdom of Limerick in the last quarter of the twelfth century".

Henry II of England appointed him Governor of Limerick

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