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Basilia (name)
Basilia is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Basilia de Bermingham, Irish religious patron *Basilia de Worcester, wife of Meyler de Bermingham Meyler de Bermingham (d. before 1275) was an Anglo-Irish lord, founder of Athenry. Ancestry Meyler was a great-grandson of Robert de Bermingham who is said to have obtained a grant of Offaly from Strongbow or Henry II about 1172. Robert's son ... See also * Basilea (other) {{given name Feminine given names ...
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Basilia De Bermingham
Basilia de Bermingham, fl. 1250?, religious patron and ancestor of the family Mac Jordan of Connacht. Basilia was a daughter of the heiress, Basilia de Worcester of County Tipperary, Tipperary, and Meyler de Bermingham (died before 1275), the founder of Athenry. She had brothers Peter (died 1309?) and Archbishop William of Tuam (d. 1309). Her nephew, Rickard de Bermingham (d. 1322) won the Second Battle of Athenry in 1316. She was married to Jordan de Exeter (floruit, fl. 1239–1258), by whom she had at least two children, Meyler, and Jordan Óge de Exeter. The Register of the Dominican Order, Dominican friars at Athenry contains an entertaining account of the transfer of the friary at Strade from the Franciscans to the Dominicans, at her insistence. "Having invited her father to a feast, she refused to eat until such time as her husband, Stephen de Exeter, replaced the Franciscan community with a Dominican one. He agreed and envoys were dispatched to Rome 'with a great sum of mo ...
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Meyler De Bermingham
Meyler de Bermingham (d. before 1275) was an Anglo-Irish lord, founder of Athenry. Ancestry Meyler was a great-grandson of Robert de Bermingham who is said to have obtained a grant of Offaly from Strongbow or Henry II about 1172. Robert's son (Meyler, killed 1211) and grandson (Peter, died 1254) were both described as of Tethmoy, which is thought to have been the baronies of Warrenstown and part of Coolestown. Peter de Bermingham had sons James, Andrew, Maurice and Meyler. Athenry Peter and Meyler participated in the Norman invasion of Connacht in the 1230s, Peter obtaining Dunmore in County Galway and Tireragh in County Sligo. Meyler himself made a separate settlement in an area called Clann Taidg, and founded a castle by the River Clarin at a ford called ''Áth na Rí'' (ford of the kings, or kingdoms). This became the town of Athenry. Family Meyler married Basilia de Worcester of County Tipperary, and had issue Peter (d. 1309?), Basilia de Bermingham, and William (Ar ...
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Basilea (other)
Basilea is the Italian and Romansh name for Basel, a city in Switzerland. Basilea may also refer to: * ''Basilea'' (bacterium), a genus of bacteria * Basilea (queen), first queen of the legendary Kingdom of Atlantis in Ancient Greek folk tradition * 2033 Basilea, a main-belt asteroid * Basilea Pharmaceutica, a Switzerland-based biopharmaceutical company * Basilea Amoa-Tetteh (born 1984), Ghanaian footballer * Basilea Schlink (1904–2001), German religious leader See also * ''Basella The genus ''Basella'' is the type genus of the plant family Basellaceae. ''Basella'' contains five known species.Basilia (other) {{disambiguation, given name ...
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