Ellis MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim
Ellis MacDonnell | |
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Countess of Antrim | |
Born | Ellis O'Neill 1583 |
Died | 1665 |
Spouse(s) | Randal, 1st Earl of Antrim |
Issue Detail | Randal, Alexander, & others |
Father | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
Mother | Siobhan O'Donnell |
Ellis MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim was an Irish aristocrat of the late
Birth and origins
Ellis[a] was born in 1583,[1] the third daughter of Hugh O'Neill and his second wife, Siobhan O'Donnell.[2] Her father was Earl of Tyrone and the leading Gaelic figure in late 16th-century Ireland. He is counted as the second or the third earl.[3] Her paternal grandfather had been Matthew O'Neill, 1st Baron Dungannon, illegitimate son but recognised successor of Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone. Ellis's mother was a daughter of Sir Hugh O'Donnell, king of Tyrconnell and his first wife whose name is not known.
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Tyrone's Rebellion
While she was a child, her father was the leader of the insurgents in
Marriage and children
In 1604 Alice married
Alice and Randal had two sons, both of whom followed their father as earls:
- War of the Three Kingdoms
- Williamite Wars who had the city gates shut on him at the beginning of the Siege of Derryin 1688
—and six daughters:
- Ann, married firstly Christopher, Lord Delvin, and secondly William Fleming, Baron of Slane[10]
- Mary, married firstly Lucas, 2nd Viscount Dillon, and secondly Oliver, 6th Lord Louth[11]
- Sarah, married firstly Neile-Oge O'Neill of Killileagh in County Antrim, secondly Charles O'Conor Sligo, and thirdly Donald Macarthy More[12]
- Catherine, married Edward Plunkett of Castlecor[13]
- Rose, married Colonel Gordon, commander of a regiment in Robert Munroe's army[14]
- Margaret, (died 1623) never married[15]
Later life and death
In 1607 her father Hugh O'Neill left Ireland with the Flight of the Earls. He died in Rome in 1616.[16] On 12 December 1620 her husband was created Earl of Antrim[17] and Alice thereby became countess. Her husband died in 1636.[18] Ellis outlived him by almost 30 years, dying in 1665.[19]
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ Hill 1873, p. 222. "This lady [Ellis], who was born in 1583 ..."
- ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 174, line 29. "He [the 1st Earl of Antrim] m. [married] 1604 Alice, da. [daughter] of Hugh (O'Neill), Earl of Tyrone [I. [Ireland] ] by his 2nd wife, Johanna, da. of Hugh McManus O'Donnell"
- ^ Cokayne 1896, p. 449. "3. Hugh (O'Neill) Earl of Tyrone ..."
- ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 174–179. "Genealogies of the Earls of Antrim"
- ^ Cokayne 1896, p. 448–470."Genealogies of the Earls of Tyrone"
- ^ Hill 1873, p. 187, line 24. "Sorley Boy was succeeded by his third son, sir James MacDonnell ..."
- ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 115, right column, line 53. "His lordship [the 1st earl] m. 1604, Alice, dau. of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and had issue ..."
- ^ Webb 1878, p. 416, right column, line 23. as quoted
- ^ Bardon 2001, p. 122. "Sir Randal for his part pleased the king by inviting Lowland Scots to settle on the Route;"
- ^ Lodge 1789, p. 207, line 12. "Daughter Lady Ann, was first married to Christopher, Lord Delvin; and secondly to William Fleming, Baron of Slane ..."
- ^ Lodge 1789, p. 207, line 15. "Lady Mary, first in 1605 to Lucas, the second Viscount Dillon; and secondly to Oliver, the sixth Lord Louth."
- ^ Lodge 1789, p. 207, line 17. "Lady Sarah, first to Neile-Oge O'Neill of Killileagh in the county of Antrim, Esq. (son of Neile Mac-Hugh O'Neile, who, in Q.Elizabeth's wars in Ireland, was slain in the service of the Crown) by whom she had Henry O'Neile, born in 1625, and other children; secondly to Sir Charles O'Conor Sligo, Knt., who died at Sligo 14 May 1634, without issue; and thirdly to Donald Mac-Carthy More, Prince of his sept in the Province of Munster."
- ^ Lodge 1789, p. 207, line 25. "Lady Catherine, in 1639, to Edward Plunket, of Scatlecor, Esq. son and heir to Patrick, Lord Dunsany."
- ^ Lodge 1789, p. 207, line 27. "Lady Rose, to Colonel Gordon, who commanded a regiment in Major-General Robert Munroe's army in the North."
- ^ , Burke & Burke 1915, p. 115, right column, line 67:. "6. Margaret, d. unm. [died unmarried], 16 March 1623."
- ^ & O'Hart 1892, p. 725. "He died at Bome, blind and worn out, in 1616."
- ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 174. "On 28 May 1618 he was cr. Viscount Dunluce, co. Antrim [I.], and on 12 Dec. 1620 he was cr. Earl of Antrim [I.] ..."
- ^ McDonnell 2004, p. 305, right column, bottom. "MacDonnell, Randal, 1st earl of Antrim (d. 1636) ..."
- ^ Ohlmeyer 2001, p. 359. "O'Neill, Ellis (Alice), countess of Antrim (d. c. 1665) ..."
Sources
- ISBN 0-85640-703-8.
- OCLC 1155471554.
- OCLC 1180891114. – S to T
- Cokayne, George Edward (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. – Ab-Adam to Basing (for Antrim family tree)
- Hill, Rev. George (1873). An Historical Account of the MacDonnells of Antrim. Belfast: Archer & Sons.
- Lodge, John (1789). The Peerage of Ireland. Vol. 1. Dublin: James Moore. – Blood royal, dukes, earls (for Antrim)
- McDonnell, Hector (2004). "MacDonnell, Randal, 1st Earl of Antrim (d. 1636)". In ISBN 0-19-861385-7.
- OCLC 7239210. – Irish stem
- Ohlmeyer, Jane H (2001) [1993]. Civil War and Restoration in the Three Stuart Kingdoms: The Career of Randal MacDonnell, Marquis of Antrim. Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 978-0521419789. (Snippet view)
- OCLC 122693688.