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Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King 1540–1616 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland

Death Date: 20 July 1616

Death Location: Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy

Father: Mathew Dungannon

Mother: Joan Maguire

Spouse(s): Catherine Magennis

Children(s): Sean Tyrone

The story of Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King began in 1540 in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland. In 1584, Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King resided in Ireland. Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King married Catherine Magennis, and had children including Sean O Neill 4Th Earl Of Tyrone. Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King passed away in 1616 in Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.

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Biography

  • The story of Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King began in 1540 in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland.
  • In 1584, Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King resided in Ireland.
  • Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King married Catherine Magennis, and had children including Sean O Neill 4Th Earl Of Tyrone.
  • Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King passed away in 1616 in Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Hugh King's Ancestors

Self
Hugh King
1540–1616
Birth Place: Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland
Parents
Mathew O'Neill \ 1st baron of Dungannon
1510–1558
Tir Eoghan, Irlanda del Norte, Ireland
Joan (\ Siobhan) Maguire
1530–1600
Tyrone, Galway, Galway, Ireland
Grandparents
Con (Bacach O'Neill \ Ist Earl of Tyrone \ King of Tír) Eógain
1484–1559
Dungannon Castle, Dungannon, Tyrone, Ireland
Allison Roth
1485–1549
Great-Grandparents
Con Eógain
1468–1493
Eleanor FitzGerald
–1497
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Eógain
1415–1489
Mary Dunnyveg
1445–1498

Hugh King's Descendants

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Hugh (“Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish) King (1540–20 July 1616) m. Catherine Magennis (Abt. 1562–Abt. 1618)
  1. 1. Sean (O'Neill \ 4th Earl of) Tyrone 1599–1641 m. Isabel (Joanna) O'Donnell 1590–1620
    1. 1. William O'Neill 1620–1644 m. Elizabeth (Shelton \) Enniskellen 1622–1700
      1. 1. Thomas O’Neill 1645–1731 m. Elizabeth Thomas 1645–1739
        1. 1. John Neill 1674–1765 m. Esther Reford 1674–1750

Hugh King's Timeline

3 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland
Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland
1584
1584
Age 44
Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King resided here in Ireland
Ireland
1616
20 July 1616
Age 76
Death of Hugh “Red” O'Neill \ The Great \ IIIrd Earl of Tyrone \ Last Irish King in Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 14; Page: 1082
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 3464434
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Italy, Find a Grave Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1584
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Abstracts of Wills and Marriages, 1620-1923, National Archives of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Crosslé, Betham and Thrift Genealogical Abstracts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 July 1616
    Event Place: Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 14; Page: 1082
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 3464434
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Italy, Find a Grave Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
    Record Source: Italy, Find a Grave Index

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