Hugh Albert O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (October 1606 – August/September 1642[1] ) (originally known in Irish as Aodh Ailbhe mac Rudhraighe Uí Dhomhnaill), was titular King of Tír Conaill, and son of Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell whose title was however attainted in 1614.[a] In adult life, he used the style Earl of Tyrconnell, Baron of Donegal and Lifford, Lord of Sligo and Lower Connaught, and Knight Commander of the Order of Alcántara.[2]
O'Donnell was three weeks shy of his first birthday when he sailed from Lough Swilly during the Flight of the Earls. He accompanied his father to Rome, where his father and uncle Cathbarr O'Donnell died of fevers. His aunt Rosa, the wife of Cathbarr, met and married Owen Roe O'Neill, and it is probable that O'Donnell was in her care, because both he and his cousin, also named Hugh O'Donnell, received a modest pension from Archduke Albert, governor of the Low Countries, from 1615,[c] and were raised in Leuven where they were educated by Franciscan colleagues of Archbishop Conry.[4][5] He was a page to the Infanta Isabella, daughter of King Philip III of Spain.[4][6] In time he joined the service of King Philip, and was commissioned colonel of a tercio in 1632.[5] He was killed in action when his ship engaged a French vessel in August or September 1642 and caught fire.[citation needed]
O'Donnell left no immediate heirs, although the Earldom, were it not attainted in 1614, would have passed by remainder to his uncle Cathbarr O'Donnell, whose line was extinct by then, and thence, to his 1st cousin Donal Oge O'Donnell, according to the terms of the letters patent.[7]
As Hugh had never recognised James VI and I as his monarch, he had no hope of being recognised as the 2nd Earl, under the principle of the "Fount of honour". He had an undoubted claim to the title, but took no steps in 1614 to defend it when it was debated in the Irish House of Lords. He would at least have had to submit to King James to take his place in the House of Lords, and until then he did so the title was "in abeyance".
^The "Conde de Tyrconnell" and Don Hugo O'Donnell were in the receipt of a modest pension from Archduke Albert. As both boys were called Hugh, Conde de Tyrconnell was given the additional name of Albert, after Archduke Albert, his protector, and who was in all likelihood his godfather in confirmation, which is the reason why Tyrconnell was known as Hugh-Albert or Albert-Hugh (Burke 1866, p. 410).
^Annals of the Four Masters: "1590: ...the son of O'Donnell himself, who, being unable to display prowess or defend himself, was slain at Doire-leathan, on one side of the harbour of Telinn, on the 14th of September."
^ abc"Hugh Albert O'Donnell, born [to Rory and Brigid] about October 1606, was the only son of this marriage, Mary Stuart O'Donnell being born about a year later. Some authorities give an eldest child, Elizabeth, probably illegitimate, who became first wife of Luke Plunkett, first earl of Fingall" (Silke 2006).
^Webb, Alfred. "Rury O'Donnell", A Compendium of Irish Biography, 1878
^Casway, Jerrold I. (2004). "O'Donnell, Lady Mary Stuart (b. 1607?, d. in or after 1639)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20557. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Burke, Sir Bernard (1866), A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Harrison, pp. 409–410
Canny, Nicholas (January 2008) [2004], "O'Neill, Hugh , second earl of Tyrone (c.1550–1616)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20775 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Casway, Jerrold (1984), Owen Roe O'Neill and the Struggle for Catholic Ireland, University of Pennsylvania Press
Silke, John J. (May 2006) [2004]. "O'Donnell, Rury , styled first earl of Tyrconnell (1574/5–1608)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20559. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^The text of the Letters Patent is referenced in G.O. Ms. 169 (National Library of Ireland) and in several slight variations as follows: (a) in pages 2388-2389 of the Appendix in Volume VI of the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters (De Burca’s 1990 re-print of the 1856 edition by John O’Donovan); (b) in page 39 of the Fate and Fortunes of the Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel, by Rev. C.P. Meehan (1870); (c) in a partial translation of the Latin original of the Letters Patent held by Count O’Donnell von Tyrconnell in Austria, and recounted in O’Domhnaill Abu (the O’Donnell Clan Newsletter no. 12 of Winter 1989). Versions (a) and (b) referenced above make explicit reference to the remainder to Donal Oge O’Donnell
Burke, Sir Bernard (1866), A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Harrison, p. 410
Campbell, Ian (2015), Renaissance Humanism and Ethnicity Before Race: The Irish and the English in the seventeenth century, Manchester University Press, p. 103, ISBN978-1-5261-0264-5
Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society (11 April 1866), "Proceedings and Papers", The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society, 5: 464
Macneill, Ronald John (1911), "O'Donnell" , in Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 20 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 6–8
RIA (1830), "Section II Government, Constitution, Legislation etc.", The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Academy, p. 314
Ulwencreutz, Lars (2013), Ulwencreutz's The Royal Families in Europe V, Lulu.com, p. 136, ISBN978-1-304-58135-8 "Hugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (1606-1642) Prince and Lord of Tryconnell.
"O'Donnell coat of arms and Family History", www.araltas.com - The Internet Heraldry Store, retrieved 15 January 2017
Jennings, Brendan (1941), "The career of Hugh, son of Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell, in the Low Countries, 1607–42", Studies, xxx: 219–234
O'Muraile, Nollaig, ed. (2003), Irish Leaders and Learning, Dublin: Paul Walsh, Four Courts Press, ISBN1-85182-543-6
Silke, John J. (May 2006) [2004]. "Hugh Albert O'Donnell, styled second earl of Tyrconnell (1606–1642)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74430. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
hugh, donnell, earl, tyrconnell, hugh, albert, donnell, earl, tyrconnell, october, 1606, august, september, 1642, originally, known, irish, aodh, ailbhe, rudhraighe, dhomhnaill, titular, king, tír, conaill, rory, donnell, earl, tyrconnell, whose, title, howeve. Hugh Albert O Donnell 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell October 1606 August September 1642 1 originally known in Irish as Aodh Ailbhe mac Rudhraighe Ui Dhomhnaill was titular King of Tir Conaill and son of Rory O Donnell 1st Earl of Tyrconnell whose title was however attainted in 1614 a In adult life he used the style Earl of Tyrconnell Baron of Donegal and Lifford Lord of Sligo and Lower Connaught and Knight Commander of the Order of Alcantara 2 Hugh Albert O Donnell at 10 years of age as a page at the court of Albert VII Archduke of Austria Contents 1 Biography 2 Family 3 Notes 4 References 5 Further readingBiography editO Donnell was the son of Rory O Donnell 1st Earl of Tyrconnell and his wife Bridget the daughter of Henry FitzGerald 12th Earl of Kildare 3 b O Donnell was three weeks shy of his first birthday when he sailed from Lough Swilly during the Flight of the Earls He accompanied his father to Rome where his father and uncle Cathbarr O Donnell died of fevers His aunt Rosa the wife of Cathbarr met and married Owen Roe O Neill and it is probable that O Donnell was in her care because both he and his cousin also named Hugh O Donnell received a modest pension from Archduke Albert governor of the Low Countries from 1615 c and were raised in Leuven where they were educated by Franciscan colleagues of Archbishop Conry 4 5 He was a page to the Infanta Isabella daughter of King Philip III of Spain 4 6 In time he joined the service of King Philip and was commissioned colonel of a tercio in 1632 5 He was killed in action when his ship engaged a French vessel in August or September 1642 and caught fire citation needed O Donnell left no immediate heirs although the Earldom were it not attainted in 1614 would have passed by remainder to his uncle Cathbarr O Donnell whose line was extinct by then and thence to his 1st cousin Donal Oge O Donnell according to the terms of the letters patent 7 As Hugh had never recognised James VI and I as his monarch he had no hope of being recognised as the 2nd Earl under the principle of the Fount of honour He had an undoubted claim to the title but took no steps in 1614 to defend it when it was debated in the Irish House of Lords He would at least have had to submit to King James to take his place in the House of Lords and until then he did so the title was in abeyance Family editO Donnell married Anna Margaret daughter of Maximilien II de Henin 5th Count of Bossu Knight of the Golden Fleece died 8 December 1625 and Alexandrine Franeoise de Gavre and a near kinswoman of the last eccentric Charles Duke of Guise 4 8 d vteO Donnell family tree Hugh McManus O Donnell d 1600 i ii First marriage an unnamed Irish woman Donnchadh Scaite citation needed Donnell d 14 September 1590 iii iv Married daughter of Turlough O Neill citation needed Domhnall og e v vi Ruadhri d 1575 citation needed Siobhan vii c 1569 viii c 1591 i Married Hugh O Neill Earl of Tyrone ix Hugh Baron of Dungannon 1585 1609 ix x Henry O Neill 1586 1617 21 ix Margaret married Richard Butler 3rd Viscount Mountgarret x Unnamed daughter fl 1579 citation needed Nuala fl 1592 1629 i xi Married Niall Garve O Donnell 1569 1626 xii Grania citation needed Second marriage Fiona Inion Dubh MacDonald married 1569 iv Hugh Roe 1572 10 September 1602 i xiii Rory 1575 28 July 1608 i xiv Elizabeth xv Married Luke Plunket later 1st Earl of Fingall citation needed Married Bridget Fitzgerald daughter of the 12th Earl of Kildare xvi Hugh O Donnell 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell xv e Married Anna Margaret daughter of Maximilian de Hennin Count de Bossut xvii Mary Stuart O Donnell fl 1607 1639 xv xviii Manus d 22 October 1600 xix Mairghead d 1662 citation needed Maire d 1662 citation needed Married Tadhg o Ruairc King of West Breifne d 1605 Cathbarr d 15 September 1608 xx Married Rosa O Doherty c 1588 1660 daughter of Sir John O Doherty Hugh O Donnell d 1625 xxi Notes he was also equally styled Hugh Albert or Albert Hugh O Donnell Burke 1866 p 410 Bridget was left behind in the haste of Tyrconnel s flight and lived to marry Nicholas Barnewell Lord Kingsland Macneill 1911 p 8 The Conde de Tyrconnell and Don Hugo O Donnell were in the receipt of a modest pension from Archduke Albert As both boys were called Hugh Conde de Tyrconnell was given the additional name of Albert after Archduke Albert his protector and who was in all likelihood his godfather in confirmation which is the reason why Tyrconnell was known as Hugh Albert or Albert Hugh Burke 1866 p 410 Maximilian de Hennin Baron of Liederkerke Viscount of Brussels Count of Bossut etc Knight of the Golden Fleece Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1866 p 461 a b If the Earldom of Tyrconnell had not been attained then next in line as 3rd Earl of Tyrconnell would have been Domhnall og citation needed References a b c d e Burke 1866 p 409 https www dib ie biography odonnell o domhnaill sir aodh mac maghnusa a6332 Annals of the Four Masters 1590 the son of O Donnell himself who being unable to display prowess or defend himself was slain at Doire leathan on one side of the harbour of Telinn on the 14th of September a b O Byrne Emmett 2009 MacDonnell Nic Dhomhnaill Fiona Fionnghuala Inion Dubh Dictionary of Irish Biography O Donnell Francis Martin 2018 The O Donnells of Tyrconnell A Hidden Legacy Washington D C Academica Press LLC p 580 581 ISBN 978 1 680534740 Hegarty Roddy Imeacht Na nIarli The Flight of the Earls 1607 2007 PDF Canny Nicholas 2004 O Neill Hugh Aodh O Neill second earl of Tyrone 1583 1616 In Matthew Colin Harrison Brian eds Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Vol 41 New York Oxford University Press pp 837 845 ISBN 0 19 861391 1 We know little of Siobhan who can hardly have been more than one and twenty when she died in 1590 9 a b c Canny 2008 a b Dunlop 1895 p 196 O Donnell Nuala O Donnell Sir Niall Garvach Annals of the Four Masters Bagwell Richard 1895 O Donnell Rory Dictionary of National Biography Vol 41 pp 444 447 a b c Hugh Albert O Donnell born to Rory and Brigid about October 1606 was the only son of this marriage Mary Stuart O Donnell being born about a year later Some authorities give an eldest child Elizabeth probably illegitimate who became first wife of Luke Plunkett first earl of Fingall Silke 2006 Webb Alfred Rury O Donnell A Compendium of Irish Biography 1878 Burke 1866 p 410 Casway Jerrold I 2004 O Donnell Lady Mary Stuart b 1607 d in or after 1639 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 20557 Subscription or UK public library membership required 9 O Donnell Caffar Dictionary of Irish Biography Casway 1984 pp 27 28 Sources Burke Sir Bernard 1866 A Genealogical History of the Dormant Abeyant Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire Harrison pp 409 410 Canny Nicholas January 2008 2004 O Neill Hugh second earl of Tyrone c 1550 1616 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 20775 Subscription or UK public library membership required Casway Jerrold 1984 Owen Roe O Neill and the Struggle for Catholic Ireland University of Pennsylvania Press Dunlop Robert 1895 O Neill Hugh 1540 1616 Dictionary of National Biography vol 42 pp 188 196 Silke John J May 2006 2004 O Donnell Rury styled first earl of Tyrconnell 1574 5 1608 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 20559 Subscription or UK public library membership required Notes edit Ulwencreutz 2013 p 136 O Donnell Francis Martin 2018 The O Donnells of Tyrconnell A Hidden Legacy Washington D C Academica Press LLC page 146 ISBN 978 1 680534740 Macneill 1911 p 8 a b c Burke 1866 p 410 a b Campbell 2015 p 103 RIA 1830 p 134 The text of the Letters Patent is referenced in G O Ms 169 National Library of Ireland and in several slight variations as follows a in pages 2388 2389 of the Appendix in Volume VI of the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters De Burca s 1990 re print of the 1856 edition by John O Donovan b in page 39 of the Fate and Fortunes of the Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel by Rev C P Meehan 1870 c in a partial translation of the Latin original of the Letters Patent held by Count O Donnell von Tyrconnell in Austria and recounted in O Domhnaill Abu the O Donnell Clan Newsletter no 12 of Winter 1989 Versions a and b referenced above make explicit reference to the remainder to Donal Oge O Donnell Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1866 p 461 a b The Irish ecclesiastical recordReferences editBurke Sir Bernard 1866 A Genealogical History of the Dormant Abeyant Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire Harrison p 410 Campbell Ian 2015 Renaissance Humanism and Ethnicity Before Race The Irish and the English in the seventeenth century Manchester University Press p 103 ISBN 978 1 5261 0264 5 Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society 11 April 1866 Proceedings and Papers The Journal of the Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society 5 464 Macneill Ronald John 1911 O Donnell in Chisholm Hugh ed Encyclopaedia Britannica vol 20 11th ed Cambridge University Press pp 6 8 O Donnell Francis Martin 2018 The O Donnells of Tyrconnell A Hidden Legacy Washington D C Academica Press LLC ISBN 978 1 680534740 RIA 1830 Section II Government Constitution Legislation etc The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy Academy p 314 Ulwencreutz Lars 2013 Ulwencreutz s The Royal Families in Europe V Lulu com p 136 ISBN 978 1 304 58135 8 Hugh O Donnell 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell 1606 1642 Prince and Lord of Tryconnell Further reading editBagwell Richard 1895 O Donnell Rory In Lee Sidney ed Dictionary of National Biography Vol 41 London Smith Elder amp Co p 446 in passing O Donnell coat of arms and Family History www araltas com The Internet Heraldry Store retrieved 15 January 2017 Jennings Brendan 1941 The career of Hugh son of Rory O Donnell Earl of Tyrconnell in the Low Countries 1607 42 Studies xxx 219 234 O Muraile Nollaig ed 2003 Irish Leaders and Learning Dublin Paul Walsh Four Courts Press ISBN 1 85182 543 6 Silke John J May 2006 2004 Hugh Albert O Donnell styled second earl of Tyrconnell 1606 1642 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 74430 Subscription or UK public library membership required Regnal titles Preceded byRudhraighe o Domhnaill King of Tir Conaill1608 1642 Vacant Preceded byRudhraighe o Domhnaill Earl of Tyrconnell1608 1642 Vacant Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hugh O 27Donnell 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell amp oldid 1198347469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
