Shane O'Neill (Irish exile)

Shane O'Neill
Seán Ó Néill
3rd Earl of Tyrone
Coat of arms
Tenure1616–1641
PredecessorHugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
SuccessorHugo Eugenio O'Neill[1]
Born18 October 1599
Dungannon, Ulster, Ireland
Died27 January 1641(1641-01-27) (aged 41)
Catalonia, Spain
Noble familyO'Neill dynasty
Spouse(s)Isabel O'Donnell
IssueHugo Eugenio O'Neill[2]
FatherHugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
MotherCatherine Magennis

Colonel Shane O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone[3][a] (Irish: Seán Ó Néill; Spanish: Juan O'Neill; also anglicised John O'Neill; 18 October 1599 – 27 January 1641) was an Irish-born nobleman, soldier and member of the Spanish nobility who primarily lived and served in Continental Europe.

A son of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Shane and his family left Ireland in 1607 due to hostility from the English government. Shane grew up in the Spanish Netherlands and eventually moved to Spain to serve in the Spanish army. Though James I of England had attainted his father's title in 1614, the Spanish court granted Shane the equivalent Spanish title El Conde de Tyrone. He joined an Irish regiment in Flanders as a colonel, and died in Catalonia in the Battle of Montjuïc.

  1. ^ Walsh 1974, pp. 321–325. If Shane died, the Earldom was to pass first to his cousin Conn, then to his illegitimate cousins, the sons of Art MacBaron, then to the descendant of Shane the Proud who should be nearest in blood.
  2. ^ Walsh 1974, p. 323.
  3. ^ Walsh 1974, p. 320; Walsh 1957, p. 13.
  4. ^ McNeill 1911, p. 109.
  5. ^ Maginn, Christopher (January 2008) [2004]. "O'Neill, Shane [Sean O'Neill] (c. 1530–1567)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  6. ^ O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). "O'Neill (Ó Néill), Brian". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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