Shane O'Neill Seán Ó Néill | |
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3rd Earl of Tyrone | |
Coat of arms | |
Tenure | 1616–1641 |
Predecessor | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
Successor | Hugo Eugenio O'Neill[1] |
Born | 18 October 1599 Dungannon, Ulster, Ireland |
Died | 27 January 1641 Catalonia, Spain | (aged 41)
Noble family | O'Neill dynasty |
Spouse(s) | Isabel O'Donnell |
Issue | Hugo Eugenio O'Neill[2] |
Father | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
Mother | Catherine 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.
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