Christopher Plunkett, 6th Baron of Dunsany (died 1564 or 1565) was an Irish nobleman.
Family
He was the second son of
Robert Plunkett Baron of Dunsany
The title Baron of Dunsany or, more commonly, Lord Dunsany, is one of the oldest dignities in the Peerage of Ireland, one of just a handful of 13th- to 15th-century titles still extant, having had 21 holders, of the Plunkett name, to date. Other ...
, and his wife Eleanor (née Darcy), daughter of the Lord Treasurer of Ireland, Sir William Darcy, of Platten. John Hussey, 7th
Baron Galtrim
Baron Galtrim was an Irish feudal barony: in other words, the holder of the barony, which was hereditary in the Hussey family, was entitled to style himself Lord Galtrim, but was not entitled as of right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, althou ...
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[''Burke's Peerage'', 107th edition, 2003, Vol.1, p.1240] He succeeded his father in the title in 1556, as his elder brother John had predeceased him. His niece, John's daughter Elizabeth, the heir general of Dunsany, married Nicholas Hollywood of
Artane, Dublin, and they had two sons, Christopher and Nicholas.
Plunkett married Elizabeth Barnewall, daughter of Christopher Barnewall, Knight, of Crickstown. He died between 29 May 1564 and 28 August 1565, and was succeeded by his son, Patrick. His widow later remarried.
References
1560s deaths
Barons of Dunsany
16th-century Anglo-Irish people
Year of birth unknown
Year of death uncertain
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