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Hugh O'Donnell (died 1625)
Captain Hugh O'Donnell (; June 1605 – 1625) was an Irish-born soldier who served in the first Irish regiment of the Spanish military. He was the son of Gaelic nobles Cathbarr O'Donnell and Rosa O'Doherty, and took part in the Flight of the Earls. He fought in the Eighty Years' War and died in the Siege of Breda, aged 19. Family background and early life Hugh O'Donnell was born in June 1605. He was descended from the O'Donnell clan of Tyrconnell, a Gaelic kingdom associated with County Donegal. His father Cathbarr was the youngest son of Hugh McManus O'Donnell, who ruled as Lord of Tyrconnell from 1566 to 1592. Cathbarr served with his elder brothers Hugh Roe, Rory and Manus during the Nine Years' War, which ended with the Irish confederacy's surrender in 1603. Hugh's mother, Rosa O'Doherty, was a daughter of Sean O'Doherty of Inishowen and brother of Cahir O'Doherty. Cathbarr also had an illegitimate son, named Conn, with another woman. According to Darren McGett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl Of Tyrconnell
General Hugh Albert O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell ( October 1606 – 1 July 1642), was an Irish-Spanish nobleman, descended from the O'Donnell clan of Tyrconnell, who served in the Spanish military. The only son of Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, he was eleven months old when he participated in the Flight of the Earls, leaving Ireland never to return. He was naturalised as a Spanish subject in 1633 and fought in the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659). After his extended family settled in Catholic Europe, O'Donnell was raised at St Anthony's College in the Spanish Netherlands. He assumed the name Albert for his confirmation in honour of the Archduke of Austria, and was a page to the Infanta Isabella. As O'Donnell matured, he took on a leadership role amongst his family of refugees. He began a military career and in 1625 he was made a captain of a company of Spanish cavalry. O'Donnell was a key supporter of a proposed Spanish invasion of Ireland in 1627, but the inva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
