José Carlos O'Neill (1 August 1815, in
Lisbon
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, Encarnação (registered 1825) – 21 June 1887, in Lisbon, Encarnação), was the titular head of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, whose family has been in
Portugal
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since the 18th century.
Life
He was the first-born son of the previous head
José Maria O'Neill and wife Ludovina de Jesus Alves Solano.
He was a
trader and the Main Manager of the ''Casa Comercial Torlades'', who also received in his house in his Farm (Quinta) of as Machadas, at the term of
Setúbal
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,
King
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s
Pedro V of Portugal
Dom (honorific), Dom Pedro V (; 16 September 1837 – 11 November 1861), nicknamed "the Hopeful" (), was King of Portugal from 1853 until his death in 1861.
Early life and reign
As the eldest son of Maria II of Portugal, Queen Maria II and ...
and
LuÃs I of Portugal
Dom (title), ''Dom'' LuÃs I (; 31 October 1838 – 19 October 1889), known as "the Popular" (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''o Popular'') was King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889.
LuÃs was a member of the ruling House of Braganza. The second ...
.
[''Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal'', III, 2006, Tomo III, pg. 1.392 and 1.398]
He died unmarried and without issue. He was succeeded by his second brother
Jorge Torlades O'Neill I
Jorge Torlades O'Neill (15 December 1817 (registered 1825), in Lisbon, Encarnação – 18 November 1890), was the titular head of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, whose family has been in Portugal since the 18th century.
Family
He was the second so ...
.
See also
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Irish nobility
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Irish kings
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Irish royal families
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Locality
Significant kingdo ...
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O'Neill (surname)
O'Neill is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic ''Ó Néill'' meaning "descendant of Niall". The Uà Néill dynasty were the foremost dynasty of Ulster, and all Ireland, from the 5th century throughout the medieval period, until the Flight ...
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Uà Néill
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, the Irish Dynasty
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Ó Neill Dynasty Today
The O'Neill dynasty (irish language, Irish: ''Ó Néill'') are a lineage of Irish people, Irish Gaels, Gaelic origin that held prominent positions and titles in Ireland and elsewhere. As kings of Cenél nEógain, they were historically one of t ...
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O'Neill of Clannaboy
The O'Neill dynasty ( Irish: ''Ó Néill'') are a lineage of Irish Gaelic origin that held prominent positions and titles in Ireland and elsewhere. As kings of Cenél nEógain, they were historically one of the most prominent family of the N ...
References
External links
José Carlos O'Neill's Genealogy in a Portuguese Genealogical site*
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Irish lords
1815 births
1887 deaths
Portuguese people of Irish descent
Connachta
O'Neill dynasty
19th-century Portuguese people
Nobility from Lisbon