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Paternal Family Tree: Dillon
Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon was born to James Dillon 1st Earl Roscommon and Eleanor Barnewall.
Around 1600 Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon and Margaret Barry were married. He the son of James Dillon 1st Earl Roscommon (age 50) and Eleanor Barnewall.
Around 1605 [his son] James Dillon 3rd Earl Roscommon was born to Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon and [his wife] Margaret Barry.
Before 8th November 1609 James Stewart (age 24) and [his future wife] Dorothy Hastings (age 30) were married. She the daughter of George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon and Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon.
Around 1610 Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon and Dorothy Hastings (age 31) were married. A second marriage for both. She the daughter of George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon and Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon. He the son of James Dillon 1st Earl Roscommon (age 60) and Eleanor Barnewall.
Around 1610 [his wife] Margaret Barry died. The date based on the second marriage of her husband Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon.
In or after 1610 [his son] Henry Dillon was born to Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon and [his wife] Dorothy Hastings (age 31).
In or before 1613 Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott (age 44) and [his future wife] Anne Strode Countess Roscommon were married.
After 1613 [his former wife] Dorothy Hastings (deceased) died.
On 10th November 1622 Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott (age 54) died. His son [his step-son] Thomas (age 9) succeeded 2nd Baron Folliott of Ballyshannon in Donegal.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Around 10th November 1622 Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon and Anne Strode Countess Roscommon were married. He the son of James Dillon 1st Earl Roscommon (age 72) and Eleanor Barnewall.
In 1627 [his son] Carey Dillon 5th Earl Roscommon was born to Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon and [his wife] Anne Strode Countess Roscommon.
On 11th October 1628 [his mother] Eleanor Barnewall died.
Before October 1637 [his son] James Dillon 3rd Earl Roscommon (age 32) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Wentworth were married. He the son of Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon and [his former wife] Margaret Barry.
In 1640 [his son] Henry Dillon (age 29) died unmarried.
In March 1641 [his father] James Dillon 1st Earl Roscommon (age 91) died. His son Robert succeeded 2nd Earl Roscommon. [his wife] Anne Strode Countess Roscommon by marriage Countess Roscommon.
In 1642 Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon died. His son [his son] James (age 37) succeeded 3rd Earl Roscommon.
Around 1650 [his former wife] Anne Strode Countess Roscommon died.
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Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
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Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dillon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Dillon
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Dillon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Dillon
GrandFather: Lucas Dillon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Barnewell of Crickstown
Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Barnewall of Trimelston
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Barnewell of Crickstown
Great x 1 Grandmother: Genet Barnewell
Father: James Dillon 1st Earl Roscommon
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Bathe of Athcarne and Drumconragh
GrandMother: Jane Bathe
Robert Dillon 2nd Earl Roscommon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Barnewall of Frankeston and Kingsland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Barnewall of Fieldston
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Barnewall of Kingsland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Patrick Barnewall
GrandFather: Christopher Barnewall of Turvey
Mother: Eleanor Barnewall
Great x 1 Grandfather: Patrick Sherle of Shallon, County Meath
GrandMother: Marion Sherle