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Maternal Family Tree: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork 1585-1629
Before 1668 [his father] Callaghan Maccarthy 3rd Earl Clancarty and [his mother] Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Clancarty. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare and [his grandmother] Joan Boyle Countess Kildare. He the son of [his grandfather] Donough Maccarthy 1st Earl Clancarty and [his grandmother] Ellen Butler Countess Clancarty. They were third cousin three times removed.
In 1668 Donough Maccarthy 4th Earl Clancarty was born to Callaghan Maccarthy 3rd Earl Clancarty and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty (age 26) at Blarney, County Cork.
On 21st November 1676 [his father] Callaghan Maccarthy 3rd Earl Clancarty died. His son Donough (age 8) succeeded 4th Earl Clancarty.
In 1680 [his step-father] William Davys (age 47) and [his mother] Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty (age 38) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare and [his grandmother] Joan Boyle Countess Kildare.
In 1684 Donough Maccarthy 4th Earl Clancarty (age 16) and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty (age 13) were married. She by marriage Countess Clancarty. She the daughter of Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland (age 42) and Anne Digby Countess Sunderland (age 38). He the son of Callaghan Maccarthy 3rd Earl Clancarty and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty (age 42). They were fifth cousin once removed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18th August 1688. The house, or rather palace, at Althorpe [Map], is a noble uniform pile in form of a half H, built of brick and freestone, balustered and à la moderne; the hall is well, the staircase excellent; the rooms of state, galleries, offices and furniture, such as may become a great prince. It is situated in the midst of a garden, exquisitely planted and kept, and all this in a park walled in with hewn stone, planted with rows and walks of trees, canals and fish ponds, and stored with game. And, what is above all this, governed by a [his mother-in-law] lady (age 42), who without any show of solicitude, keeps everything in such admirable order, both within and without, from the garret to the cellar, that I do not believe there is any in this nation, or in any other, that exceeds her in such exact order, without ostentation, but substantially great and noble. The meanest servant is lodged so neat and cleanly; the service at the several tables, the good order and decency-in a word, the entire economy is perfectly becoming a wise and noble person. She is one who for her distinguished esteem of me from a long and worthy friendship, I must ever honor and celebrate. I wish from my soul the [his father-in-law] Lord (age 46), her husband (whose parts and abilities are otherwise conspicuous), was as worthy of her, as by a fatal apostasy and court-ambition he has made himself unworthy! This is what she deplores, and it renders her as much affliction as a lady of great soul and much prudence is capable of. The Countess of Bristol (age 68), her mother, a grave and honorable lady, has the comfort of seeing her daughter and grandchildren under the same economy, especially [his brother-in-law] Mr. Charles Spencer (age 13), a youth of extraordinary hopes, very learned for his age, and ingenious, and under a Governor of great worth. Happy were it, could as much be said of the elder brother, the [his brother-in-law] Lord Spencer, who, rambling about the world, dishonors both his name and his family, adding sorrow to sorrow to a mother, who has taken all imaginable care of his education. There is a [his wife] daughter (age 17) very young married to the Earl of Clancarty (age 20), who has a great and fair estate in Ireland, but who yet gives no great presage of worth,-so universally contaminated is the youth of this corrupt and abandoned age! But this is again recompensed by my Lord Arran (age 30), a sober and worthy gentleman, who has espoused the [his sister-in-law] Lady Ann Spencer (age 21), a young lady of admirable accomplishments and virtue.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 3rd November 1690. Went to the [his mother] Countess of Clancarty (age 48), to condole with her concerning her debauched and dissolute son (age 22), who had done so much mischief in Ireland, now taken and brought prisoner to the Tower [Map].
In February 1695 [his brother-in-law] Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland (age 19) and Arabella Cavendish (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 64). He the son of [his father-in-law] Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland (age 53) and [his mother-in-law] Anne Digby Countess Sunderland (age 49).
In 1698 [his son] Robert Maccarthy was born to Donough Maccarthy 4th Earl Clancarty (age 30) and [his wife] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty (age 27).
Around 1698 [his mother] Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty (age 56) died.
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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.
Before 2nd December 1700 [his brother-in-law] Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland (age 25) and Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland (age 17) were married. She the daughter of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 50) and Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 40). He the son of [his father-in-law] Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland (age 59) and [his mother-in-law] Anne Digby Countess Sunderland (age 54).
On 28th September 1702 [his father-in-law] Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland (age 61) died at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles (age 27) succeeded 3rd Earl of Sunderland, 5th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland (age 19) by marriage Countess of Sunderland.
In 1704 [his wife] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty (age 33) died.
On 25th May 1721 [his son-in-law] John West 1st Earl De La Warr (age 28) and [his daughter] Charlotte Maccarthy Baroness De La Warr were married. She the daughter of Donough Maccarthy 4th Earl Clancarty (age 53) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 1st October 1734 Donough Maccarthy 4th Earl Clancarty (age 66) died at Hamburg.
[his daughter] Charlotte Maccarthy Baroness De La Warr was born to Donough Maccarthy 4th Earl Clancarty and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: Donough Maccarthy 1st Earl Clancarty
Father: Callaghan Maccarthy 3rd Earl Clancarty 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Butler 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Butler 11th Earl Ormonde 4th Earl Ossory 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Burke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Butler Viscount Thurles 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Butler 1st Viscount Mountgarret 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Butler Viscountess Mountgarret 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helen Butler Countess Ormonde and Ossory 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Barnaby Fitzpatrick 1st Baron Ossory
Great x 3 Grandmother: Grizzel Fitzpatrick Viscountess Mountgarret
GrandMother: Ellen Butler Countess Clancarty 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Poyntz 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Verney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Verney 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Braye 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Poyntz 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sydenham III 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Syndeham 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sydenham 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Donough Maccarthy 4th Earl Clancarty 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl of Kildare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Fitzeustace 1st Baron Portlester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Fitzeustace Countess Kildare
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Fitzgerald 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Countess Kildare 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork
GrandMother: Joan Boyle Countess Kildare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Fenton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fenton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork