Paternal Family Tree: Brabazon
Around 1548 Edward Brabazon 1st Baron Ardee was born.
Around 1570 Edward Brabazon 1st Baron Ardee [aged 22] and Mary Smythe Baroness Ardee [aged 18] were married.
Around 1580 [his son] William Brabazon 1st Earl Meath was born to Edward Brabazon 1st Baron Ardee [aged 32] and [his wife] Mary Smythe Baroness Ardee [aged 28].
Around 1581 [his son] Anthony Brabazon was born to Edward Brabazon 1st Baron Ardee [aged 33] and [his wife] Mary Smythe Baroness Ardee [aged 29].
In 1606 Edward Brabazon 1st Baron Ardee [aged 58] was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
After 9th June 1611 [his son-in-law] Luke Plunkett 1st Earl of Fingall and [his daughter] Susanna Brabazon were married.
After 1614 [his son-in-law] Bishop George Montgomery [aged 45] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Brabazon were married.
In 1616 Edward Brabazon 1st Baron Ardee [aged 68] was created 1st Baron Ardee. [his wife] Mary Smythe Baroness Ardee [aged 64] by marriage Baroness Ardee.
On 7th August 1625 Edward Brabazon 1st Baron Ardee [aged 77] died. His son William [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Baron Ardee.
On 13th August 1625 [his former wife] Mary Smythe Baroness Ardee [aged 73] died.
On 16th April 1627 [his son] William Brabazon 1st Earl Meath [aged 47] was created 1st Earl Meath with remainder in default of male heirs to his brother Sir Anthony Brabazon and his male heirs.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Brabazon was born to Edward Brabazon 1st Baron Ardee and Mary Smythe Baroness Ardee She married (1) after 1614 Bishop George Montgomery (2) before 1631 John Brereton (3) 1631 John Bramston.
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[his daughter] Susanna Brabazon was born to Edward Brabazon 1st Baron Ardee and Mary Smythe Baroness Ardee. She married after 9th June 1611 Luke Plunkett 1st Earl of Fingall, son of Christopher Plunkett 8th Baron Killeen and Genet Dillon Baroness Killeen, and had issue.