Rose MacDonnell

MacDonnell [née O'Neill], Rose, marchioness of Antrim (1631–1695), noblewoman

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Rose MacDonnell, Marchioness of Antrim (1631–1695) was an Irish aristocrat of the seventeenth century. Born Rose O'Neill, her father was Sir Henry O'Neill of Clandeboye, her grandfather was Shane mac Brian O'Neill and her great-grandfather was Brian mac Felim Ó Néill, while her mother Martha Stafford was the daughter of an English-born official in Ireland Sir Francis Stafford. Unlike the majority of the Gaelic O'Neill dynasty, Rose was raised as a Protestant. She had three brothers and one sister but they were all declared insane so in 1638 when her father died she inherited Shane's Castle and his Edenduffcarrick estate in County Antrim.

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Rose MacDonnell

MacDonnell [née O'Neill], Rose, marchioness of Antrim (1631–1695), noblewoman

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About Rose MacDonnell

Rose MacDonnell, Marchioness of Antrim (1631–1695) was an Irish aristocrat of the seventeenth century. Born Rose O'Neill, her father was Sir Henry O'Neill of Clandeboye, her grandfather was Shane mac Brian O'Neill and her great-grandfather was Brian mac Felim Ó Néill, while her mother Martha Stafford was the daughter of an English-born official in Ireland Sir Francis Stafford. Unlike the majority of the Gaelic O'Neill dynasty, Rose was raised as a Protestant. She had three brothers and one sister but they were all declared insane so in 1638 when her father died she inherited Shane's Castle and his Edenduffcarrick estate in County Antrim.

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