Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone

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Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, was a prominent Irish Gaelic lord best known for leading the Nine Years' War against English rule in Ireland at the turn of the 17th century.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone canonical 9
Earl of Tyrone 1
Hugh O'Neill 1

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Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Earl
Gaelic lord
Irish nobleman
military leader
rebel leader
ally Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill
Red Hugh O'Donnell
linked to: Hugh Roe O'Donnell

Spanish Monarchy
linked to: Spanish monarchy
birthDate c. 1550
birthPlace County Tyrone
Dungannon
Ulster
burialPlace San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
conflict Battle of Clontibret
Battle of Kinsale
Battle of the Yellow Ford
Nine Years' War
Tyrone's Rebellion
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Ireland
deathDate 20 July 1616
deathPlace Papal States
Rome
era Elizabethan era
Tudor Ireland
ethnicGroup Gaelic Irish
event Flight of the Earls
familyName O'Neill
father Matthew O'Neill, 1st Baron Dungannon
givenName Hugh
grandfather Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone
heldTitle Earl of Tyrone
linked to: Earls of Tyrone

The O'Neill
historicalRegion Ulster
knownFor Tyrone's Rebellion
leading the Nine Years' War against English rule in Ireland
languageSpoken English
Irish
name Hugh O'Neill
nobleFamily O'Neill dynasty
notableWork leadership in the Nine Years' War
opponent Elizabeth I of England
English Crown
linked to: Kingdom of England
opposed Tudor conquest of Ireland
participantIn Flight of the Earls
positionHeld Chief of the O'Neills of Tyrone
Lord of Tyrone
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Cormac O'Neill
spouse Catherine Magennis
Mabel Bagenal
Siobhán O'Donnell
subjectOf Tyrone's Rebellion in Irish history
title Earl of Tyrone
linked to: Earls of Tyrone
yearOfFlightOfTheEarls 1607

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Owen Roe O'Neill relative Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Tudor conquest of Ireland opposedBy Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Flight of the Earls significantPerson Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Flight of the Earls participant Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Nine Years' War in Ireland belligerent Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Nine Years' War in Ireland commander Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Battle of Kinsale (1601) commander Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Nine Years' War leader Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Richard Power, 1st Earl of Tyrone nobleTitle Earl of Tyrone
subject linked to: Richard Power
linked to: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
O'Neill dynasty notableMember Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill uncle Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone
linked to: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone name Hugh O'Neill
linked to: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone