Old English nobility in Ireland

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Old English nobility in Ireland were the descendants of medieval Anglo-Norman settlers who formed a powerful, largely Catholic landed elite that often defended their traditional privileges and autonomy against expanding English royal authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethno-social group ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
social class ⓘ
affectedBy Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
Reformation in Ireland ⓘ
Tudor conquest of Ireland ⓘ
associatedWith Anglo-Irish community ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ
Pale ⓘ
culturallyInfluencedBy Gaelic Irish culture ⓘ
linked to: Gaelic Irish
declinePeriod 17th century ⓘ
defended local autonomy ⓘ
traditional privileges ⓘ
developedFrom Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans

medieval Anglo-Norman aristocracy in Ireland ⓘ
distinguishedFrom New English settlers in Ireland ⓘ
emerged 12th century ⓘ
after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland ⓘ
hasEthnicOrigin Anglo-Norman ⓘ
English ⓘ
heldRole landowners ⓘ
magnates ⓘ
members of the Irish Parliament ⓘ
officeholders in local government ⓘ
intermarriedWith Gaelic Irish nobility ⓘ
linked to: Gaelic Irish lords
language Early Modern English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
locatedIn Ireland ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
Lordship of Ireland ⓘ
lostPowerAfter Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
oftenOpposed Tudor centralization ⓘ
centralizing English royal authority in Ireland ⓘ
extension of English common law over Gaelic areas ⓘ
politicalAllegiance frequent assertion of local rights against royal officials ⓘ
nominal loyalty to the English Crown ⓘ
politicalStatus hereditary aristocracy ⓘ
landed elite ⓘ
relatedConcept Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland ⓘ
Hiberno-Norman ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialPosition between English administration and Gaelic Irish population ⓘ
sometimesDescribedAs Anglo-Irish nobility ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
timePeriod Early modern period ⓘ
High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
typicalReligionAfterReformation Catholic ⓘ

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

Tudor conquest of Ireland → opposedBy → Old English nobility in Ireland ⓘ
Yola → hasEthnicGroup → Anglo-Norman settlers of Wexford ⓘ
linked to: Old English nobility in Ireland
FitzGerald family → politicalAlignment → Old English in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Old English nobility in Ireland
Butler family → politicalAlignment → Old English in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Old English nobility in Ireland
Power → isAssociatedWith → Old English community in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Old English nobility in Ireland
3rd Earl of Ulster → influentialIn → Anglo-Norman Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Old English nobility in Ireland
Earl of Ormonde → ethnicContext → Old English in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Old English nobility in Ireland