José Maria O'Neill
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José Maria O'Neill (April 14, 1788 –), was the head of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, whose family has been in Portugal since the 18th century. He was officially recognized by the offices of arms throughout Europe as titular Prince and Count of Clanaboy, but he refused to use this title, using instead the style O'Neill of Clannaboy. He was the first son of the previous head Carlos O'Neill and wife Ana João Torlade.
He was the General Consul of Denmark in Lisbon and a Commander of the Royal Orders of the Knights of Christ and a Commander of the Royal Order of Our Lady of Concepcion of Vila Viçosa, of Portugal.
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Married in Lisbon, Encarnação, December 11, 1814 to Ludovina de Jesus Alves Solano (ca 1790 –), daughter of António Alves and wife Inácia Solano, of Italian origin, the couple had seven children:
- Jorge Torlades O'Neill
- José Carlos O'Neill (July 28, 1816 – August 3, 1889), unmarried
- Carlota O'Neill, married in Lisbon, Encarnação, 1836 as his first wife to Guilherme de Roure, without issue
- Henrique O'Neill, 1st Viscount de Santa Mónica
- Ludovina Cecília O'Neill (Lisbon, São Paulo, May 8, 1822 – February 7, 1874), married firstly as his second wife to Thomas Parsons Custance (ca 1800 – ca 1855), English, without issue, and married secondly in Lisbon, Santa Maria de Belém, May 9, 1855 to Dom Caetano Maria José Baltasar de Paula de Portugal e Castro (Lisbon, São José, September 22, 1824 – Moita, Alhos Vedros, São Lourenço, May 30, 1893), son of Dom José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro, 5th Marquess de Valença, 12th Count de Vimioso and Representative of the Titles of Marquess and Count de Aguiar, 27th Prime Minister of Portugal and 35th Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Our Lady of Concepcion of Vila Viçosa, of Portugal, and wife Dona Maria José de Almeida de Noronha, of the Counts de Peniche and the Marquesses de Angeja and Counts (formerly Lords) de Vila Verde, the couple had four children
- Ana O'Neill, married in Lisbon, 1843 to António de Vinent y Vives, without issue
- Maria da Glória O'Neill, married to her cousin João de Sampaio de Roure, son of Jean Pierre de Roure and wife Maria João O'Neill, the couple had one son
