Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl of Carlingford
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Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl of Carlingford was a Royalist officer.
Sir John Taaffe, 1st Viscount Taaffe of Corren left fifteen children, of whom the eldest, Theobald, took a prominent part in the English Civil War, accompanied Charles II in exile,
He was one of the ten named in Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 as leaders of the Royalist forces in Ireland.
Following the Restoration, he was created Earl of Carlingford.
He was sent on missions to the duke of Lorraine and to the Holy Roman Emperor by which was established the connection of his family with the house of Habsburg and Lorraine, which continued to the end of the Habsburg monarchy.
[edit] References
See Würzbach, Biographisches Lexicon Österreichs. Memoirs of the Family of Taaffe (Vienna, 1856), privately printed; article in the Contemporary Review (1893), by EB Lanin. The Prague Politik published in December 1904 contains some interesting correspondence collected from Taaffe's papers.
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Taaffe |
Viscount Taaffe 1642-1677 |
Succeeded by Nicholas Taaffe |
| Earl of Carlingford | ||
