Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel (1630 – 14 August 1691), the fifth son of Sir William Talbot, Bart., of Carton, was descended from an old Norman family which had settled in Leinster in the eleventh century. Like most Anglo-Norman families in Ireland the Talbots had adopted the customs of the Irish and had, like the Irish, adhered to the Catholic faith. He married Frances Jennings, sister of Sarah Jennings (the future Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough). He was also known by the nickname "Mad Dick" Talbot. Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... Events March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender October 3 - Treaty of Limerick which guaranteed civil rights to catholics was signed. ... Sarah Churchill, née Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough (May 29, 1660 - October 18, 1744), rose to be one of the most influential women in British history, largely as a result of her close friendship with Queen Anne. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ...

During the Irish Confederate Wars that followed the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Talbot served in Confederate Ireland's Leinster army as cavalry cornet or junior officer. He was taken prisoner by the Parliamentarians after the battle of Dungans Hill in 1647, but was ransomed back to his own side. In 1649, he also survived the Cromwellian sack of Drogheda, escaping from the garrison before it was massacred. Shortly after this, he fled Ireland, to join his fellow defeated Royalists in France. Irish Confederate Wars began with the rebellion of the Irish of Ulster in October 1641, during which they regained their confiscated lands and murdered thousands, of Scots and English Protestant settlers. ... The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup détat by Irish Catholic gentry, but rapidly degenerated into bloody inter communal violence between native Irish Catholics and English and Scottish Protestant settlers. ... Confederate Ireland refers to a brief period of Irish self-government between the Rebellion of 1641 and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. ... The cornet is a brass instrument that closely resembles the trumpet. ... A parliamentarian is a specialist in parliamentary procedure. ... The Battle of Dungans Hill took place in Meath, in eastern Ireland in August 1647. ... Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... Events January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. ... Drogheda, a town in eastern Ireland, was besieged twice in the 1640s, during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. ...

Talbot had been introduced to Charles II and James, Duke of York (later James II) when they were exiles in Flanders, as a result of the English Civil War. Talbot then lived like many other royalist refugees, partly by casual military service, but also by acting as a subordinate agent in plots to upset the Commonwealth and murder Cromwell. He was arrested in London in November 1655 and was examined by Cromwell. Once more he escaped, but it was said by his enemies that he was bribed by Cromwell, with whom one of his brothers was certainly in correspondence. He was actively engaged in an infamous intrigue to ruin the character of Anne Hyde, the Duke's wife-to-be, but continued in James's employment and saw some service at sea in the naval wars with the Dutch. After the Restoration he continued to have a place in the household of the Duke of York. Talbot accumulated money by acting as agent for Irish Roman Catholics who sought to recover their confiscated property. He was arrested and exiled for supposed complicity in the Popish Plot agitation in 1678, but was allowed to go into exile. The name Charles II is used to refer to numerous persons in history: Kings: Charles the Fat (also known as Charles II of France and Charles III of the Holy Roman Empire) Charles II of England Charles II of Naples Charles II of Navarre Charles II of Romania Charles II... James II of England and VII of Scotland (14 October 1633–16 September 1701) became King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 6 February 1685. ... This article is in need of attention. ... The English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651, specifically to the first (1642–1645) and second (1648–1649) civil wars between the supporters of King Charles I and the supporters of... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... Events New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces. ... Anne Hyde (1637 - March 31, 1671) was the daughter of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, the first wife of King James II of England, and the mother of two British queens, Anne and Mary. ... Restoration can be one of several things, depending on context: In criminal justice, restoration is another term for restorative justice. ... The title Duke of York is a title of nobility usually given to the second son of the British monarch, unless the title is already held by an earlier monarchs son who is still alive. ... The Popish Plot was an alleged Catholic conspiracy. ... Events August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. ...

After the accession of James II in 1685, he was created Baron of Talbotstown, Viscount Baltinglass and Earl of Tyrconnel, and sent as commander in chief of the forces in Ireland. In this capacity and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1687–88) he placed Catholics in positions of control in the state and the militia, which the Duke of Ormonde had previously organised. Consequently the entire Roman Catholic population sided with James II in the Glorious Revolution. Thus, in 1689, when James landed at Dublin with his French officers, Talbot had an Irish army ready to assist him. After James came to Ireland, he created Talbot Duke of Tyrconnel—a title recognized only by the Jacobites. After defeat in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, Tyrconnel went to France for aid. He returned to Ireland in 1691, but died of apoplexy just before the fall of Limerick. Some contemporary accounts say that he was poisoned, but this is unsubstantiated. Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (also known as the Viceroy or in the Middle Ages as the Lord Deputy) was the head of Englands (pre-1707) or Britains (post 1707) administration in Ireland. ... James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (October 19, 1610 - 1688) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier. ... The term Glorious Revolution refers to the generally popular overthrow of James II of England in 1688. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ... This article is not about the Jacobite Orthodox Church, nor is it about Jacobinism or the earlier Jacobean period. ... For the context of the dispute see Jacobitism. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... Events March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender October 3 - Treaty of Limerick which guaranteed civil rights to catholics was signed. ... Apoplexy is an old-fashioned medical term, generally used interchangeably with cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke) but having other meanings as well. ... Limerick (Irish: Luimneach) is a city and county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of the Republic of Ireland. ...

Richard Talbot's brother Peter entered the Society of Jesus and remained in it many years. Later he left the Jesuits and became a secular priest, and was in 1669 appointed Archbishop of Dublin by the Pope. Peter was arrested in connection with the Irish branch of the Popish Plot. He died in prison in 1680. The Society of Jesus — also known by its Latin name Societas Iesu or its English variant Jesuit Order — is a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in direct service to the Pope. ... Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. ... Primate of Ireland is a title possessed by the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland (Anglican) Archbishops of Dublin. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ... The Popish Plot was an alleged Catholic conspiracy. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ...

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The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (also known as the Viceroy or in the Middle Ages as the Lord Deputy) was the head of Englands (pre-1707) or Britains (post 1707) administration in Ireland. ...