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     Honora O'Brien is the daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond and Eleanor fitz John.¹ She married Sir Roger O'Shaughnessy in a by papal dispensation marriage.²
     She was Abbess of Killone.² Her married name became O'Shaughnessy.¹ She was a professed nun.¹

     Margareita de la Cerda married Felipe de Castilla, son of Sancho IV, Rey de Castilla y León and Maria de Molina, before November 1315. She died in 1330.

     Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond was the son of Turlogh Donn O'Brien, Prince of Thomond and Raghnailt Macnamara.² He married Eleanor fitz John, daughter of Reverend John fitz Thomas, 12th Knight of Glin.³ He died from June 1551 to 28 October 1551.³
     He gained the title of King Murrough of Thomond. He fought against English attempts to assert rule over Ireland, until he submitted in March 141/2 and went to England to surrender to Kign Henry VIII in person, on which occasion the King ennobled him.³ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in 1543.³ He was created 1st Earl of Thomond [Ireland] on 1 July 1543, for life with a special remainder to his nephew, Donogh.³ He was created 1st Baron of Inchiquin [Ireland] on 1 July 1543.³

     Brigid Bermingham was the daughter of Edward Bermingham, 13th Lord Athenry and Lady Mary Bourke.¹ She died in 1676, in infancy.¹

     Mary Bermingham was the daughter of Edward Bermingham, 13th Lord Athenry and Lady Mary Bourke.¹ She died in 1677, in infancy.¹

     Alphonse, Comte d'Eu was the son of Jean I de Brienne, Emperor of Constantinople and Berengaria de Castilla.¹ He married Marie de Lusignan, daughter of Raoul d'Issoudun, Comte d'Eu, before 1250.¹ He died on 25 August 1270 at Tunis, Tunisia^G.¹
     He gained the title of Comte d'Eu. He held the office of Great Chamberlain of France in 1258.¹

     Marie de Lusignan was the daughter of Raoul d'Issoudun, Comte d'Eu.¹ She married Alphonse, Comte d'Eu, son of Jean I de Brienne, Emperor of Constantinople and Berengaria de Castilla, before 1250.¹ She died in 1252.¹
     She gained the title of Comtesse d'Eu.

     Roberto de Portugal was born circa 1239. He was the son of Afonso III de Bourgogne, Rei de Portugal and Matilda de Dammartin. He died, young.

     Colonel John Jacob Astor was born in 1822.² He was the son of William Backhouse Astor and Margaret Rebecca Armstrong.³ He married Charlotte Augusta Gibbes, daughter of Thomas Stanyarne Gibbes, in 1847.² He died on 22 February 1890.^1,2
     He was educated at Columbia University, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.² He was educated at Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany^G.² He was educated at Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.^G.² He gained the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army.² He fought in the American Civil War.² He gained the rank of Brevet Colonel.² He lived at New York, U.S.A.^G.¹