Edmund
(Edmond)
"3rd Lord of Killeen"
Plunkett
Born about in Killeen, Meath, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Christopher Plunket
and Genet (Bellew) FitzEustace
Husband of
Unknown (Fitzgerald) Plunkett
— married
[date unknown] (to about 1500) [location unknown]
Husband of
Eleanor (Fleming) Plunkett
— married
about 1500 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Plunkett) D'Arcy and John Plunkett
Died
at about age 80
in Killeen, County Meath, Ireland
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Biography
Edmond Plunkett was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Edmund Plunkett was born about 1445 / 50 probably at Killeen, the son of Christopher Plunkett, 1st Lord of Killeen and his wife Genet Bellew [1]
Edmund m1). a daughter of FitzGerald [1]
He m2). Eleanor Fleming, only daughter of James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane, and his wife Elizabeth Welles. [1] & [2]
he succeeded on the death in 1467/8 of his brother Christopher Plunkett from plague. [1]
in 1489 he was one of the eleven Irish barons who obeyed King Henry VIII's summons to Greenwich. He was present in 1493 at a Council in Trim. [1]
He was commander at the Battle of Knockdoe,Lackagh, co. Galway in 1504, attending the Earl of Kildare [1] & [2]
Edmund Plunkett 3rd. Lord of Killeen died in 1510 and was buried at Killeen. [1]
He was succeeded as 4th Lord of KIlleen by his son John [1]
Issue by daughter of FitzGerald [2]
- Elinor Plunkett m. Sir Bartholomew Dillon of Riverstown, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1533
Issue by Eleanor & [2]
- John Plunkett, later 4th Lord of Killeen (b c 1500 m1). c 1523 Margaret Preston - Issue & m2). c 1536 Janet _? & m3). Ellen Barnewell - Issue [1]
- Edward Plunkett m. the daughter of Golding of Archerston.
- Thomas Plunkett in holy orders, Rector of Killalon,
- Catherine Plunkett who married James Cusack of Portraine,
Research Notes
- Lodge has a differing numbering sequence for Lords of Killeen and states that Edmund succeeded as 4th Lord of Killeen on the death of his father in 1449 but this date seems improbable.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Cracroft's Peerage - Killeen
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lodge, John; Archdall, Mervyn; The peerage of Ireland : or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom Vol VI Pub: 1789 pg 175
- See Also
- Mary-Rose Carty, The History of Killeen Castle (n.p.: n.p., n.d.), page 11
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Categories: Irish Roots | Killeen RC Parish, Diocese of Meath, County Meath
The Peerage of Ireland, Or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom With Their Paternal Coats of Arms, Engraven on Copper : Collected from the Publick Records; Authentic Manuscripts; Approved Historians; Well-attested Pedigrees; and Personal Information · Volume 1 By John Lodge · 1754 p151 under Dillon Earl of Roscommon.