Baron Killeen is in Baron Ireland.
Around 1445 Christopher Plunkett 1st Baron Killeen [aged 80] died. His grandson Christopher succeeded 2nd Baron Killeen.
Around 1449 Christopher Plunkett 1st Baron Killeen was created 1st Baron Killeen.
In 1462 or 1467 Christopher Plunkett 2nd Baron Killeen [aged 14] died of plague. His brother Edmund [aged 13] succeeded 3rd Baron Killeen.
Before 5th January 1464 Christopher Plunkett 2nd Baron Killeen [aged 16] and Elizabeth Welles Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Baroness Killeen.
On 18th August 1510 Edmund Plunkett 3rd Baron Killeen [aged 61] died. His son John succeeded 4th Baron Killeen.
Before 1522 John Plunkett 4th Baron Killeen [aged 12] and Margaret Preston Baroness Killeen were married. She by marriage Baroness Killeen. They were third cousin once removed.
After 3rd December 1542 John Plunkett 4th Baron Killeen [aged 32] and Ellen Barnewall Baroness Killeen [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Baroness Killeen. They were third cousins.
On 19th March 1550 John Plunkett 4th Baron Killeen [aged 40] died. His son Patrick [aged 28] succeeded 5th Baron Killeen.
Before 3rd June 1556 Patrick Plunkett 5th Baron Killeen [aged 34] died. His brother Christopher [aged 33] succeeded 6th Baron Killeen.
Between 12th March 1561 and 8th June 1561 Christopher Plunkett 6th Baron Killeen [aged 38] died. His half brother James [aged 19] succeeded 7th Baron Killeen.
On 13th January 1595 James Plunkett 7th Baron Killeen [aged 53] died. His son Christopher [aged 31] succeeded 8th Baron Killeen. Genet Dillon Baroness Killeen by marriage Baroness Killeen.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Before 29th January 1613 Christopher Plunkett 8th Baron Killeen [aged 49] died. His son Luke succeeded 9th Baron Killeen.