The Irish standard., 1897-02-20
Although Born in the Land of the
a5ft.
Dons he'd Does not Forget :
his his Ancestors. A
y. ,TJfi0""
CHARLES o'po|kyELlls ! y, NOW A DUKE
Descended :!fis :ifem the Last Recog-
nized Prince of Tyr
connell.

sternest enemy of foreign interference in
Spanish colonial affairs the man who adj
vises Minister 'Dupuy de Lone at
Washington-in short, the present
powerful holder Of the Spanish portfolio
of foreign affairs, is an Irish chieftain
in his own right, and the owner of a
name famous in the history, OF Ireland.
His Grace, the Duke of Tetuan, Spanish
minister OF foreign affairs, rejoices in
the AIi]esian patronymic of Charles
O'Donnell,. says the Irish World. i.
Senior Alexandra Ribera, licentiate OF
the University of Salamanca, and now a
resident of New York city, claims kim
ship with the Hihernian-Spanish gran
dee. Indeed, Senior Ribera accompanied
the duke to Vienna as secretary in 1877.
Speaking of his former chief, he says:
"The duke of Tetuan was born in 1884,
and is, therefore, 63 years of age. In ap-
pearance he is the typical Castilian
nobleman, of stately presence, fine face
and dignifed m@nners. Age has some
what robbed him of his once soldierly
port, and his hair and mustache are al
most wnite. But his eyes are as bright
as they were twenty years ago in
Vienna, when he laid the foundations Of
the present queen of Spaln's SOW
ereignty. The duke is very proud OF his
name and Irish descent, but, apart from
this, the distinguished services which
his ancestors have rendered to Spain
since their exile from the mother colln-
try might we'll give him cause for gratiti-
cation" ... ,s3tl
In the reign Of James l., Mall Gary
O'DonneH was prince Of Tyrconnell,
lord of the mountainous county Of Done
gal, and chief of,his name and race. He
warred valiantly against The English;
but at length WIS taken prisoner. He
dieo in the ToweT of London. From the
brother of this chief, Charles Oge
O'Donnell descended the two young
exiles, Henry and Joseph ODonnell,
younger brothers Of Man,is o'Donnell of
Wilford Lodge County Mayo. .*~-
Henry entsHed15the Austrian service.
and rose to be a baron and a major
general. Joseph zsettled in Spain about
1850, and became lieutenant general.
There was ne need to ennoble him, as
in Spain all the irish ;eexiles We're recog-
nized as MOBILES ready made. The lieut.
enant-general. Don Joseph, left four
sons all distinguished in the army of
their adopted country. The eldest. Don
Jose O'Donnell, was captain-general OF
Castillo and the youngest Don Enrique,
was famous acknowledgement, ODon-
nell count of Abisdad, regent OF Spain
in 1912 and captain-general OF Andalu-
sia. The second OF the four, Don Car
los, also lieutenant-general and a
knight of St. Ferdinand, died in 1880,
leaving two children, of whom the eld-
est, Don Carlos O'Donnell. was father
of the present duke of Tetuan while the
second was Field Marshal Don Leopoldo
O'Donnell, first duke of that name. r
The duke of Tetuan was married in
1868 and has three sons, Don Juan Patri-
clio O'Donnell, born 1864; Don Carlos AL
fonso O'Donnell, born 1868, and Don
Leopoldo Patricio O'Donnell, born 1874.
and recently appointed aid-de-camp to
Gen. Weyler in Cuba. z.s,
The journal of the Royal Irish Society
of Antiquaries on Oct. 6, 1890, published
the following letter from the duke of
Tetuan:
"My ancestor, Mall eary O'Donnell,
was the last recognized prince of Tyr
connell and chief of his name. AS his
lineal male representative, / claim the
heirship OF those honors. If ann proud
of being Spaniard by birth, am quite
as proud of being an Irishman by de-
scent and I sign myself Carlos O'Don-
nell of Tyrconnell' with as much heart
felt exaltation as do Tetuan."
60 The duke is an honorary member of
the learned Irish body to which he wrote
this letter. 1t is said of him in circles
diplomatic that for years he constantly
refused the Enthusiastically to England
because of the wrongs which, he de-
clared, had been inflicted upon the land
of his fathers by England and her SOW