Hugo Ricciardi O'Neill


Hugo Ricciardi O'Neill is the current head of a branch of the O'Neill dynasty of Clanaboy, whose family has been in Portugal since the 18th century.

Life

His Portuguese residence is his Quinta das Machadas de Cima, at São Julião Parish, in Setúbal. He is a Dr. Licentiate and an Autonomous Consultant and a MA Honoris Causa by the National University of Ireland, Galway, and he is the Chairman of The Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains. He is also the representative of the title of Viscount of Santa Mónica, in Portugal.

Marriage and issue

Hugo Ricciardi O'Neill married at the Chapel of the Quinta do Bonjardim, in Belas, Sintra, on 10 October 1962 his cousin Rosa Maria de Sousa Coutinho Empis, daughter of Raúl Júlio Empis and wife Dona Luísa Olga Burnay de Sousa Coutinho. They had four children:
Rosa María O'Neill died on 9 February 2005. Hugo O'Neill married secondly at Quinta das Machadas, in Setubal, on 17 June 2008, Carmen Caro Cebrián daughter of Aníbal Caro Román and wife María Felicidad Cebrián Causapé.

Ancestry

Descent from O'Neill">O'Neill dynasty"> O'Neill Sovereign

1. Hugo Riccardi O'Neill
2. Jorge Maria O'Neill
3. Hugo José Jorge O'Neill
4. Jorge Torlades O'Neill II
5. Jorge Torlades O'Neill I
6. José Maria O'Neill
7. Carlos O'Neill
8. João O'Neill
9. Conn Ó Néill
10. Féilim Ó Néill
11. Ever Ó Néill
12. Féilim Ó Néill
13. Constantine Ó Néill
14. Daniel Ó Néill
15. Murtagh Ó Néill, Prince of Clanaboy
16. Brian O'Neill, Prince of Clanaboy