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[William Taaffe, styled Vicount Taaffe, 1st S. and h. ap. by 1st wife, was, apparently, of full age in 1668. He d. unm. and v.p., before Dec. 1673. Admon. 12 Nov. 1688 and 1 Oct. 1691 at Dublin.]

II. 1677.

2. NICHOLAS (TAAFFE), EARL OF CARLINGFORD, &c. [I.], 3rd but 1st surv. s. and h. by 1st wife. P.C. [I.] 3 May 1686; Envoy to the Emperor Leopold, 1689. He did not attend the Parl. [I.] of James II, 7 May 1689.^[1] Hem. Mary, only child of Humphrey Weld, of Lulworth, Dorset, by Clare, da. of Thomas (Arundel), Baron Arundell of Wardour. He d. s.p., being slain at the head of his regt.of Foot, at the battle of the Boyne, 2 July 1690, on the side of King James. Admon. 1 Oct. 1691, at Dublin.

III. 1690.

3. FRANCIS (TAAFFE), EARL OF CARLINGFORD, &c. [I.], br. and h., b. 1639, at Ballymote, co. Sligo. He was ed. at Olmütz in Germany; became Page of Honour to the Emperor Ferdinand, was above 30 years in the Imperial Service (as "Count Taaffe"). He commanded an Austrian Cuirassier Regt. in 1673, and fought at Sanzheim and Mühlhausen. Lieut. Gen. of Horse 1687; Field Marshal and Knight of the Golden Fleece 1694. He was exempted from attainder by a special clause in the Act of Parl., 1 Will. and Mary. He m., in 1676, Helena Maximiliana von Traudisch, widow of Wilhelm Heinrich Schlk, and later of Franz Ernst Schilk (d. 16 Aug. 1675), both Counts of Basssano and Weisskirchen.^[2] She d. in 1700. He d. s.p.s., Aug. 1704, at Nancy, and was bur. in the Cathedral there, aged 65. Will dat. 23 Feb. 1701 to 16 July 1704.