Christopher Plunkett 
Christopher was born in 1442 in Killeen, Meath, Ireland. Christopher's father was Christopher (Sir) (1st Lord of Killeen) Plunkett and his mother is Joanna Bellew. His paternal grandparents are John (Sir) (Lord of Killeen) Plunkett and Margery Preston. He had two brothers and a sister, named Broughton, Edmund and Isabel Elizabeth. He had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named Broughton, Christopher (Sir) (2nd Lord of Killeen), Edmund (4th Lord of Killeen) and Janet (of Killeen). He died in Crickstown, Meath County, Ireland.General Notes
He was 3rd Lord of Killeen, Meath, Ireland. He was a minor at hisfather's death and his wardship was granted by Richard, Duke of York,then Lord of Meath, to Thomas Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare. In 1493, beingof age, he had livery of his inheritance. In 1465 he and Elizabeth, hiswife, and others of the family joined with the Earls of Desmond andKildare, and the Bishop of Meath in founding the fraternity of St.Nicholas at Dunsany. In the same year he was on a commission formed forestablishing a company of men-at-arms in Meath. The English of Meath andLeinster in 1466 sent an army into Offaly, but O'Connor Faly defeatedthem and captured many, including Christopher Plunkett, and sent them tothe Castle of Carbery, whence they were soon rescued. He died in 1467 ofthe plague. Barony of Killeen, Ireland
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- b.1410 in Meath, Ireland d.1462
- d.18 Aug 1510
- b.1410 in Meath, Ireland d.1462
- b.1442 in Killeen, Meath, Ireland d. in Crickstown, Meath County, Ireland
- b.1414 in Killeen, Meath , Ireland
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‌Christopher and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony in 1468 in Meath, Ireland. They had a daughter named Genet.
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