Elizabeth le Veel

✓ Elizabeth le Veel (Calf), heiress of the Anglo-Norman barony of Norragh, only daughter of Sir Robert le Veel; widow of Sir John Staunton of Clane; m. Art Og MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster - a marriage contrary to the Statutes of Kilkenny, for which her lands were forfeited; mother of Donnchadh, Diarmuid Lamhdearg and Gerald, Lord of Ferns. Her Staunton daughter Elizabeth was ancestress of the Wellesleys. Her father not wired (note only, pending a check). Sources: Wikipedia 'Art Og Mac Murchadha Caomhanach' (citing F.J. Byrne, Irish Kings and High Kings; E. O'Byrne, War, Politics and the Irish of Leinster 1156-1606; Annals of the Four Masters; DNB vol. 35); Wikipedia 'Elizabeth Calf'. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 19 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] || DIB (19 Oct 2026): b. c.1365, d. 1445 aged over eighty; m. 1374 Sir John Staunton, lord of Otymy (d. 1382), by whom daughters Margaret and Anastasia; inherited two-thirds of Norragh on her father's death before c.1390; m. c.1390 Art (Og) MacMurrough Kavanagh; lands forfeited Jan 1391, restored and re-forfeited with the war; resumed Norragh in her own right after Art's death (DIB: 1416); paid 40s. in 1442 for defending the barony. Sources: Dictionary of Irish Biography (Mac Shamhrain 2009), 'Calf, Elizabeth' and 'Calf (le Veel), Walter', citing E. Curtis, 'The barons of Norragh, Co. Kildare, 1171-1660', JRSAI lxv (1935) 84-101.