Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan

Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan
Portrait thought to be Sarsfield, now held in the Franciscan Library, Killiney
MP County Dublin
In office May 1689 – August 1689
Monarch	James II
Personal details
Born	c. 1655 [1]
Died	21 August 1693 Huy, Belgium
Resting place	St Martins' church, Huy[2]
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Honora Burke
Children	James Sarsfield, 2nd Earl of Lucan
Parent(s)	Patrick Sarsfield (1628 - after 1693); Anne O'Moore
Occupation	Soldier
Military service
Battles/wars	Third Anglo-Dutch War Franco-Dutch War Entzheim Turckheim Salzbach Altenheim Monmouth Rebellion Battle of Sedgemoor Glorious Revolution Wincanton Skirmish Williamite War in Ireland The Boyne Limerick 1690 Aughrim Limerick 1691 Nine Years' War Steenkerque Landen

Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan (c. 1655 – 21 August 1693) was an Irish soldier and Jacobite. Killed at Landen in 1693 while serving in the French army, he is now best remembered as an Irish patriot and military hero.

Born into a wealthy Catholic family, Sarsfield began his military career during the 1672 to 1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War. After fellow Catholic James II was deposed by the Glorious Revolution in November 1688, Sarsfield served as a senior commander in the Jacobite army during the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland, and was elected to the 1689 Patriot Parliament.

Fighting in Ireland ended with the 1691 Treaty of Limerick. Under the agreement, thousands of Irish soldiers went into exile in France, and many served in Flanders during the Nine Years' War. They included Sarsfield, who was fatally wounded at the Battle of Landen on July 29, 1693.^[3]