TAAFE, THEOBALD [SSNE 1521]
- Surname
- TAAFE, TAAFFE, TAFFE, CARLINGFORD
- First name
- THEOBALD
- Title/rank
- EARL OF CARLINGFORD
- Nationality
- IRISH
- Region
- CARLINGFORD
- Social status
- NOBILITY
Text source
Theobold Taffe was an Irish Confederate in Connaught in 1644 an Munster in 1647. He was employed in negotiations between Queen Henrietta Maria and the Duke of Lorraine. In 1665 he served the Stuarts at the court of Brandenburg-Prussia in Berlin and later had an audience with the Emperor on 17 January, 1666L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), pp.180, 190; PRO, SP/80/11, SP/81/56-7; DNB; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990).
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, LORRAINE
- Arrived 1651-01-01
- Departed 1651-12-31
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, NEUBORG
- Arrived 1665-09-20
- Departed 1665-09-25
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, MUNSTER
- Arrived 1665-09-29
- Departed 1665-10-10
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG, HANNOVER
- Arrived 1665-10-14
- Departed 1665-11-05
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA (Preussen), BERLIN
- Arrived 1665-10-30
- Departed 1665-11-10
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, HESSE-CASSEL
- Arrived 1665-11-12
- Departed 1665-11-20
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, MAINZ
- Arrived 1665-11-22
- Departed 1665-11-29
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, VIENNA [IMPERIAL COURT]
- Arrived 1665-12-01
- Departed 1667-02-10
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY