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     Richard Martin lived at Galway, County Galway, Ireland^G.¹

     Sir Thomas Blake, 4th Bt. was the son of Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Bt. and Eleanor Lynch.¹ He married, secondly, Ellinor Lynch.² He married, firstly, Mary Martin, daughter of Richard Martin, in 1649.¹ He and Maria French obtained a marriage license on 6 October 1656.^1,2 He died in September 1676.²
     He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Blake, of Galway [I., 1622] circa 1654.¹ He lived at Menlough, County Galway, Ireland^G.¹

     Mary Martin was the daughter of Richard Martin.¹ She married Sir Thomas Blake, 4th Bt., son of Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Bt. and Eleanor Lynch, in 1649.¹ She died after 1649, without issue.¹
     From 1649, her married name became Blake.¹

     Maria French was the daughter of Marcus French.¹ She and Sir Thomas Blake, 4th Bt. obtained a marriage license on 6 October 1656.^1,2 She died in 1694.²
     Her married name became Blake.¹

     He was the ancestor of the Frenches of Rahassane.² Marcus French lived at Abbert, County Galway, Ireland^G.¹

     Sir Valentine Blake, 5th Bt. was born in 1664.² He was the son of Sir Thomas Blake, 4th Bt. and Maria French.¹ He died in October 1686, killed treacherously in a duel, unmarried.^1,2
     He lived at Menlough, County Galway, Ireland^G.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Blake, of Galway [I., 1622] in September 1676.¹

     Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt. was born after 1665. He was the son of Sir Thomas Blake, 4th Bt. and Maria French.¹ He married, firstly, Anne Kirwan, daughter of Sir John Kirwan, on 10 August 1687.¹ He married, secondly, Agnes Blake, daughter of John Blake, in 1706.² He died in May 1748 at Marlborough Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ His will was proven (by probate) on 14 May 1748.¹
     He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Blake, of Galway [I., 1622] in October 1686.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Colonel Dillon's Regiment of Foot, in King James II's Irish Army.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Galway [Ireland] in 1689.¹ He was the first Roman Catholic of distinction to join William III's invasion of Ireland, where he raised and maintained a regiment at his own expense.¹ He lived at Menlough, County Galway, Ireland^G.¹

     Max-Leopold Ernst Kraft Peter Erbprinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born on 22 March 2005.¹ He is the son of Philipp Gottfried Alexander Erbprinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Saskia Binder.^1,3

     Anne Kirwan was the daughter of Sir John Kirwan.¹ She married Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt., son of Sir Thomas Blake, 4th Bt. and Maria French, on 10 August 1687.¹ She died in August 1705.²
     From 10 August 1687, her married name became Blake.¹