The remains of Patrick Sarsfield, the Earl of Lucan, have been located and it is hoped to repatriate his remains back to Ireland, researchers have claimed
Sarsfield was killed in the service of the French king Louis XIV at the Battle of Landen, which took place on July 29th, 1693 during the Nine Years War. He died some days later of his wounds.
He wrote to the Mayor of Huy to request his assistance in trying to locate the ancient burial grounds of St Martin’s Church. The other factor is that Dr Guyon has traced the family line back to a living descendant who carries the same Y chromosome as Sarsfield’s father, the common ancestor. The Sarsfields are also part of a rare haplogroup which is a genetic population group of people who share a common ancestor on the patriline or the matriline.
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