O'Donnell married María Ana de Anhetan, in Luxembourg in 1765. The couple had two daughters •
Alejandro O'Donnell (born in Luxembourg, c. 1763 – La Coruña, 1 December 1837) •
Joseph O'Donnell (1768–1836): following his part in the successful
evacuation of the La Romana Division from Denmark in 1808, he suffered a series of defeats, being beaten by
Nicolas Godinot at
Zújar in 1811, and routed by
Jean Isidore Harispe at
Castalla in 1812. •
Charles O'Donnell (1772–1830) helped defend the
Lines of Torres Vedras in 1810 and was named
Captain General of
Valencia in 1811. •
Henry O'Donnell, 1st Count of la Bisbal (1776–1834), the most famous of the three, was defeated at
Vic by
Joseph Souham, beaten badly at
Margalef by forces under
Louis Gabriel Suchet, won a victory at the
La Bisbal in 1810 over
François Xavier de Schwarz, and successfully concluded the
Siege of Pamplona in 1813. • Francisco O'Donnell (born La Coruña – died in France as a prisoner of war): enlisted as a child cadet in the
Hibernia Regiment, by 1805 he was a lieutenant in the sister regiment of
Irlanda at Cádiz. O'Donnell enlisted his three eldest sons, Leopoldo, José and Carlos, in his own regiment, and the three youngest, Henry, Alejandro and Francisco, in one of its sister regiments, the
Hibernia. ==References==