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Constance Markievicz
Sign in to saveAlso known as Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz, Constance Georgina Markievicz, Constance Georgine Gore-Booth, Madame de Markievicz, Mme de Markievicz, Constance Georgine Markievicz, Madame Markievicz, Constance, Countess Markiewicz
Irish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe
Key facts
- Preceded by
- New office
- Succeeded by
- Joseph McGrath
- Constituency
- Dublin South
- Born
- Constance Georgine Gore-Booth , ( 1868-02-04 ) 4 February 1868, London, England
- Died
- 15 July 1927 (1927-07-15) (aged 59), Dublin , Ireland
- Resting place
- Glasnevin Cemetery , Dublin , Ireland
- Party
- Fianna Fáil (1926–1927) Sinn Féin (1908–1926)
- Spouse
- Casimir Markievicz (m. 1900)
- Relations
- Eva Gore-Booth (sister)
- Children
- Maeve Markievicz (1901–1962)
- Parents
- Sir Henry Gore-Booth Georgina Hill
- Allegiance
- Irish Republic
- Branch
- Irish Citizen Army Irish Republican Army Cumann na mBan
- Service years
- 1913–1923
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Conflicts
- Dublin Lockout Easter Rising Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Constance
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Irish Free State
- Place of birth
- Westminster
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Spouse
- Casimir Markievicz
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Position held
- Teachta Dála
- Educated at
- Slade School of Fine Art
- Political party
- Fianna Fáil
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Noble title
- countess
- Field of work
- theatre
- Military rank
- lieutenant
- Image
- Countess Constance Markiewicz-1.1.2 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Dublin
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- place of burial
- Glasnevin Cemetery
- Commons category
- Constance Markiewicz
- date of birth
- 1868-01-01
- date of death
- 1926-00-00
- member of
- Irish Citizen Army
- birth name
- Constance Georgine Gore-Booth
- candidacy in election
- 1918 United Kingdom general election
- different from
- Markiewicz
- married name
- Markiewicz
- writing language
- British English
- P12749
- Rochus Misch
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Encyclopedic overview
Constance Georgine Markievicz (Polish: Markiewicz [marˈkʲɛvitʂ]; née Gore-Booth; 4 February 1868 – 15 July 1927), also known as Countess Markievicz and Madame Markievicz, was an Irish revolutionary nationalist politician, suffragist and socialist who was the first woman elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Born in London, she came from the Anglo-Irish Protestant landowning elite, which she abandoned in favour of Irish independence and social reform.
A founding member of Fianna Éireann, Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army, she took part in the Easter Rising in 1916, when Irish republicans attempted to end British rule and establish an Irish Republic. She was sentenced to death but her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on the grounds of her sex.
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