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Thomas FitzGerald (c1145-c1213)

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Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald, Lord O'Connello, Lord of O'Connelloe, was born circa 1175 to Maurice FitzGerald (c1105-1176) and Alice of Montgomery (c1120-aft1175) and died circa 1213 of unspecified causes. He married Ellinor de Marisec (c1150-1220) 1170 JL in Ireland.

Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello, (c. 1145 – 1213) of Shanid,[1][2] was the eldest son of Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan by his wife, Alice (daughter of Arnulf de Montgomery).[3] Thomas was the progenitor[4] of the Geraldine House of Desmond, and brother of Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly, progenitor of the Geraldine Houses of Kildare and Leinster.

Norman Expansion in Ireland

In 1210, Thomas invaded Connacht with Geoffrey de Marisco at the head of a force of Anglo-Norman troops gathered in Munster, and of followers of Donnchad Cairprech Ó Briain, King of Thomond. This expedition aided in forcing Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht into negotiations with John de Gray, Justiciar of Ireland.[5]

During the reigns of Richard and John, Thomas’ older brothers William, Baron of Naas, and Gerald, Baron of Offaly, were tenants of the lords of Leinster. Together with Thomas, who became known as Thomas of Shanid, they received lands in Limerick after the Welsh-Normans expanded into north Munster. Thomas married Eleanor of Shanid and had two sons: John FitzThomas Fitzgerald of Shanid (ancestor of the earls of Desmond, and eventually the Adairs), and Maurice FitzThomas Fitzgerald. Thomas died about 1213.

Shanid Castle

Shanid Castle County Limerick

Shanid Castle. Shanid was the seat of Thomas FitzMaurice.

He was He acquired Shanid and the feudal Lordship of Connello, County Limerick.

The ruins of Shanid Castle, an important Anglo-Norman stronghold, is located a short distance away from the village. The castle was possibly constructed in 1230 on land associated with the FitzMaurice family which settled in the area after 1169 and was a fortress of the Knights of Glin before being burned in 1641.


Family

Thomas FitzMaurice married Ellinor, daughter of Jordan de Marisco, and sister of Geoffrey de Marisco, who was appointed justiciar of Ireland in 1215.,[6][4] and had issue:

  1. John FitzGerald (c1200-1261), 1st Baron Demond]] - killed with his son at the Battle of Cannell.
  2. Maurice FitzThomas (c1201-1253)


Children


Offspring of Thomas FitzGerald, Lord O'Connello and Ellinor de Marisec (c1150-1220)
Name Birth Death Joined with
John FitzGerald (c1200-1261) 1200 Ireland 23 July 1261 Callan, County Kerry, Ireland Margery FitzThomas (c1205-1261)
Honora O'Connor (c1205-)
Maurice FitzThomas (c1201-1253) 1201 Ireland 1253 Ireland



Siblings


Offspring of Maurice FitzGerald (c1105-1176) and Alice of Montgomery (c1120-aft1175)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Thomas FitzGerald (c1145-c1213) 1175 1213 Ellinor de Marisec (c1150-1220)
Gerald FitzMaurice (c1150-bef1204) 1150 Wales, United Kingdom 15 January 1204 Eve de Bermingham (?-c1225)
Alexander FitzMaurice
William of Naas (?-c1199)
Maurice of Kiltrany
Robert FitzMaurice
Nesta FitzMaurice

Research Notes

  1. Note that his mother was very old when she got him. He may have been older, or his mother may be his father's second wife.

References

  1. ^ Otway-Ruthven, A.P. (1993). A History of Medieval Ireland. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 87. ISBN 1-56619-216-1. 
  2. ^ Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: 1878.
  3. ^ Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700. Eighth ed. (2008), p. 169.
  4. ^ a b Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204
  5. ^ Otway-Ruthven, p. 82.
  6. ^ Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Volume III. London: George Bell & Sons. 1890. p. 83

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Footnotes (including sources)

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