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- 2nd Baron of Desmond
- 1295: Chief Justiciar of Ireland
- FitzGerald dynasty
Biography
Thomas an-Apa FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond, Lord Justice of Ireland, was born circa 1250 to Maurice FitzGerald (c1225-1261) and Mathilda de Barry (c1225-1293) and died 1296 of unspecified causes. He married Margaret de Berkeley (c1272-1320) 1282 JL in Ireland.
His mother was either Matilda/Margaret/Catherine Barry of Olethan or Joan de Cogan of Carrigaline.
Thomas Fitzmaurice FitzGerald, 2nd Baron of Desmond (d. 1298), was the son of Maurice FitzJohn FitzGerald and grandson of John FitzThomas FitzGerald from whom he inherited the title.
Thomas succeeded to the barony of Desmond, which lay in Munster, in the southwest of Ireland, in 1282. Thomas's succession followed his long minority (he did not inherit his lands until the age of 21). His father and grandfather died in the Battle of Callann in 1261. Tenants in-chief could not acquire their lands and title without special permission, and most likely a large fine, before the age of 21.
Legend of the Manger Ape
Alfred Webb recounts story about this baron that:
"[He] was called 'Thomas an-Apa,' or 'Thomas Simiacus,' from an incident which is thus related in the Desmond Pedigree: 'This Thomas, being in his swadling cloaths accidentally left alone in his cradle, was by an ape carryed up to the battlements of the monastery of Traly, where the little beast, to the admiration of many spectators, dandled him to and froe, whilst everyone ran with theire beds and caddows, thinking to catch the child when it should fall from the ape. But Divine Providence prevented that danger; for the ape miraculously bore away the infant, and left him in the cradle as he found him, by which accident this Thomas was ever after nicknamed from the ape.' (A similar anecdote is related of the 1st Earl of Kildare, whose family adopted as their crest two monkeys 'environed and chained.')."[1]
In 1294, Thomas was appointed deputy justiciar, acting as Lord Justice after the death of William d'Oddingseles.[2] He was called to Parliament in 1295. He died in 1298, and was buried in the Dominican Priory of North Abbey, Youghal, which he had founded in 1268.[3]
Marriage and issue
Thomas Fitzmaurice FitzGerald married Margaret de Berkeley (c1272-1320), daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley and Joan de Ferrers, before 7 February 1283/84.3
- Thomas FitzThomas FitzGerald, 3rd Baron Desmond - died young (age 17).
- Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald, 4th Baron Desmond, later created 1st Earl of Desmond
- John FitzThomas (c1294-1324), called Sir John of Athassell
- Joan FitzThomas (c1295-) married John (Kittogh) Lord Barry
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Thomas FitzGerald (c1290-1307) | 1290 Ireland | 1307 Ireland | |
Maurice FitzGerald (c1292-1356) | 1292 Ireland | 25 January 1356 Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland | Catherine de Burgh (c1296-1331) Margaret O'Brien (c1293-1343) Aveline FitzNicholas (c1308-1358) |
John FitzThomas (c1294-1324) | 1294 Ireland | 1324 Ireland | |
Joan FitzThomas (c1295-) | 1295 Ireland | Ireland | Robert Barry (c1296-1345) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Thomas FitzGerald (c1250-1296) | 1250 | 1296 | Margaret de Berkeley (c1272-1320) |
Richard FitzMaurice FitzGerald (c1255-) | 1255 Ireland | Ireland |
References
- ^ Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: 1878.
- ^ Cal. Doc. relating to Ireland, 1293-1301, no. 202, 273, 346.
- ^ 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
- [S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 204. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
- [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 235. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
- [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 236.
- [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1435. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
- [S47] BIFR1976 Barry, page 67. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
See Also
- Thomas FitzGerald
- FitzGerald Family
- wikipedia:en:Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond
- Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond at thePeerage
Peerage of Ireland | ||
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Preceded by John FitzThomas FitzGerald |
Baron Desmond 1261–1290 |
Succeeded by Thomas FitzThomas FitzGerald |
Footnotes (including sources)
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