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John FitzThomas FitzGerald
Birth: 1250 Ireland
Death: 10 Sep 1316 (aged 6566) Laragh, County Kildare, Ireland
Burial: Grey Abbey, Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
Plot: Franciscan Friary
Memorial #: 102751822
Bio:
John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare was an Irish nobleman in the Peerage of Ireland, as 4th Lord of Offaly from 1287 and subsequently as 1st Earl of Kildare from 1316.
He was the eldest son of Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald and Rohesia de St. Michael.
In 1291, he has a serious dispute with William Vescy, Lord of Kildare, Lord Justice of Ireland, about whom there were many complaints of oppression and neglect of the country's defences. As champion of the complainants John Fitzgerald, by then 4th Lord of Offaly, their paths had crossed and instead of addressing the issues Vescy charged Fitzgerald with minor charges of slander and libel. Fitzgerald appealed to King Edward II, who, examined and judged the matter impartially, summoned them both to London to hear the cases, where it appeared FitzGerald had the advantage, challenging the Lord Justice to clear his name by combat, which was accepted. However, Vescy fled to France, whereupon the King pronounced Lord Offaly innocent, and settled upon him Vescy's lordships and manors of Kildare, Rathangan, &c., which were forfeited to the Crown.
In 1296 and 1299 he was summoned to fight for the Crown in the Scottish campaigns of Edward II. With John Wogan, Lord Justice, and others he went a third time to war in Scotland in 1301-2.
In 1307, with his son-in-law Sir Edmund Butler, he dispersed rebels in Offaly who had razed the castle of Geashill and burnt the town of Leix. In 1312 he was sent as General at the head of an army into Munster to suppress armed Irish rebels. On May 25, 1315, Edward Bruce, brother to King Robert the Bruce of Scotland, entered the north of Ireland with 6000 men, was crowned King of Ireland at Dundalk, and wasted the country. Lord Offaly, among others, commenced warfare to resist Bruce, leaving "great slaughter" of Scots and the Irish irregulars in his service. Edward Bruce was eventually defeated and killed in the battle of Dundalk.
As a reward for his services King Edward II created Fitzgerald Earl of Kildare by Letters Patent dated May 14, 1316, the year in which he founded the friary at Adare, county Limerick.
However he died that same year, on Sunday September 10, 1316, at Laraghbrine, and was interred in the Grey Abbey, Franciscan Friary of Kildare.
He had married Blanche de La Roche, daughter of John de La Roche, Lord Fermoy and Maud de Waleys, by whom he had two sons and two daughters:
Gerald (d.1303)
Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare, his successor.
Joan FitzGerald, married in 1302 to Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick.
Elizabeth FitzGerald, married to Nicholas Netterville, ancestor of Viscount Netterville.
Family Members
Children
Joan FitzGerald Butler 1282-1320
Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald 1296-1328
Created by: Kat (47496397)
Added: 28 Dec 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102751822/john_fitzthomas-fitzgerald
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 March 2021), memorial page for John FitzThomas FitzGerald (125010 Sep 1316), Find a Grave Memorial no. 102751822, citing Grey Abbey, Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland ; Maintained by Kat (contributor 47496397) .
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found at findagrave.com bef 3/16/2021
John FitzThomas FitzGerald
Birth: 1250, Ireland
Death: Sep. 10, 1316
Laragh
County Kildare, Ireland
John FitzThomas FitzGerald was an Irish nobleman in the Peerage of Ireland, as 4th Lord of Offaly from 1287 and subsequently as 1st Earl of Kildare from 1316.
He was the eldest son of Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald and Rohesia de St. Michael.
In 1291, he has a serious dispute with William Vescy, Lord of Kildare, Lord Justice of Ireland, about whom there were many complaints of oppression and neglect of the country's defences. As champion of the complainants John Fitzgerald, by then 4th Lord of Offaly, their paths had crossed and instead of addressing the issues Vescy charged Fitzgerald with minor charges of slander and libel. Fitzgerald appealed to King Edward II, who, examined and judged the matter impartially, summoned them both to London to hear the cases, where it appeared FitzGerald had the advantage, challenging the Lord Justice to clear his name by combat, which was accepted. However, Vescy fled to France, whereupon the King pronounced Lord Offaly innocent, and settled upon him Vescy's lordships and manors of Kildare, Rathangan, &c., which were forfeited to the Crown.
In 1296 and 1299 he was summoned to fight for the Crown in the Scottish campaigns of Edward II. With John Wogan, Lord Justice, and others he went a third time to war in Scotland in 1301-2.
In 1307, with his son-in-law Sir Edmund Butler, he dispersed rebels in Offaly who had razed the castle of Geashill and burnt the town of Leix. In 1312 he was sent as General at the head of an army into Munster to suppress armed Irish rebels. On May 25, 1315, Edward Bruce, brother to King Robert the Bruce of Scotland, entered the north of Ireland with 6000 men, was crowned King of Ireland at Dundalk, and wasted the country. Lord Offaly, among others, commenced warfare to resist Bruce, leaving "great slaughter" of Scots and the Irish irregulars in his service. Edward Bruce was eventually defeated and killed in the battle of Dundalk.
As a reward for his services King Edward II created Fitzgerald Earl of Kildare by Letters Patent dated May 14, 1316, the year in which he founded the friary at Adare, county Limerick.
However he died that same year, on Sunday September 10, 1316, at Laraghbrine, and was interred in the Grey Abbey, Franciscan Friary of Kildare.
He had married Blanche de La Roche, daughter of John de La Roche, Lord Fermoy and Maud de Waleys, by whom he had two sons and two daughters:
Gerald (d.1303)
Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare, his successor.
Joan FitzGerald, married in 1302 to Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick.
Elizabeth FitzGerald, married to Nicholas Netterville, ancestor of Viscount Netterville.
Family links:
Children:
Joan FitzGerald (1282 - 1320)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Grey Abbey
Kildare
County Kildare, Ireland
Created by: Kat
Record added: Dec 28, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 102751822
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