Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory

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Barnaby Fitzpatrick (born Irish: Brían Mac Giolla Phádraig) (c.1478–1575[1]%29 was the last person to have claim to the kingship of Osraige; forfeiting his ancestral title in favor of being created the first Lord Baron Upper Ossory by King Henry VIII of England, by patent dated 11 June 1541, as part of the King's policy of Surrender and regrant.[2] Barnaby Fitzpatrick was subsequently knighted on 1 July 1543.

Biography

Brían, finding his brother Diarmaid an embarrassment and a hindrance to his ambitions of becoming an English Baron, gave up his brother to the Butlers and the Butlers acted out their cruel revenge on him. That being done, Brían, in 1537, submitted to the English king and gave up all his ancient rights. So in 1541, Brían became Barnaby Fitzpatrick, the First Baron of Upper Ossory at Castletown.[3]

He was afterwards imprisoned at Waterford until he restored "some preys he had seized in Leix".[4]

First, about 1491 he married an unknown daughter of Ó Mórdha, who was his first cousin;[5] she died, probably in childbirth.[6]

Second, about 1492 he married an unknown first cousin, who was also the first cousin of his first wife. Without dispensation from the church this second marriage was declared null.[5]

Third, about 1493 he married Catherine Ó Mórdha, who was his half-sister and also the half-sister of his first wife. They had children, which resulted in an uproar among the relatives of the second wife. Nevertheless the Pope absolved the pair, permitted their marriage, and decreed their present and future children were legitimate.[5] According to Carrigan[7] Brian’s children before his marriage to Margaret Butler probably included:

• Teige, who his father, Brian, had put to death.
• Katherine, who married Robert Grace

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Fourth, about 1532, he married Margaret Butler, widow of Richard Mór Burke and widow of Thomas FitzGerald (of Desmond), first daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond. They had children:[7]

• Barnaby (c. 1533–1581), his successor and second Baron, was invited to study in London with the boy-king Edward VI, who developed a deep affection for him.[8]
• Florence, who succeeded to Upper Ossory on the death of his brother.[9]
• Donnell, of Gortnaclea.
• Geoffrey, of Ballyawly.
• Grainne or Grizzel who was married to her first cousin, Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret.

Fifth, about 1551 he married Elizabeth O’Connor. They had children:.[7]

• Turlough (slain by Dermot O’Malloy in 1581)
• Dermot (slain by Dermot O’Malloy in 1581)

According to Carrigan[7] Brian also fathered:

• Shane, whose mother was Joan ny Carroll.
• Teighe, of Upperwoods living 1585
• Ceallagh, of Upperwoods in rebellion 1578

According to O’Hart[10] Brian also fathered:

  *  David

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Notes

Fitzpatrick 2020, p. 60.
Carrigan 1905, p. 81.
State Papers of Henry VIII. (1541). p. 291, Certen Articles and Condicions, Whiche Mac Gilpatrike Did Promesse Duely to Observe and Perfurme, at Suche Tyme as He Made His Submyssion to the Kinges Majestie.
Cokayne 1898, p. 8.
Fuller 1998, p. 172.
Fitzpatrick 2020, p. 61.
Carrigan 1905, p. 82.
Dunlop 1889, p. 190.
Dunlop 1889, p. 191.
O’Hart 1892, p. 451.
"Descendants of Bryan Fitzpatrick Lord and First Baron of Upper Ossory". 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

   "Steve Zalewski". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

References

   Cokayne, George Edward (1898). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. London: George Bell & Sons.

   Carrigan, William (1905). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory. Vol. 1. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker.

   Dunlop, Robert (1889). "Fitzpatrick, Barnaby" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 190–191.

   Fitzpatrick, Mike (2020). "Mac Giolla Phádraig Osraí 1384-1534 AD Part II". The Journal of the Fitzpatrick Clan Society. 1: 40–71. doi:10.48151/fitzpatrickclansociety00320.

   Fitzpatrick, Ronan (24 July 2007). "Fitzpatrick Arms, Crests, Mottos and Supporters" (PDF). Fitzpatrick Clan Society (fitzsoc.com). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2010.

   Fuller, Anne (1998). Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland 1492-1503 Alexander VI. Vol. 17–2. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission.

   O’Hart, John (1892). Irish pedigrees: or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation. Dublin: J. Duffy.

External links

   The Fitzpatrick – Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society

   The Fitzpatrick Clan Society

   Descendants of Bryan Fitzpatrick, Lord and First Baron of Upper Ossory by Ronan Fitzpatrick and Steve Zalewski

   "It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend": Barnaby FitzPatrick and Gaelic Collaboration with the Tudor crown c.1535-1581: By Diarmuid Wheeler (Laois Heritage Society)

   Jettisoning faith, culture and identity to serve the Crown: Elizabethan grant of land and title to Florence Fitzpatrick, 3rd baron of Upper Ossory, 1581 History Ireland

* Peerage of Ireland

• New creation Baron Upper Ossory
• 1541–1575 Succeeded by
• Barnaby Fitzpatrick
• Categories:
• 1575 deaths16th-century Irish peoplePeople from County KilkennyFitzPatrick dynastyKings of OsraigeBarons in the Peerage of IrelandPeers of Ireland created by Henry VIII
• In 2002, researchers Ronan Fitzpatrick and Steve Zalewski published a book containing a list of all known descendants of Barnaby Fitz-Patrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory; revised edition published in 2013.[11][12] – it is considered the list of descendants is incomplete.[6]

Fitz-Patrick Coat Of Arms

See Fitz-Patrick Mythology.com page 111

After the arrival of the Normans, there was a great schism within the Fitz-Patrick Tribe. Our family maintained a love hate relationship with the invaders. We eventually ended up marrying into the FitzWalters (Butlers) and the FitzGeralds. Then when Cromwell claimed ultimate leadership of England, he basically offered the Fitz-Patricks two choices, become Protestant or die. Many of our tribe ended up dead, exiled, or shipped into slavery. My branch of the family maintained close ties with the Church of England/Ireland and continued to aligned themselves with the FitzWalters, FitzGeralds, and the like. Later on, they became intimately (to say the least) involved with Queen Victoria and her family as well as her German, Polish and Russian relatives.

There is another lineage of the Fitz-Patrick family, most of whom flowed down the Barnaby line, stayed Catholic, or those that turned Protestant sympathized with the Catholics, or married Catholics, consequently, at times, they fell out of favor with the powers that be. During that time the two most powerful monarchs in the world were either in the English court or the French court. My great aunt, the Contessa Helena, once told me that a branch of the Fitz-Patrick family aligned themselves, sometimes publicly and sometimes privately, with the French court. She contended that this family flowed down along the Barnaby to John Wilson Fitzpatrick side of the family and one member was actually penalized for marrying a Catholic and disgraced. (The Loca Patriciana bears this out as well). She stated that this branch of the Fitz-Patrick family had their own crest and it contained the fleur d' lis in it's design out of respect for the French/Catholic influence.

Ancestor, Barnaby, recreated himself as Lord Castleton and Lord of the House of Ossory. 

She goes on to say that our side of the family, the inheritors of the House of Ossory, stayed with the original coat of arms that, according to Ronan Fitzpatrick our resident authority on such things, started out looking something like this:

and eventually grew into something more along the lines of this:

Our tribe maintains this coat of arms to this day.

The Fitzpatrick - Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society

https://fitzpatricksociety.com/heraldry-and-tartan/

The display of Fitzpatrick heraldic arms is full of colorful imagery, raging beasts and sharp lines, all of which are a feast for the eyes. The Fitzpatrick heraldic achievement consists of three main parts: first, the crest on top displays a black lion fighting a green dragon. The black lion is surmounting the regardant dragon, with his dexter (right) paw resting on the dragon's head. Second, the arms (or shield) is black with a white saltire (“X” cross) below, together with a chief above (the blue stripe, with three gold fleur-de-lis). Beneath this is the third part; a written motto upon a scroll. The lion and dragon crest and the black and white lower part of the shield generally don’t change but the chief in the upper part of the shield and the motto do change occasionally, depending on which line of the family favours them. Sometimes the upper chief of the shield is white, with three red roundels; other times, the chief is blue, bearing three French gold fleur-de-lis. When displayed, supporters for the arms have always been a pair of black lions, sometimes crowned and gorged.

References

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• Carrigan, William. The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, Volume 1. (1905) p 98-99 GoogleBooks
• http://fitz-patrickmythology.com/
• https://fitzpatricksociety.com/heraldry-and-tartan/
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p3319.htm#i33189
• “The Carrigan Manuscripts: The Pedigrees of the First Baron of Upper Ossory.” by Mike Fitzpatrick PhD. Journal of the Fitzpatrick Clan Society. 2023, S1, 11-26. < PDF >