Thomas FitzMaurice Fitzthomas, 1st Lord Kerry and Lixnaw

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Thomas FitzMaurice, Baron Kerry & Lixnaw1

M, #23280, b. circa 1220, d. 29 June 1280

Father Maurice FitzThomas b. c 1197, d. b 1253

    Thomas FitzMaurice, Baron Kerry & Lixnaw married Grania MacMorrogh, daughter of Conchobar MacMurrough.2 Thomas FitzMaurice, Baron Kerry & Lixnaw was born circa 1220. He died on 29 June 1280 at Bruree, Limerick, Ireland.

Family 1

Grania MacMorrogh

Child Margaret FitzMaurice+2

Family 2

Child Maurice FitzThomas FitzMaurice, 1st Baron of Kerry & Lixnaw+ d. 1305

Citations

[S7311] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 202, notes; Wallop Family, p. 326.

[S50] Jamie Allen's Internet site.

1st Baron of Kerry - Thomas FitzMaurice FitzThomas - was born about 1220.

Around 1260, Thomas  was  created  Baron  of  Kerry  and  Lixnaw.  

 This  is  said  to  have  made  him  the  Premier  Baron  of  Ireland. He  founded  the  Franciscan  Monastery  at  Ardfert  (near  Tralee)  in  A.D.  1253. The  Monastery  is  sometimes  called  the  Grey  Franciscan  Friary  of  Ardfert  and  is  sometimes referred to as an Abbey. 

Thomas FitzMaurice FitzThomas died on the feast of St. Peter and Paul in 1280, at Browry, at the house of his son-in-law (Otho de Lacy). He was interred on the north side of the great alter in the above mentioned Abbey. Thomas married Grainne, a granddaughter of Dermot MacMorrogh (sometimes called Diarmuid MacMurrough), the king of Leinster who brought the Normans to Ireland to assist him in a local war that he would have lost without additional allies. The Normans came, defeated the enemies of MacMurrough, and then conquered most of Ireland for themselves. Almost everyone named FitzMaurice today is descended from Thomas FitzMaurice FitzThomas, the first Baron of Kerry. However, the name FitzMaurice was adopted by some members of the Prendergast family in Mayo. On the other hand, some members of the FitzMaurice family in Kerry assumed the surname MacShane (from Mac Seáin meaning son of Seán or son of John).

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Thomas fitzMaurice fitzThomas, 1st Baron of Lixnaw and Kerry

(b. c. 1220; d. 29 Jan 1280 at Browry, Limerick)

Circa 1260227, Thomas was created Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw (peerage of Ireland)218. This is said to have made him the Premier Baron of Ireland.

Thomas (1st Baron of Kerry) was the son of Maurice fitzThomas (d. 1253) son of Thomas fitzMaurice, Lord of Connello (d. 1213) son of Maurice fitzGerald, Lord of Maynooth (d. 1176)79 son of Gerald fitzWalter, constable of Pembroke son of Walter fitzOther, Castelan of Windsor before 1100 son of Other Dominus.

Since Thomas (1st Baron Kerry) was a result of four generations of intermarriage with the Irish, I think of him and his successors (until the 19th Baron) as the "Irish Lords of Kerry".

Thomas (1st Baron Kerry) founded the Franciscan Monastery at Ardfert (near Tralee) in A.D. 125379. The Monastery is sometimes called the Grey Franciscan Friary of Ardfert and is sometimes referred to as an Abbey.

Thomas fitzMaurice, "dying on the feast of St. Peter and Paul, 1280, at Browry, the house of his son-in-law (Otho de Lacy), was interred on the north side of the great alter in said Abbey"33. (According to Burke's Peerage, the date was June 29, 1280.)79

Subsequently, Maurice, the 2nd Baron, was buried at the Monastery in 1303 and Nicholas, the 3rd Baron, was buried there in 1324. Other members of the family buried at the monastery included Maurice in 1339, Desideria in 1345, and John in 1348.33

Thomas (the 1st Baron) married Grainne, a granddaughter of Diarmuid MacMurrough79, the king of Leinster who brought the Normans to Ireland to assist him in a local war that he would have lost without additional allies. The Normans came, defeated the enemies of MacMurrough, and then conquered most of Ireland for themselves.

Thomas (1st Baron) was succeeded by his eldest son, Maurice (2nd Baron of Kerry)79.

Almost everyone named FITZMAURICE today is descended from Thomas fitzMaurice, the first Baron of Kerry. However, the name FitzMaurice was adopted by some members of the Prendergast family in Mayo.84 On the other hand, some members of the FitzMaurice family in Kerry assumed the surname MacShane (from Mac Seáin meaning son of Seán or son of John84).