Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald

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Thomas FitzMaurice
Lord OConnello
Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan

Alice de Montgomery
Shanid Castle. Shanid was the seat of Thomas FitzMaurice.

Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello, (c. 1145 – 1213) of Shanid,

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
.

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]

Marriage and issue

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, 1st Baron Desmond[6][4]

Notes

  1. ISBN 1-56619-216-1
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  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 c Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204
  5. ISBN 1-56619-216-1
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  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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