Thomas FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond
Thomas FitzGerald | |
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Born | c. 1386 |
Died |
10 August 1420 Rouen |
Resting place | Paris |
Title | Earl of Desmond |
Tenure | 1399-1418 |
Nationality | Hiberno-Norman |
Predecessor | John FitzGerald |
Successor | James FitzGerald |
Spouse(s) | Catherine MacCormac |
Issue |
Maurice FitzGerald John Claragh |
Parents |
John FitzGerald Mary Bourke or Joan of Fermoy |
Thomas FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond (c. 1386–1420), was the only son of John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond. Upon John's death in 1399, Thomas succeeded to the earldom of Desmond, which lay in Munster, in the southwest of Ireland.
In 1418, Thomas was dispossessed of his lands and deprived of his earldom by his paternal uncle, James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond, after Thomas had concluded a marriage far below his station to Catherine MacCormac of Abbeyfeale;[1] Catherine was the daughter one of Thomas's dependants, William MacCormac, known as "the Monk of Feale."[2]
This ill-fated romance was the subject[3] of the air "Desmond's Song"[4] by the Irish poet Thomas Moore.
After the loss of his earldom, Thomas withdrew to France, where he "died at Rouen, 10th August 1420, and was buried at Paris 'with great and mighty show, where the two kings of England and France were present.'"[5]
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Marriage and issue
Thomas FitzGerald and Catherine MacCormac (a.k.a. Katherine McCormick)[6] of Abbyfeale had two sons:[7]
- Maurice, ancestor of the FitzGeralds of Adare and Broghill, and
- John Claragh, who died in 1452.
Notes
- ↑ Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: 1878.
- ↑ 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. 85
- ↑ Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: 1878.
- ↑ Moore, Thomas, The poetical works of Thomas Moore, including melodies, ballads, etc. Philadelphia: 1835. p. 349
- ↑ Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: 1878.
- ↑ 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. 85
- ↑ Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204
Peerage of Ireland | ||
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Preceded by John FitzGerald |
Earl of Desmond 1st creation 1399-1418 |
Succeeded by James FitzGerald |