Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald

Thomas FitzGerald
Born	c. 1175
Died	1213
Title	Lord of O’Connelloe
Nationality	Hiberno-Norman
Spouse(s)	Sadbh
Issue	John FitzThomas FitzGerald
Parents	Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan

Shanid Castle. Shanid was the seat of Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald.

Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald (c. 1175 – 1213)^[1] of Shanid,^[2] Lord of O'Connelloe,^[3] was the son of Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan. Thomas was the progenitor^[4][5][6] of the Geraldine House of Desmond, and brother of Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly, progenitor of the Geraldine House of Kildare.

In 1210, Thomas marched into 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.^[7] This expedition aided in forcing Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht into negotiations with John de Gray, Justiciar of Ireland.^[8]

Ancestors of Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald

Otho               Walter FitzOtho, tenant-in-chief of lands in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, and Middlesex                       Gerald de Windsor, Constable of Pembroke Castle                             Beatrice                       Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan                                   Tewdwr ap Cadell ap Einion ap Owain ap Hywel Dda               Rhys ap Tewdwr, Prince of Deheubarth, of the House of Dinefwr                       Nest ferch Rhys, Princess of Deheubarth                             Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn ap Gwerstan ap Gwaithfoed               Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon of Powys                       Nest verch Cadell               Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald, Lord of O'Connelloe

Marriage and issue

Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald married Sadbh^[9][10] and had issue:

1. John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond^[11][12]

Notes

1. Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: 1878.
2. Otway-Ruthven, A.P. (1993). A History of Medieval Ireland. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 87. ISBN 1-56619-216-1.
3. Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: 1878.
4. Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: 1878.
5. 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
6. Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204
7. Otway-Ruthven, A.P. (1993). A History of Medieval Ireland. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 82. ISBN 1-56619-216-1.
8. Otway-Ruthven, A.P. (1993). A History of Medieval Ireland. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 82. ISBN 1-56619-216-1.
9. 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
10. Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204
11. 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
12. Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204