Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn FitzThomas FITZGERALD 1st Earl Of Kildare, 21G Grandfather
FatherThomas FitzMaurice FITZGERALD (~1229-1271)
MotherRohesia DE ST MICHAEL (~1233-)
Spouses
1Blanche DE LA ROCHE, 21G Grandmother
FatherJohn DE LA ROCHE 2d Lord Fermoy (-1387)
ChildrenThomas FitzJohn (-1328)
Joan (-<1320)
Web Notes notes for John FitzThomas FITZGERALD 1st Earl Of Kildare
5th Baron Offaly. Created 1st Earl Kildare in 1316.
Walter de Burgh, by his marriage with the heiress of de Lacy, had been created Earl of Ulster. At this time he was the head of the great house of the De Burghs, and to such a pitch had arrived the feud between them and the Geraldines that, at a meeting during 1264 at Castle Dermond, Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald, assisted by John FitzThomas, afterwards Earl of Kildare, audaciously seized on the persons of the Lord Justice, Richard de Capella, Richard de Burgh, heir apparent of Ulster, of Theobald le Butler, and one of two other great partisans of the family of the de Burghs, and committed them to prison in the castles of Ley and Dunamaise. At length the attention of Henry III was drawn to the disturbed state of his Irish dominions. A Parliament was held at Kilkenny, by whose advice the prisoners detained by the Geraldines were released; and the king, recalling the present Lord Justice, appointed in his place David Barry of the noble family of Barrymore who, curbing the insolent ambition of the Geraldines, restored peace between the two rival houses.41
In 1307 the Irish of Offaly demolished the Castle of Geashell and invested the Castle of Ley, but they were routed and the siege was raised by Edmund le Boteiller and his father-in-law, John FitzGerald.41
One of the great Norman Families to settle in Kildare were the Fitzgeralds. John Fitzthomas, Lord of Offaly, who was created Earl of Kildare in 1316, received a grant of land and established Maynooth as a family seat. The Fitzgeralds steadily increased their wealth and influence with a combination of political cunning and expedient marriages.
Walter de Burgh, by his marriage with the heiress of de Lacy, had been created Earl of Ulster. At this time he was the head of the great house of the De Burghs, and to such a pitch had arrived the feud between them and the Geraldines that, at a meeting during 1264 at Castle Dermond, Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald, assisted by John FitzThomas, afterwards Earl of Kildare, audaciously seized on the persons of the Lord Justice, Richard de Capella, Richard de Burgh, heir apparent of Ulster, of Theobald le Butler, and one of two other great partisans of the family of the de Burghs, and committed them to prison in the castles of Ley and Dunamaise. At length the attention of Henry III was drawn to the disturbed state of his Irish dominions. A Parliament was held at Kilkenny, by whose advice the prisoners detained by the Geraldines were released; and the king, recalling the present Lord Justice, appointed in his place David Barry of the noble family of Barrymore who, curbing the insolent ambition of the Geraldines, restored peace between the two rival houses.41
In 1307 the Irish of Offaly demolished the Castle of Geashell and invested the Castle of Ley, but they were routed and the siege was raised by Edmund le Boteiller and his father-in-law, John FitzGerald.41
One of the great Norman Families to settle in Kildare were the Fitzgeralds. John Fitzthomas, Lord of Offaly, who was created Earl of Kildare in 1316, received a grant of land and established Maynooth as a family seat. The Fitzgeralds steadily increased their wealth and influence with a combination of political cunning and expedient marriages.