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Peerage Record – 19077

James FitzThomas FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond1

Male, Registry Number #190761, b. circa 1459, d. 7 December 1487

Last Edited=7 Feb 2015
Consanguinity Index=1.61%
     James FitzThomas FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond was born circa 1459.1 He was the son of Thomas FitzJames FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond and Ellice Barry.1 He married Margaret O’Brien, daughter of Teige O’Brien, Prince of Thomond, before 1487. He died on 7 December 1487.1
     He gained the title of 8th Earl of Desmond.

Children of James FitzThomas FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond and Margaret O’Brien

Citations:
  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 248. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. [S47] BIFR1976 page 417. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
  3. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2034. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Margaret O’Brien1

Female, Registry Number #190762

Last Edited=7 Feb 2015
     Margaret O’Brien was the daughter of Teige O’Brien, Prince of Thomond.1 She married James FitzThomas FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond, son of Thomas FitzJames FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond and Ellice Barry, before 1487.
     Her married name became FitzGerald.1

Children of Margaret O’Brien and James FitzThomas FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond

Citations:
  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 248. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. [S47] BIFR1976 page 417. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
  3. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2034. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Edmund Butler, 2nd Baron Caher1

Male, Registry Number #190763, d. 1560

Last Edited=1 Jul 2006
Consanguinity Index=0.91%
     Edmund Butler, 2nd Baron Caher was the son of Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Caher and Lady Eleanor Butler.1 He married unknown daughter FitzGerald, daughter of James FitzJohn FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Desmond.1 He died in 1560, without issue.1
     He joined the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl of Susex, in an expedition agianst Limerick.1 He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Caher, co. Tipperary [I., 1543] in 1558.1
     On his death, his barony fell into abeyance between his two aunts.1
Citations:
  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 465. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Maurice ‘Oge’ Fitzgibbon, 7th White Knight1

Male, Registry Number #190764, d. after 1530

Last Edited=12 Jul 2015
Consanguinity Index=0.0%
     Maurice ‘Oge’ Fitzgibbon, 7th White Knight was the son of Maurice ‘Mor’ FitzGibbon, 6th White Knight and Ellice Barry.2 He married unknown wife (?) circa 1629.1 He died after 1530.3
     He lived at Michelstown, County Cork, IrelandG.3

Child of Maurice ‘Oge’ Fitzgibbon, 7th White Knight

Child of Maurice ‘Oge’ Fitzgibbon, 7th White Knight and unknown wife (?)

Citations:
  1. [S47] BIFR1976 page 429. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
  2. [S47] BIFR1976. [S47]
  3. [S133] Unknown, Pedigree Showing the Descent of the Family of King-Tenison from The White Knight (not published).
  4. [S37] BP2003 See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Maurice FitzGibbon, 8th White Knight1

Male, Registry Number #190765, d. after 1543

Last Edited=13 Feb 2011
     Maurice FitzGibbon, 8th White Knight was the son of Maurice ‘Oge’ Fitzgibbon, 7th White Knight and unknown wife (?)1,2 He married unknown Butler.2 He died after 1543.1

Child of Maurice FitzGibbon, 8th White Knight and unknown Butler

Citations:
  1. [S133] Unknown, Pedigree Showing the Descent of the Family of King-Tenison from The White Knight (not published).
  2. [S47] BIFR1976 page 429. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
  3. [S47] BIFR1976. [S47]

Margaret O’Brien1

Female, Registry Number #190766

Last Edited=8 May 2006
     Margaret O’Brien married John FitzGibbon, 5th White Knight, son of Maurice FitzGibbon, 4th White Knight and unknown daughter MacDermot.
     Her married name became FitzGibbon.1

Child of Margaret O’Brien and John FitzGibbon, 5th White Knight

Citations:
  1. [S133] Unknown, Pedigree Showing the Descent of the Family of King-Tenison from The White Knight (not published).

unknown daughter MacDermot1,2

Female, Registry Number #190767

Last Edited=13 Feb 2011
     unknown daughter MacDermot is the daughter of Cormac MacDermot.1 She married Maurice FitzGibbon, 4th White Knight, son of John FitzGibbon, 3rd White Knight and Isabella Butler.
     Her married name became FitzGibbon.1

Child of unknown daughter MacDermot and Maurice FitzGibbon, 4th White Knight

Citations:
  1. [S133] Unknown, Pedigree Showing the Descent of the Family of King-Tenison from The White Knight (not published).
  2. [S47] BIFR1976 page 429. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]

Cormac MacDermot1,2

Male, Registry Number #190768

Last Edited=13 Feb 2011
     ‘a great lord of the Clan Cartyes.2‘

Child of Cormac MacDermot

Citations:
  1. [S133] Unknown, Pedigree Showing the Descent of the Family of King-Tenison from The White Knight (not published).
  2. [S47] BIFR1976 page 429. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]

Isabella Butler1

Female, Registry Number #190769

Last Edited=13 Feb 2011
     Isabella Butler married John FitzGibbon, 3rd White Knight, son of David FitzGibbon, 2nd White Knight and unknown daughter de Wygornia.2
     Her married name became FitzGibbon.1

Child of Isabella Butler and John FitzGibbon, 3rd White Knight

Citations:
  1. [S133] Unknown, Pedigree Showing the Descent of the Family of King-Tenison from The White Knight (not published).
  2. [S47] BIFR1976 page 429. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]

Maurice Fitzgibbon1

Male, Registry Number #190770

Last Edited=13 Feb 2011
     Maurice Fitzgibbon is the son of Maurice FitzGibbon, 1st White Knight and Katharine Bruce.2 He married unknown daughter Bourke.1
     He was ancestor of ‘The Old Knight’s Sept’ (Mac an Sean Ridire.)1 He went on a pilgrimage (to fight the Turks), leaving his estates to his brother David.2 Maurice Fitzgibbon also went by the nick-name of ‘The Old Knight’.2
Citations:
  1. [S47] BIFR1976 page 429. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
  2. [S133] Unknown, Pedigree Showing the Descent of the Family of King-Tenison from The White Knight (not published).

 

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