Genealogy Thrutchley/Anderson/Fitzgerel/Cox/Staley » James Fitz Maurice James Fitz Gerald 10th Earl of Desmond (1495-1529)

Personal data James Fitz Maurice James Fitz Gerald 10th Earl of Desmond 

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Household of James Fitz Maurice James Fitz Gerald 10th Earl of Desmond

(1) He is married to Lady More O'Caerbhaill O'Carroll.

They got married about 1511 at Moyguly Cork Ireland.

They got married in the year 1523 at Ireland, he was 28 years old.

They got married before 1529 at Ireland.

They got married in the year 1533 at Ireland, he was 38 years old.

They got married about 1540.

They got married February 1549, he was 54 years old.

They got married in the year 1554, he was 59 years old.


Child(ren):

  7. Seán FitzGerald  1535-1582
  8. Elice FitzGerald  1537-± 1608


(2) He has/had a relationship with Amy Mac-I-Brien-Ara O'Brien.


Notes about James Fitz Maurice James Fitz Gerald 10th Earl of Desmond

Ever wondered where the Irish phrase “to chance your arm” comes from?

In 1492 two Irish families, the Butlers of Ormonde and the FitzGeralds of Kildare, were involved in a bitter feud. This disagreement centred around the position of Lord Deputy. Both families wanted one of their own to hold the position. In 1492 this tension broke into outright warfare and a small skirmish occurred between the two families just outside the city walls.

The Butlers, realising that the fighting was getting out of control, took refuge in the Chapter House of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. The FitzGeralds followed them into the Cathedral and asked them to come out and make peace. The Butlers, afraid that if they did so they would be slaughtered, refused.

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As a gesture of good faith the head of the Kildare family, Gerald FitzGerald, ordered that a hole be cut in the door. He then thrust his arm through the door and offered his hand in peace to those on the other side. Upon seeing that FitzGerald was willing to risk his arm by putting it through the door the Butlers reasoned that he was serious in his intention. They shook hands through the door, the Butlers emerged from the Chapter House and the two families made peace.

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Today this door is known as the “Door of Reconciliation” and is on display in the Cathedral’s north transept. This story also lives on in a famous expression in Ireland “To chance your arm”.

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
  2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 853.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: TSJ / Ancestry.com
  3. Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com
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Day of death June 18, 1529

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