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Edmond FitzMaurice

1450 – 1510

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Born
c. 1450
Died
c. 1510

Family

About

Edmond FitzMaurice, eighth Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, married More, a daughter of O'Connor Kerry, one of the Gaelic lordships whose country adjoined his own.

Research notes

✓ DOCUMENTED (Source: Burke's Peerage (modern edn), LANSDOWNE lineage pp.2237-38, re-photographed and read 22 Jul 2026.): EDMOND FITZMAURICE, 8TH BARON OF KERRY AND LIXNAW; m. MORE, dau. of Connor O'Connor of Kerry; d. c. 1510. His heir THOMAS DIED V.P., so the barony passed to his grandson Edmond the 9th (our line); a younger son Gerald's line (Stack and MacAuliffe marriages) collateral. Direct ancestor. Added 22 Jul 2026. ||CP AUDIT 26 Oct 2026|| ✓ CP VII p.207 (CP's 8th Baron): recovered lands in the Desmond palatine court at Dingle 1485; summoned to Greenwich 1489; 'He m. More, da. of Connor O'Connor of Kerry. He d. in 1510' (Four Masters 1510: 'a vessel of wisdom and hospitality', 'Edmond son of Thomas son of Patrick'). Source: Complete Peerage 2nd edn vol. VII (1929), 'Kerry' pp.201-214 (article by J. Brownbill, revised by G.H. Orpen), read 25-26 Oct 2026 (archive.org djvu text).

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