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Edmond FitzMaurice

1485 – 1529

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Born
c. 1485
Died
after 1529

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Edmond FitzMaurice, ninth Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, attended the Dublin Parliament of June 1541 that proclaimed Henry the Eighth King of Ireland, and died five months later while attending the next session. He married Una MacMahon.

Research notes

✓ DOCUMENTED (Source: Burke's Peerage (modern edn), LANSDOWNE lineage pp.2237-38, re-photographed and read 22 Jul 2026.): EDMOND FITZMAURICE, 9TH BARON OF KERRY AND LIXNAW - "attended the Dublin Parl which proclaimed HENRY VIII KING OF IRELAND June 1541 and signed the report to the KING; d while attending the next session of Parl at Limerick Nov 1541". m. 1st UNA MACMAHON (our line - mother of all four sons); m. 2nd Amy, dau. of Turlogh Mac-I-Brien-Ara and widow of the 10th Earl of Desmond (no issue). Sons: Edmond (d.v.p. c. 1540), PATRICK 10th Baron (d. 1542; his boys Edmond 11th and Thomas 12th each d. young 1542/3), GERALD 13th Baron "The Redhaired" (killed 1543, two months after succeeding his own nephew), and THOMAS THE 14TH BARON (our line, I99150) - the 10th-13th all COLLATERAL. Direct ancestor. Added 22 Jul 2026. ||CP AUDIT 26 Oct 2026|| DEATH CORRECTED: the former 'd. Nov 1541 at Limerick' belongs to his ELDEST SON Edmond (CP's 10th Baron, b. c.1514, m. Catherine Zouche of Codnor, d. s.p.m. 1541) - a Burke's conflation. CP VII pp.207-8: this Edmond (CP's 9th) 's. of Thomas and h. of his grandfather Edmond'; m. 1stly Una da. of Teige MacMahon of Corcavasey in Thomond, 2ndly Amy widow of James 10th Earl of Desmond (d. 18 Jun 1529) and da. of Turlogh Mac-I-Brien-Ara; on her death 'he is said to have resigned his title to his eldest son and to have entered the Friary at Ardfert, where he d. and was bur.' (Lodge gives 1543). His heirs were under age in 1533. Our Thomas (I99150) is 'yst. s. of Edmond, 9th Baron, by his 1st wife'. 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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