Ellen fitz Elias
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Ellen fitz Elias was a daughter and heiress, and her marriage to the first Baron of Kerry brought Listowel into the family. Three centuries later a five-year-old descendant of hers would be smuggled out of that same castle during a siege and carried six miles through the woods to a cave. The building stands at both ends of the story.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Source: Burke's Peerage (modern edn), LANSDOWNE lineage pp.2237-38, re-photographed and read 22 Jul 2026.): ELLEN, dau. and HEIRESS of WILLIAM FITZ ELIAS (note-only); 1st wife of the 1st Baron; brought LISTOWEL into the family. Mother of the 2nd Baron (our line). Direct ancestress. Added 22 Jul 2026. ||CP AUDIT 26 Oct 2026|| ✓ CP VII p.203: 'He m., 1stly, Ellen, da. and h. of William FitzElie' (Orpen, Ireland under the Normans iii p.146 citing Plea Roll 68 m.29; William FitzElie occurs 1275-1307). Nicholas the 2nd Baron 's. and h. by 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).