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John FitzThomas of Desmond
d. 1261
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1261
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John FitzThomas, lord of Decies and Desmond, founded the Dominican priory at Tralee and fell with his son at the battle of Callann against the MacCarthys, and was buried in his own foundation.
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✓ JOHN FitzTHOMAS FITZGERALD, Lord of DECIES and DESMOND (killed at CALLANN 1261, bur. Tralee, his foundation); m. Margery, da. and h. of Thomas FitzAnthony (note-only - she brought Decies); father of Thomas (our line). Source: CP 'Fermoy' pp.327 + the standard Desmond succession (numbering follows identity; the earls' ordinals vary between authorities because of the 1462 usurpation); contested rungs note-only.