Patrick FitzMaurice
Vitals
Family
About
Patrick fitz Maurice, sixth Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, was called the Bearded. The surname FitzMaurice, which had until then shifted with each generation in the Gaelic and Norman way, appears to settle permanently in his time. He married a daughter of MacCarthy Mor.
Research notes
✓ DOCUMENTED (Source: Burke's Peerage (modern edn), LANSDOWNE lineage pp.2237-38, re-photographed and read 22 Jul 2026.): PATRICK FITZ MAURICE FITZ JOHN "or FITZMAURICE (this surname seems to have been adopted about now)", 6TH BARON OF KERRY AND LIXNAW, called "THE BEARDED"; composed a quarrel with his cousin the Earl of Desmond May 1421 over rights in Kerry, "the agreement on the whole favouring the Earl"; m. c. 27 Mar 1422 his cousin CATHERINE MACCARTHY; younger son Edmond killed 1446. THE SURNAME FITZMAURICE FIXES HERE. Direct ancestor. Added 22 Jul 2026.