Patrick FitzMaurice
1541 – 1600
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Patrick FitzMaurice, fifteenth Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, was born about 1541 and married Jane Roche, a daughter of the fifth Lord Roche of Fermoy. He died in August 1600, in the middle of the war that would see his grandson carried out of Listowel Castle as a child.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Burke's LANSDOWNE lineage p.2238): PATRICK FITZMAURICE, 15TH BARON OF KERRY AND LIXNAW; b. c. 1541; m. JANE ROCHE, dau. of David, 5th Lord Roche of Fermoy; d. 12 Aug 1600. (He and his son Thomas were the 1600-03 rebels pardoned in 1603.) Per Bourke (JCHAS 26, 1920): in the final ruin of the rebellion his seat of Lixnaw was taken, he became a fugitive, and 'was so dismayed by the ruin of his fortunes that he died broken-hearted in August of that year' - matching the documented 12 Aug 1600. Direct ancestor. Added 21 Jul 2026. ||CP AUDIT 26 Oct 2026|| ✓ CP VII p.211 (CP's 16th Baron): b. about 1541, educated at the courts of Mary and Elizabeth; rebel 1580, escaped Limerick Castle 1581, in Spain 1582, prisoner in Dublin Castle 1587-90; 'He m. Jane, da. of David (Roche), Lord Fermoy. He d. (in rebellion) 12 Aug. 1600, at Downlogh', bur. Grey Friary of Muckross; 'His wife survived him' (Juane, lady of Lixnaw, pardoned Nov 1602). 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).