John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond
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Who is John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond?
John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond was the grandson of Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan. He was the founder of the Desmond line of the FitzGerald dynasty and ancestor of the powerful Earls of Desmond, as well as other dynasties, including the modern Knights of Kerry and former Knights of Glin. The other extinct Desmond Geraldines are the Lords of Decies and the White Knights.
He and his son Maurice FitzJohn FitzGerald perished at the Battle of Callann in 1261, fighting against Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, King of Desmond.
They were succeeded by the son of Maurice, Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond.
The FitzMaurice Barons and later Earls of Kerry continue in the male line with the current Petty-FitzMaurice Marquesses of Lansdowne, but they descend from the 1st Baron Desmond's nephew, Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Baron of Kerry, son of his brother Maurice FitzThomas. Thus in fact they represent a "sister" branch to the FitzGeralds of Desmond.
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