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Thomas Fitzgerald led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British Crown in Ireland in 1534. He was the 10th Earl of Kildare but was widely known as ‘Silken Thomas’ because of the silk he and his soldiers wore on their helmets. He came to prominence when his father, Gerald FitzGerald, the 9th Earl of Kildare and Lord Deputy of Ireland, was ...
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 14716494. Source citation. 9th Earl of Kildare. The son of Gerald Garret Mor Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and Alison FitzEustace. He was appointed Lord High Treasurer of Ireland in 1504 and served three terms as Lord Deputy. Suspected of disloyalty and corruption, he was made a prisoner in the Tower of London.
In 1534, Silken Thomas FitzGerald flung down his Sword of State and renounced his allegiance to Henry VIII. This was the opening gambit of a rebellion in which FitzGerald attempted to capture Dublin Castle, only to be executed in London, along with five of his uncles, on what was possibly the blackest day in the long, epic history of the ...
An account of the revolt of Thomas Fitzgerald (Silken Thomas) against the English crown, from An Illustrated History of Ireland, 1868, by Sister Mary Frances Clare (Margaret Anne Cusack), The Nun of Kenmare, with illustrations by Henry Doyle
May 23, 2018 · Fitzgerald, Thomas, 10th earl of Kildare [I] (1513–37). In 1534 Fitzgerald's father, the 9th earl, was recalled as lord deputy to England and imprisoned in the Tower in disgrace. Fitzgerald, then Lord Offaly, had been appointed deputy by his father. He began with a show of defiance to Henry VIII which developed into open revolt, declaring ...
Feb 2, 2017 · FitzGerald now had to go or suffer the consequences. He decided that in his absence, he would leave his now 21 year old son, Thomas, in charge and named him as the Deputy Governor of Ireland, to serve in his absence. FitzGerald was taken to the Tower in June 1534. This is when it all kicked off for Silken Thomas.
Feb 3, 2020 · 3 February – Silken Thomas. On this day in Tudor history, 3rd February 1537, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (known as Silken Thomas), his five uncles and Sir John Burnell, were executed as traitors at Tyburn in London. What led these men to these awful ends and why was Thomas known as "Silken Thomas".
