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16th-century woodcut of Silken Thomas's attack on Dublin Castle. Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (1513 – 3 February 1537), also known as Silken Thomas (Irish: Tomás an tSíoda), was a leading figure in 16th-century Irish history.
Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th earl of Kildare was the leader of a major Irish rebellion against King Henry VIII of England. The failure of the uprising ended the Fitzgerald family’s hereditary viceroyalty of Ireland and led to the tightening of English control over the country. When his father, the Irish.
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The tenth Earl, Thomas FitzGerald, known as Silken Thomas, was attained and his honours were forfeit in February 1537, when Silken Thomas and his five uncles were executed at Tyburn. The earldom was under attainder since May 1536; Thomas’s half-brother and only male heir, Gerald FitzGerald, was created Earl of Kildare in the Peerage of ...
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FitzGerald, Thomas (‘Silken Thomas’) (1513–37), 10th earl of Kildare , magnate and rebel, was the only son of Gerald FitzGerald (qv) (1487–1534), 9th earl of Kildare, lord deputy of Ireland, and his first wife, Elizabeth (d. 1517), daughter of Sir John Zouche of Codnor, Derbyshire, and his wife, Elizabeth St John of Beltso.
May 23, 2018 · views 1,452,996 updated 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.
Jun 10, 2023 · By 1537, the rebellion failed and Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare was hanged, age 23, at Tyburn (London) along with 5 of his uncles for crimes of rebellion against Henry VIII. His body was buried in the priory of the Crutched Friars situated on Tower Hill. He died without issue. [2]
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (died 1537), "Silken Thomas", eldest son of the 9th earl, led an insurrection in Ireland and his honours were forfeit, and he died unmarried Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1525–1585), the "Wizard Earl", second son of the 9th earl, was given a new creation in 1554, then restored to his brother ...
