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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.
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- Title forfeited
- 1534–1537
- Gerald FitzGerald
Mar 19, 2024 · 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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Following Gerald FitzGerald's death in the Tower of London on 2 September, Thomas succeeded as 10th earl. His father's demise crystallised Thomas's realisation that the possibility of compromise had been eliminated, and Henry VIII was now determined to crush the revolt.
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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.
FitzGerald, Thomas, 10th Earl of Kildare, son of the 9th Earl, commonly known as "Silken Thomas," was born in England in 1513. In 1534, then bearing the title of Lord Offaly, he was appointed Vice-Deputy by his father. He was brave, open, and generous, but wanting in discretion.
May 9, 2014 · 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.
Thomas Fitzgerald, Lord Offaly, tenth earl of Kildare (1513–1537), leader of the Kildare rebellion (1534–1535), was born in London and spent much of his youth in England.
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