Edmund Fitzgibbon (1552?-1608) was an Irish nobleman of the Fitzgerald dynasty, who inherited the Anglo-Norman title of the White Knight and struggled to maintain his loyalty to the crown during the reign of Queen Elizabeth of England. The term White knight can have several meanings. ...

Loss of Ancestral Lands

Fitzgibbon was the son of John Óg Fitzgerald (alias Fitzgibbon) and Ellen Condon. His father was attainted by statute of the Irish parliament in 1571, and much of Fitzgibbon's subsequent conduct stemmed from his desire to recover the family properties in the province of Munster. Following the first of the Desmond Rebellions he accompanied the rebel James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald to France in March 1575 and returned to Ireland in July. In the following year he leased a large portion of the ancestral lands that had fallen to the crown; these he surrendered in 1579 in return for a fresh lease, which included those same lands as well as lands that had reverted to the crown on his mother's death. For other places with the same or similar names, and other uses of the word, see Munster (disambiguation). ... The Desmond Rebellions occurred in the 1560s, 1570s and 1580s in Munster in southern Ireland. ... James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald, a member of the sixteenth century ruling Geraldine dynasty in the province of Munster in Ireland, rebelled against the crown authority of Queen Elizabeth I of England in response to the onset of the Tudor re-conquest of Ireland and was deemed an archtraitor. ...

Tudor Loyalty

In later years, the government councillor, Sir Henry Wallop, voiced his resentment at the denial of these lands to the plantation of Munster, which was established after the second of the Desmond rebellions and the attainder of Gerald Fitzgerald, 15th Earl of Desmond. Fitzgibbon was regularly traduced by government officials, and his hereditary enemy Lord Roche accused him of complicity in the late rebellion. He found himself under pressure to display unquestioning loyalty to a crown authority that was unpopular amongst his followers, and he struggled in these trying circumstances. Sir Henry Wallop (c. ... // Forestry plantations A plantation of Douglas-fir in Washington, USA; note the trees of uniform size and planted in straight lines, and the lack of diversity in the ground flora In forestry, plantations of trees are typically grown as an even-aged monoculture for timber production, as opposed to a... Gerald Fitzgerald, 15th Earl of Desmond (c. ...

In 1584, he accompanied the lord deputy, Sir John Perrot, on the government's campaign in Ulster against Sorley Boy MacDonnell, and was commended for his valour after receiving a wound. In April 1587, after Perrot's departure for England, Fitzgibbon was arrested by the government; the advice of Sir Anthony St Leger, to make him, "shorter by the length of his head" was not taken, and in 1589 he was released on heavy recognizances. On balance, he showed some skill in maintaining his loyalty over a long period and, during a visit to England in 1590, he won a grant in tail male of the ancestral lands. Sir John Perrot (c. ... Somhairle Buidh Mac Domhnaill (Charles of the Yellow Hair, son of Donnell) anglicised Sorley Boy MacDonnell (in Scotland, MacDonald) (c. ... Anthony St Leger is the name of at least two people, including: Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland) (1496-1559) Anthony St Leger (soldier), also MP for Grimsby and Governor of Saint Lucia (1731-1786) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might...

In 1596 Fitzgibbon was appointed sheriff of County Cork, in which office he fulfilled his duties satisfactorily. There were suspicions of his complicity with the rebel Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, during the Nine Years War, but he submitted unconditionally to Sir George Thornton in May 1600 and blamed his folly on his son, John, who had joined the crown's enemies. The queen's secretary, Sir Robert Cecil, advised the president of Munster, Sir George Carew to take good pledges of Fitzgibbon, "for, it is said, you will be cozened by him at last". During this period he is said to have virtually obliterated the cathedral at Lismore. Doubts about his loyalty were raised at the highest point of the war, when he failed to capture the Súgan Earl of Desmond as the rebel pretender passed through Fitzgibbon's territory in May 1601, but Carew was happy enough with his conduct after that. He did at last manage to capture the Súgan in caves near Mitchelstown, and in reward was promised by the queen the full restoration by act of parliament of his lands and lineage. County Cork (Contae Chorcaí in Irish) is the most southwesterly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. ... Hugh ONeill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone (c. ... The Nine Years War (also known as the War of the League of Augsburg, the War of the Grand Alliance, the Orleans War, the War of the Palatinian Succession, and the War of the English Succession) was a major war fought in Europe and America from 1688 to 1697, between... Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (June 1, 1563 -May 24, 1612), son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and half-brother of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, statesman, spymaster and minister to Elizabeth I of England and James I of England. ... George Carew (d. ... Lismore can refer to any of the following places: Lismore, Scotland, an island in Scotland Lismore, New South Wales, a city in Australia Lismore, a town in County Waterford, Ireland Lismore, Minnesota, a city located in Nobles County, Minnesota. ... The title of Earl of Desmond has been held historically by lords in Ireland, first as a title outside of the peerage system and later as part of the English-controlled Peerage of Ireland. ...

Stuart Loyalty

Matters did not become easy for Fitzgibbon. In 1606, he was committed to gaol on suspicion of diloyalty, but was released upon his promise to do service against the rebels. King James I made him Baron of Clangibbon, but he died at Castletown on the 23rd of April 1608, without statutory confirmation of his lands and titles. It was the day after the death of his son, Maurice, and they were buried together after lying a week in the church of Kilbeny in Kilmallock. See James VI of Scotland and I of England James I of Scotland James I of Aragon James I of Sicily James I of Cyprus This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Legacy

Fitzgibbon married Joan Tobyn, daughter of the Lord of Cumshionagh in County Tipperary, by whom he had two sons and four daughters; he then married Joan, daughter of Lord Muskerry, by whom he had two sons, who died young. He was succeeded in his estates by his grandson, Maurice. County Tipperary (Tiobraid Árann in Irish) is a traditional county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. ...