John de Courcy, 21st Baron Kingsale

Irish baron (died 1667)

John de Courcy
Baron Kingsale
Tenure1663–1667
PredecessorPatrick de Courcy, 20th Baron Kingsale
SuccessorPatrick, 22nd Baron (a child)
Died19 May 1667
Spouse(s)Ellen MacCarthy Reagh
Issue
Detail		Patrick, Almeric, & others
FatherPatrick de Courcy, 20th Baron Kingsale
MotherMary FitzGerald

John de Courcy, 21st Baron Kingsale (died 1667) sat in the House of Lords of the Irish Parliament of 1661–1666.

Birth and origins

Family tree
John de Courcy with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[a]
John
de Courcy
18th Baron
d. 1628		Mary
O'Crowly
Gerald
de Courcy
19th Baron
d. c. 1642		Patrick
de Courcy
20st Baron
d. 1663		Mary
FitzGerald		David
de Courcy
John
de Courcy
21st Baron
d. 1667		Ellen
MacCarthy
Reagh		Miles
de Courcy		Elizabeth
Sadleir		Anthony
de Courcy
d. 1727
Patrick
de Courcy
22nd Baron
Kingsale
1660–1669		Almeric
de Courcy
23rd Baron
Kingsale
1664–1720		Anne
Dring
d. 1724		Gerald
de Courcy
24th Baron
1700–1759		Miles
de Courcy
John
de Courcy
25th Baron
1717–1776		Martha
Heron
Legend
XXXSubject of
the article		XXXBaron
Kingsale

John was born the eldest son of Patrick de Courcy and Mary FitzGerald. His father was the 20th Baron Kingsale (also counted as the 19th[5] or the 15th[6]). His father's family, the de Courcys, were Old English and claimed descendence from John de Courcy, who had arrived in Ireland in 1176.

His mother was a daughter of John Oge FitzGerald of Dromana.[7] Her eldest sister, Helen (or Ellen) was the wife of his uncle Gerald, the 19th Baron Kingsale.[8] The FitzGeralds of Dromana were Old English like the de Courcys. They were a cadet branch of the FitzGeralds of Desmond that started when Gerald FitzGerald, the second son of James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond (d. 1462) was given Dromana as an appanage.[9]

His parents married when his father was already 48 years old but had 23 children. However, only seven seem to be known by name.

John listed among his known brothers
He was the eldest of four known brothers:
  1. John (d. 1667)
  2. Edmund died without issue[10]
  3. Miles, married Elizabeth Sadleir and was father of Gerard de Courcy, 24th Baron Kingsale.[11]
  4. Gerald, died without issue[12]
John's known sisters
  1. Alice, married Dermod MacCarthy of Anglish[13]
  2. Elizabeth, married David Sarsfield, 3rd Viscount Sarsfield[14]
  3. Margaret, married Phillip Barry Oge[15]

Early life

His father was Baron Kingsale from about 1642 to 1663, during the 11 years of war that followed the Irish Rebellion of 1641, then through the eight years of Cromwellian rule in Ireland, and last through the Restoration.

Marriage and children

De Courcy married Ellen, daughter of Charles MacCarthy Reagh of Kilbrittain and granddaughter of Donal MacCarthy Reagh of Kilbrittain.[16]

John and Ellen had three sons:

  1. Patrick (1660–1669), succeeded as the 22nd Baron
  2. Almeric (1664–1720), succeeded as the 23rd Baron
  3. William

—and at least one daughter:

  1. Ellen, married Sir John Magrath, 3rd Baronet[17][18]

21st Baron

John succeeded his father in 1663 as the 21st Baron Kingsale.[16] He took his seat in the Irish House of Lords as Lord Kingsale on 9 November 1665.[19]

Death

Kingsale died of smallpox on 19 May 1667.[20] He was succeeded by his eldest son Patrick aged seven.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ This family tree is based on a tree of the later barons Kingsale[1] and on genealogies of the de Courcy family[2][3][4]

Citations

  1. ^ Cokayne 1892, p. 398.
  2. ^ Lodge 1789, pp. 132–159.
  3. ^ Cokayne 1929, pp. 279–293.
  4. ^ O'Hart 1892, p. 537.
  5. ^ Cokayne 1892, p. 395, bottom. "XIX, or XX. 19 or 20. Patrick (de Courcy), Baron Kingsale ..."
  6. ^ Cokayne 1929, p. 286. "XV. 1642 15. Patrick (de Courcy)"
  7. ^ Burke 1866, p. 561, right column, line 54. "Sir John Oge FitzGerald, of Dromana, knighted ... I. Ellen. ... V. Mary."
  8. ^ Cokayne 1892, p. 395, line 14. "Gerald ... he m. [married] Helen, 1st da. [daughter] of Sir John FitzGerald of Dromana, co. Waterford."
  9. ^ Burke 1866, p. 204, right column. "II. Sir Gerald More FitzGerald, ancestor of the FitzGeralds of Dromana, co. Waterford, Lords of Decies"
  10. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1152, right column, line 29. "2. Edmund, d.s.p."
  11. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1152, right column, line 30. "3. Miles, married Elizabeth, youngest daughter and eventually sole heir of Anthony Sadleir ... and had a son Gerald, 24th baron."
  12. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1152, right column, line 33. "4. Gerald, d.s.p."
  13. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1152, right column, line 34. "1. Alice, m. [married] Dermod Macarthy of Anglish."
  14. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1152, right column, line 35. "2. Elizabeth, m. [married] David, Viscount Killmallock."
  15. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1152, right column, line 36. "3. Margaret, m. [married] David, Philip Barry Oge."
  16. ^ a b Cokayne 1892, p. 396, line 1. "XX, or XXI. 20 or 21. John (de Courcy), Baron Kingsale, &c. [I. [Ireland] ], s. [son] and h. [heir] ... He m. [married] Ellen 1st da. [daughter] of Charles Mc Carthy Reagh, by Eleanor, sister of Donogh, 1st Earl of Clancarty [I. [Ireland] ] and da. of Cormac Oge (Mc Carthy) 1st Viscount Muskerry [I. [Ireland] ]"
  17. ^ D'Alton 1855, p. 145. "One of these sisters, Ellen, was married to Sir John Magrath, of Attivolan, County of Tipperary, who was created a Baron under singular circumstances ..."
  18. ^ Cokayne 1902, p. 260. "He [John Magrath] m. [married] Ellen sister of Patrick and Almericus, successively barons Kingsale ..."
  19. ^ Cokayne 1892, p. 396, line 2. "Took his seat in Parl. [I.[Ireland] ] 9 Nov. 1665."
  20. ^ Lainé 1836, p. 95, line 4. "III. Ellen Mac-Carthy, mariée à Jean de Courcy, baron de Kinsale, mort de la petite vérole, le 19 mai 1667."

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Patrick de Courcy
 Baron Kingsale
1663–1667 		Succeeded by
Patrick de Courcy