Richard Power
Baron Power
Tenure1535–1539
SuccessorPiers Power, 2nd Baron le Power and Curraghmore
Died10 November 1539
Spouse(s)Catherine Butler
Issue
Detail		Piers, John, & others
FatherPiers Power
MotherA daughter of Gerald FitzGerald of the Decies

Richard Power, 1st Baron Power of Curraghmore (died 1539)

Family tree
Richard Power with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[lower-alpha 1]
Richard
Power
d. 1483		Gerald
FitzGerald
of Decies		James
Butler
d. 1487
of Polestown		Sabh
Kavanagh
Piers
Power		unknown
FitzGerald		Piers
8th Earl
1467–1539		Margaret
FitzGerald
c. 1473 – 1542
Richard
Power
1st Baron
d. 1538}		Catherine
Butler		James
13th Earl of
Desmond
d. 1558
Piers
2nd Baron
1522–1544		John
3rd Baron
c. 1530 – 1592		Eleanor
FitzGerald
Richard
4th Baron
c. 1607		Katharine
de Barry
Legend
XXXSubject of
the article		XXXBarons
Power		XXXEarls of
Ormond		XXXEarls of
Desmond

Birth and origins

Richard was the eldest son of Piers Power and his first wife. His family name is also given as Poer.[5] His father was "lord" of Curraghmore, County Waterford. His father's family is Old English.

His mother, whose first name is unknown, was a daughter of Gerald FitzGerald of Decies (/ˈdeɪʃə/), the second son of James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond, also numbered as the 7th earl, called the "usurper". This second son had been given Decies (see the modern baronies of Decies-within-Drum and Decies-without-Drum) as appanage and thus became the first lord of Decies.[6]

He had three brothers: Piers Power of Brenane, Nicholas Power of Corduff, and William Power, Knight of St. John of Jerusalem; as well as a sister: Ellen, who married Walter Power of Donoyle.[7]

Marriage and Children

Power married Catherine, second daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond.

Richard and Catherine had three sons:

  1. Piers (1522–1544), who succeeded as the 2nd baron but died unmarried[8][9] – for the 2nd Baron
  2. John (1529/30 – 1592), who succeeded as the 3rd baron[8][10] and married Eleanor, 3rd daughter of James FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Desmond.[11]
  3. Thomas of Coolfin[12]

–and two daughters:

  1. Katherine, married Sir Nicholas Devereux of Ballymagir[13]
  2. Elice, married Thomas FitzGerald,[14] father of James fitz Thomas FitzGerald, theSugan Earl.

Baron

Power was created Baron "Le Power and Coroghmore" by a patent dated 13 September 1535.[15]

Death

Power was killed on 10 November 1538 by Connor O'Callaghan during an Irish rebellion.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ This family tree is based on genealogies of the Poer family*[1][2][3] and those of the earls of Ormond.[4]

Citations

  1. ↑ Redmond 1891a, pp. 116–117.
  2. ↑ Redmond 1891b, p. 126–128.
  3. ↑ Redmond 1891c, pp. 150–151.
  4. ↑ Burke & Burke 1915, pp. 1548–1552Genealogy of the earls of Ormond
  5. ↑ Cokayne 1895, p. 285. "He was s. [son] and h. [heir] of Sir Piers Power, or Poer, of Curraghmore [Coroghmore] afsd., by his 1st wife, a da. [daughter] of Gerald Fitz Gerald of the Decies ..."
  6. ↑ Burke 1866, p. 561, right column, line 5. "Gerald FitzGerald, 2nd son of James, Earl of Desmond, was the 1st of the family of Decies ..."
  7. ↑ Redmond 1891a, p. 116, right column, line 48. "By his 1st wife he had, with a daughter Ellen, who married Walter Poer, baron of Donoyle, or of 'Eydmedon' or 'Eylmedon,' four sons:— 1. Sir Richard, his successor to who we shall presently refer at length: 2. Piers Powers of Brenane, 3. Nicholas Power of Corduffe, 4. William Power, Knight of St. John of Jerusalem, living 1514."
  8. 1 2 Burke & Burke 1915, p. 2038, left column, line 7. "1. Piers, his heir. 2. John (Sir), heir to his brother."
  9. ↑ Burke 1879, p. 1300, right column. "Piers, 2nd Lord Power, b. [born] 1522 ..."
  10. ↑ Cokayne 1945, p. 627. "III. 1544 3. John (Power), Baron Le Power and Coroghmore [I. [Ireland] ] styled 'Mor' (the Great), br. [brother] and h. [heir], b. [born] 1529–30."
  11. ↑ Redmond 1891b, p. 126, left column. "... by his wife the Lady Elanour FitzGerald, 3d daughter of James fitzJohn, 14th Earl of Desmond (Lord High Treasurer of Ireland) and sister of Gerald FitzGerald, 15th and last ... "
  12. ↑ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 2038, left column, line 8. "3. Thomas, of Coolfin."
  13. ↑ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 2038, left column, line 9. "1. Katherine, to. Sir Nicholas Devereux, of Ballymagir."
  14. ↑ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 2038, left column, line 10. "2. Elice, m. [married] Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, of the house of Desmond."
  15. ↑ Cokayne 1945, p. 625. "He was cr. [created], 13 Sep. (27 Hen. VIII) 1535, Baron of Le Power and Coroghmore, co. Waterford [I [Ireland] ], in tail male."

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