John de Courcy, 21st Baron Kingsale

John de Courcy
Baron Kingsale
Tenure	1663–1667
Predecessor	Patrick de Courcy, 20th Baron Kingsale
Successor	Patrick, 22nd Baron (a child)
Died	19 May 1667
Spouse(s)	Ellen MacCarthy Reagh
Issue Detail	Patrick, Almeric, & others
Father	Patrick de Courcy, 20th Baron Kingsale
Mother	Mary 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. 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 XXX Subject of the article XXX Baron 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 or the 15th). 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. Her eldest sister, Helen (or Ellen) was the wife of his uncle Gerald, the 19th Baron Kingsale. 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.

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: John (d. 1667) Edmund died without issue Miles, married Elizabeth Sadleir and was father of Gerard de Courcy, 24th Baron Kingsale. Gerald, died without issue

John's known sisters
Alice, married Dermod MacCarthy of Anglish Elizabeth, married David Sarsfield, 3rd Viscount Sarsfield Margaret, married Phillip Barry Oge

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.

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

21st Baron

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

Death

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

Notes and references

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