Silken Thomas

E397585

Irish nobleman historical figure rebel leader

Silken Thomas was an Irish nobleman best known for leading a major 1534 rebellion against English rule in Ireland.

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Label	Occurrences
Silken Thomas canonical	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish nobleman ⓘ historical figure ⓘ rebel leader ⓘ
accusedOf	treason against the English Crown ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Thomas FitzGerald ⓘ Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare ⓘ surface form: Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare Tomás Mac Gearailt ⓘ
associatedWithLocation	County Kildare ⓘ Maynooth Castle ⓘ
capturedIn	1535 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	hanging, drawing and quartering ⓘ
conflict	Kildare Rebellion ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1513 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1537-02-03 ⓘ
era	Tudor period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Anglo-Irish ⓘ
executedUnder	reign of Henry VIII ⓘ
father	Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare ⓘ
givenName	Thomas ⓘ
hasNoIssue	true ⓘ
historicalPeriod	16th century ⓘ
imprisonedAt	Tower of London ⓘ
knownFor	leading a major 1534 rebellion against English rule in Ireland ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	execution ⓘ
memberOfNobleFamily	FitzGerald family ⓘ surface form: FitzGerald dynasty House of Kildare ⓘ
mother	Elizabeth Zouche ⓘ
nobleTitle	10th Earl of Kildare ⓘ
notableEvent	publicly renounced allegiance to Henry VIII in Dublin in 1534 ⓘ
notableWork	Kildare Rebellion ⓘ surface form: Kildare Rebellion of 1534–1535
opponent	Kingdom of England ⓘ surface form: English Crown Henry VIII of England ⓘ
placeOfBirth	County Kildare ⓘ Ireland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Kingdom of England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Tyburn gallows ⓘ surface form: Tyburn
politicalAlignment	Gaelic Irish and Old English interests in Ireland ⓘ
precededBy	Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare ⓘ
reasonForNickname	wore richly silken fringes on his helmet and the helmets of his retainers ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
succeededBy	Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Lord Leonard Grey ⓘ
titleHeldFrom	Deputy Governor of Ireland (acting) in 1534 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl of Kildare → associatedPerson → Silken Thomas ⓘ

House of Kildare → associatedFigure → Silken Thomas ⓘ

Kildare Rebellion → leader → Silken Thomas ⓘ

Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare → alsoKnownAs → Silken Thomas ⓘ