Lettice Digby, Baroness na farko

**Lettice FitzGerald, Baroness ta 1st Offaly** (kimanin 1580)  &#x2013; 1 ga Disamba 1658) ta kasance mace mai daraja 'yar Ireland kuma memba ce a daular FitzGerald . Duk da cewa ta zama magajin janar ga Earls na Kildare bayan mutuwar mahaifinta,  maimakon haka, sarautar ta koma ga magajin FitzGerald na gaba lokacin da kakanta, Earl na 11 na Kildare, ya mutu a 1585. A 1620, Sarki James na I na Ingila ya ƙirƙira ta *suo jure* Baroness Offaly.

Ita ce matar Sir Robert Digby, wani fitaccen ɗan ƙasar Ingila wanda ta haifi 'ya'ya goma da shi. Ma'aurata ne da aka san su da yin shari'a, waɗanda suka shafe shekaru da yawa suna neman haƙƙinsu a gaban kotu da yawa, kuma sun shirya tsaf don zargin ko da danginsu na kusa da su da aikata ba daidai ba. &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup>

A farkon shekarar 1642, kimanin shekaru sittin da biyu, rundunar 'yan tawaye daga dangin O'Dempsey ta kewaye fadar Geashill ; ta sami damar ci gaba da fafatawa da su har zuwa Oktoba 1642.  An bayyana tsaronta a matsayin "wani abu mafi kwarin gwiwa a tarihin Tawayen Irish na 1641 ". 

== Iyali ==
An haifi Lettice a kusan shekara ta 1580, ɗa ɗaya tilo kuma magajin Gerald FitzGerald, Lord Offaly, ta hannun Catherine Knollys, wacce ƙaramar 'yar Catherine Carey ce da Sir Francis Knollys . Kakar Lettice ta wajen uwa ita ce Mary Boleyn, babbar 'yar'uwar Anne Boleyn, matar Sarki Henry na VIII na Ingila, wacce ta kasance mai son Mary kafin aurenta da Anne kuma wataƙila mahaifin 'yarta Catherine. Kakannin kakanninta na uba su ne Gerald FitzGerald, Earl na 11 na Kildare da Mabel Browne . Ɗaya daga cikin goggonta, kuma wacce aka sanya mata suna a bayanta, ita ce Lettice Knollys, babbar abokiyar hamayyar Sarauniya Elizabeth ta Ɗaya, wacce kuma 'yar'uwar dangin Knollys ce.

Mahaifinta ya mutu a watan Yunin 1580, kusan lokacin haihuwarta, don haka Lettice ba ta san shi ba. Yana da shekaru goma sha tara. Bayan rasuwarsa, Lettice ta zama magajin janar na Earls na Kildare; duk da haka, mulkin ya koma ga kawunta, Henry . Mahaifiyarta ta biyu ta auri [[Sir Philip Butler]], amma ba a san ko tana da ƙarin 'ya'ya ba.

== Aure da batun ==
A ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1598, lokacin tana da shekaru kusan goma sha takwas, Lettice ta auri Sir Robert Digby (1574 - 24 ga Mayu 1618), wani fitaccen ɗan kasuwa na Coleshill, Warwickshire, wanda ɗan'uwansa John Digby, Earl na 1 na Bristol . Ma'auratan sun zauna a Ireland inda Sir Robert ya riƙe mukamin ɗan majalisar wakilai na Athy, Gundumar Kildare a 1613.

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== ''Digby da Earl na Kildare'' ==
Lettice da mijinta sun kasance masu taka tsantsan wajen tabbatar da haƙƙinsu na shari'a, kuma suna da ƙorafi na dogon lokaci game da korarta daga gadon Kildare. Zuwa shekarar 1602, sun tattara shaidu masu yawa cewa takardar da kakanta ya yi, wadda ta biya kuɗin ga magada maza kawai, wataƙila kakarta Mabel, Dowager Countess ta Kildare, wacce har yanzu tana raye, ta ƙirƙira ko ta yi mata ɓarna. Diggys sun shigar da ƙara a kan Mabel da kuma ɗan uwan Lettice, Earl na 14 na Kildare, suna zargin cewa an kwace mata gadon Lettice ta hanyar zamba.  Lord Kildare ya shigar da ƙarar martani, yana mai jayayya, ba zato ba tsammani, cewa matakin makirci ne tsakanin Lettice da Mabel don kwace masa kadarorinsa. 

Mabel ta yarda ta canza takardar, amma ta ɗora alhakin duk wani laifi a kan [[Barrister|lauyanta]], Henry Burnell, wanda aka la'anci saboda rashin da'a ta ƙwararru kuma aka ci shi tara. Karar, wadda ta shahara sosai, ta daɗe fiye da shekaru goma, tare da zaman sauraren ƙara a kotuna da dama a London da Dublin. A wani lokaci, Mataimakin Shugaban Ireland, Sir Arthur Chichester, ya koka da cewa a cikin sharuɗɗa biyu na doka , Kotun Castle Chamber ba ta iya magance wata matsala ba, saboda ta shagaltu da shari'ar Kildare (wanda wataƙila bai kamata ta saurara ba kwata-kwata, tunda a ka'ida, Castle Chamber tana kula da shari'o'in da suka shafi tsaron jama'a ne kawai). Digbys sun ci gaba da shari'ar da ƙuduri mai ƙarfi: ko da bayan mutuwar Kildare a 1612, shari'ar ta ci gaba da kan bazawararsa da ɗansa ƙarami. Daga ƙarshe, an shawo kan ɓangarorin su sasanta bambance-bambancensu ta hanyar sulhu . 

== Baroness Offaly ==
A matsayinta na 'yar kuma magajiyar ɗan fari na Earl na Kildare na 11, an da'awar ƙabilar Offaly a madadinta tun tana ƙarama; a shekara ta 1599, ta karɓi laƙabin **Baroness Offaly** .  An bayyana Lettice a matsayin wacce ta yi aiki tuƙuru a fannin sasantawa,  kuma wannan ƙwarewar ta samu nasara lokacin da a ƙarshe, a ranar 29 ga Yuli, 1620, bayan shekaru da aka yi ana takaddama, Sarki James na Ɗaya ya ba ta laƙabin ''suo jure'' na 1st Baroness Offaly har abada. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D;

An yi wannan a ƙarƙashin Babban Hatimin Ingila, kuma Sarki ya kuma saka mata filayen Killeagh, da yankin Geashill da ke gundumar King's, Ireland. Geashill ita ce sadakinta da ta kawo wa dangin Digby a lokacin aurenta. Mijinta ya mutu a watan Mayu na 1618. A ranar da aka yi bikin aurenta da Baroness Offaly, an naɗa ɗanta na fari Robert Baron Digby . &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

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