Facts: - issue: maurice fitzgerald - title: earl of desmond - resting place: youghal - successor: john james fitzgerald , de jure 12th earl of desmond fitzgerald , de facto 12th earl of desmond - spouse: katherine fitzgerald - predecessor: james fitzmaurice fitzgerald - death date: 1534 - tenure: 1529-1534 - birth date: 1454 - name: thomas fitzgerald - nationality: hiberno-norman - parents: thomas fitzjames fitzgerald ellice de barry - death place: rathkeale Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thomas fitzgerald , 11th earl of desmond .
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thomas fitzgerald , 11th earl of desmond -lrb- 1454 - 1534 -rrb- was the uncle of james fitzgerald , 10th earl of desmond .alfred webb tells us of this earl that : '' succeeded on his nephew 's death in 1529 .he was known as thomas the bald and thomas the victorious .' far-famed was he in feats of arms ; in nine battles did he win the palm of victory ... another subject for congratulation had this earl -- the two lords of muskerry fell beneath his sword . '-lsb- 147a lodge tells us that ' the king without hesitation established him in the earldom , merely endeavouring with friendly phrases to induce him to send his grandson and heir to his majesty 's court ; which , with phrases equally amiable , the earl showed the impossibility of his doing . 'eventually embarrassments attendant on the question of the succession obliged him to make every profession of loyalty to the king .he died at rathkeale in 1534 , aged 80 , and was buried at youghal . ''thomas 's wife was the old countess of desmond , katherine fitzgerald , born around 1460 .a portrait in britain 's national portrait gallery is captioned '' as she appeared at ye court of our sovereign lord , king james , in thys present ad .1614 , and in ye 140th yeare of her age .thither she came from bristol , to seek relief , ye house of desmond having been ruined by attainder .she was married in ye reigne of king edward iv and in ye course of her long pilgrimage , renewed her teeth twice .her principal residence is at inchiquin , in munster , whither she undauntedlye proposeth -lrb- her purpose accomplished -rrb- incontinentlie to return .laus deo '' .the old countess is said to have died at the age of 160 when she fell out of a cherry tree in the garden of her castle at inchiquin while harvesting the fruit , though this sadly appears unlikely .