FITZGERALD,

See also:

• RAYMOND, HENRY JARVIS (1820-1869)

RAYMOND, or

See also:

• REDMOND, JOHN EDWARD (1851- )

REDMOND (d. ca. 1182)  , surnamed Le Gros, was the son of William Fitzgerald and brother of Odo de Carew . He was sent by Strongbow to Ireland in 1170, and landed at Dundunnolf, near Waterford, where he was besieged in his entrenchments by the combined Irish and Ostmen, whom he repulsed . He was Strongbow's second in command, and had the chief share in the capture of Waterford and in the successful assault on Dublin . He was sent to Aquitaine to hand over Strongbow's conquests to Henry II., but was hack in Dublin in July 1171, when he led one of the sallies from the town . Strongbow offended him later by refusing him the marriage of his sister Basilea, widow of Robert de Quenci, con-stable of Leinster . Raymond then retired to Wales, and Hervey de Mountmaurice became constable in his place . At the outbreak of a general rebellion against the earl in 1174 Raymond returned with his uncle Meiler Fitz Henry, after receiving a promise of marriage with Basilea . Reinstated as constable he secured a series of successes, and with the fall of Limerick in October 1175 order was restored . Mountmaurice meanwhile obtained Raymond's recall on the ground that his power threatened the royal authority, but the constable was delayed by a fresh out-break at Limerick, the earl's troops refusing to march without him . On the death of Strongbow he was acting governor until the arrival of William Fitz Aldhelm, to whom he handed over the royal fortresses . He was deprived of his estates near Dublin and Wexford, but the Geraldines secured the recall of Fitz Aldhelm early in 1183, and regained their power and influence . In 1182 he relieved his uncle Robert Fitzstephen, who was besieged in Cork .

The date of his death, sometimes stated to be 1182, is not known .