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{{Short description|Title in the Irish peerage}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Irish English|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox hereditary title
| name              = Barony Kingsale 
| image             = De Courcy arms.svg
| alt               =  
| caption           = ''Argent, three eagles displayed gules ducally crowned or''.
| creation_date     = 1223
| monarch           = [[Henry III of England]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of Ireland]] 
| motto             = ''Vincit omnia veritas''
}}

'''Baron Kingsale''' is a title of the premier baron in the [[Peerage of Ireland]]. The feudal barony dates to at least the thirteenth century. The first peerage creation was by [[Hereditary peer#Writs of summons|writ]].
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== Name and precedence ==
In the early times the name was "Kinsale" or "Kinsale and Ringrone", but the spelling Kingsale has imposed itself with time and Ringrone was dropped. Regarding its precedence among the Irish baronies, the title [[Baron Athenry]] was considered the eldest and Kingsale held the second rank. However, in 1799 Athenry became dormant (and probably extinct) and Kingsale was elevated to premier Baron in Ireland.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

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== Numbering ==
The literature usually numbers the successive barons to avoid confusion arising from the repetitions of the same names, such as Miles or John de Courcy in the long line of the barons of Kingsale. Two such schemes are in common use, often both are cited together, e.g. Almeric de Courcy 18th (or 23rd) Baron. The older scheme numbers all the barons starting with Miles de Courcy, who was granted the baronies of Kingsale and Ringrone by [[Henry III of England|Henry&nbsp;III]] in 1223.{{Sfn|Cokayne|1892|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerage04cokahrish/page/n389/ 392–393]|ps=: "[Miles de Courcy]&nbsp;... received from King Henry&nbsp;III., 29&nbsp;May 1223, the grant of the territorial baronies of Kingsale and Ringrone&nbsp;"}} This scheme dates from Lodge in 1754.{{Sfn|Lodge|1754|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=CAWhR9N6jDQC&pg=PA20 20]}} An alternative numbering was introduced by Cokayne in 1929 with the second version of [[The Complete Peerage]].{{Sfn|Cokayne|1929|pp=279–293}} It excludes the early barons, that it considers [[Irish feudal barony|feudal]], and starts with Miles, who died in 1344,{{Sfn|Cokayne|1892|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerage04cokahrish/page/n390/ 393]|ps=: "[Miles de Courcy]&nbsp;..."}} accepted as the first peer. This article follows the older numbering, considered more common.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

== Hat trick ==
The barons traditionally claimed the privilege of remaining covered (that is, wearing a hat) in the presence of the monarch.{{Sfn|Wills|1841|p=[https://archive.org/details/livesofillustrio04willuoft/page/52/ 52, line 9]|ps=: "...&nbsp;the privilege to which his family lay claim, of remaining with the head covered in the presence of royalty."}} It was supposed to have been obtained from [[King John of England|King John]] by [[John de Courcy]] and handed down to his heirs.{{Sfn|Wills|1840|p=[https://archive.org/details/livesofillustrio01willuoft/page/319/ 319]}} As far as is known, the right has been exercised for the first time by [[Almeric de Courcy, 23rd Baron Kingsale]] before [[William III of England|William&nbsp;III]] in 1692.{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland06lodg/page/156/ 156]|ps=: "[Almeric de Courcy]&nbsp;... asserted the privilege of being covered before his Majesty, by walking to and fro' with his hat on his head."}}{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1909|p=[https://archive.org/details/b31363945/page/1039/ 1039, right column, line 40]|ps=: "In that year [1692] he claimed and was allowed the privilege of remaining covered in the Royal presence by William&nbsp;III."}} His successor [[Gerald de Courcy, 24th Baron Kingsale]] repeated the hat trick before [[George I of Great Britain|George&nbsp;I]] in 1720{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland06lodg/page/156/ 157, line 36]|ps=: "On 19&nbsp;June 1720 he was presented to King George&nbsp;I&nbsp;... to assert the privileg&nbsp;..."}} and [[George II of Great Britain|George&nbsp;II]] on 22&nbsp;June 1727.{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland06lodg/page/156/ 157, line 39]|ps=: "...&nbsp;22&nbsp;June 1727, being introduced by the Lord Carteret, then L.L.&nbsp;... to K. George&nbsp;II&nbsp;... received the same favour, and was covered in his royal presence&nbsp;..."}} The Eleventh Edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', however, states that the privilege "is a legend without historic foundation".{{Sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=[[:s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Courci, John de|319]]}}

== Castles ==
* [[Kilbrittain Castle]] once belonged to the De Courcys but was lost to [[Donal Gott MacCarthy]], King of Desmond, whose son [[Domhnall Maol Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach|Donal Maol MacCarthy Reagh]] was the first King of Carbery and founder of the [[MacCarthy Reagh]] dynasty.{{Sfn|McCarthy|1922|p=[https://archive.org/details/maccarthysofmuns01mcca/page/104/ 105, Note 1]|ps=: "From the De Courceys it passed into the hands of Donal Gott."}}
* [[Coolmain Castle]]
* [[Old Head Castle]]

== Decline ==
Despite the antiquity of the title, the family no longer retains its property or wealth, having supported the losing side in past conflicts. The [[John de Courcy, 35th Baron Kingsale|30th (or 35th) Baron]], despite education at [[Stowe School|Stowe]] and the Universities of [[University of Paris|Paris]] and [[University of Salzburg|Salzburg]], supported by his father's marriage to the daughter of a Yorkshire lanolin oil business owner, was, due to the later failure of that business amongst other things, an odd-job man and plumber, and died a resident of sheltered housing.{{Sfn|The Independent, "How to live like a lord"}}

The person currently entitled to hold the title is Nevinson Mark de Courcy, who was born in 1958 and lives in Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand. He is or would be the 31st (or 36th) Baron, however, his name does not appear in the current Roll of the Peerage. Under the terms of the Royal Warrant of 2004, any person who succeeds to a Peerage must prove his or her succession and be placed on the Roll, otherwise, that person may not be recognised as a peer legally or in official documents in the United Kingdom.{{Sfn|The Cork, "Kinsale History: Ireland's premier Baron 'Lord Kingsale' lives in New Zealand."}}

== Lists ==
=== Feudal Barons (before 1222) - incomplete ===
*Miles de courcy (summoned 1223)
*Patrick de Courcy (died before 1261)
*Miles de Courcy (died c. 1290)
*John de Courcy (died 1291)

=== Barons Kingsale (c. 1340) ===
*Miles de Courcy, 6th Baron Kingsale (died 1344)
*Miles de Courcy, 7th Baron Kingsale (died c. 1372)
*John de Courcy, 8th Baron Kingsale (died c. 1390)
*William de Courcy, 9th Baron Kingsale (died c. 1400)
*Nicholas de Courcy, 10th Baron Kingsale (died c. 1410)
*Patrick de Courcy, 11th Baron Kingsale (died c. 1449)
*Nicholas de Courcy, 12th Baron Kingsale (died 1475)
*James de Courcy, 13th Baron Kingsale (died 1499)
*Edmund de Courcy, 14th Baron Kingsale (died c. 1505)
*David de Courcy, 15th Baron Kingsale (died c. 1520)
*John de Courcy, 16th Baron Kingsale (died 1535)
*Gerald de Courcy, 17th Baron Kingsale (died 1599)
*John de Courcy, 18th Baron Kingsale (died 1628)
*Gerald de Courcy, 19th Baron Kingsale (died c. 1642)
*Patrick de Courcy, 20th Baron Kingsale (died 1663?)
*[[John de Courcy, 21st Baron Kingsale]] (died 1667)
*Patrick de Courcy, 22nd Baron Kingsale (1659/60–1669)
*[[Almeric de Courcy, 23rd Baron Kingsale]] (1665–1720)
*Gerald de Courcy, 24th Baron Kingsale (1700–1759)
*John de Courcy, 25th Baron Kingsale (c. 1717–1776)
*John de Courcy, 26th Baron Kingsale (died 1822)
*Thomas de Courcy, 27th Baron Kingsale (1774–1832)
*John Stapleton de Courcy, 28th Baron Kingsale (1805–1847)
*John Constantine de Courcy, 29th Baron Kingsale (1827–1865)
*Michael Conrad de Courcy, 30th Baron Kingsale (1828–1874)
*John Fitzroy de Courcy, 31st Baron Kingsale (1821–1890)
*Michael William de Courcy, 32nd Baron Kingsale (1822–1895){{Sfn|Burtchaell|Sadleir|1935|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=NNjNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA220 220]}}
*Michael Constantine de Courcy, 33rd Baron Kingsale (1855–1931)
*Michael William Robert de Courcy, 34th Baron Kingsale (1882–1969)
*[[John de Courcy, 35th Baron Kingsale]] (1941–2005)
*Nevinson Mark de Courcy, 36th Baron Kingsale (born 1958, living in [[New Zealand]])

The [[heir presumptive]] is Joseph Kenneth Charles de Courcy (1955), eldest son of [[Kenneth de Courcy]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Susan |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019 |date=2020 |isbn=978-1-9997670-5-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99tHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Joseph+Kenneth+Charles+de+Courcy&pg=PA3247}}</ref>

== Notes and references ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
==== Books ====
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* {{Cite book|last1=Burke |first1=Bernard |author1-link=Bernard Burke |last2=Burke |first2=Ashworth Peter |date=1909 |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage |edition=71st |publisher=Harrison |location=London |oclc=28297274 |url=https://archive.org/details/b31363945/}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Burtchaell |first1=George Dames |author1-link=George Dames Burtchaell |last2=Sadleir |first2=Thomas |author2-link=Thomas Sadleir |date=1935 |orig-date=1st pub. 1924 |title=Alumni Dublinenses: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors and Provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) |publisher=A. Thom & Co. |location=Dublin |oclc=1160688115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNjNAAAAMAAJ}}
* {{Cite EB1911|last=Chisholm |first=Hugh |wstitle=Courci, John de |volume=7 |page=319}}
* {{Cite book|last=Cokayne |first=George Edward |author-link=George Edward Cokayne |date=1892 |title=Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant |edition=1st |volume=IV |publisher=[[George Bell and Sons]] |location=London |oclc=1180828941 |url=https://archive.org/details/completepeerage04cokahrish/}} – G to K (for Kingsale)
* {{Cite book|last=Cokayne |first=George Edward |author-link=George Edward Cokayne |editor-last=Doubleday |editor-first=H. A. |date=1929 |title=The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant |edition=2nd |volume=VII |publisher=St Catherine Press |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210885/}} – Hussey to Lincolnshire (Snippet view, for Kingsale)
* {{Cite book|last=Lodge |first=John |author-link=John Lodge (archivist) |date=1754 |title=The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom |volume=IV |publisher=William Johnston |location=London |oclc=220656509 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CAWhR9N6jDQC}} – Barons (Preview)
* {{Cite book|last=Lodge |first=John |author-link=John Lodge (archivist) |editor-last=Archdall |editor-first=Mervyn |editor-link=Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary) |date=1789 |title=The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom |volume=VI |publisher=James Moore |location=Dublin |oclc=264906028 |url=https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland06lodg/}} – Viscounts, barons
* {{Cite book|last=McCarthy |first=Samuel Trant |date=1922 |title=The MacCarthys of Munster |publisher=The Dundalgan Press |location=Dundalk |oclc=1157128759 |url=https://archive.org/details/maccarthysofmuns01mcca/}} – (for Kilbrittain Castle)
* {{Cite book|last=O'Hart |first=John |author-link=John O'Hart |date=1892 |title=Irish Pedigrees: Or, the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation |edition=5th |volume=II |publisher=[[James Duffy (Irish publisher)|James Duffy & Co.]] |location=Dublin |oclc=7239210 |url=https://archive.org/details/irishpedigreesor02ohar/}} – Normans, English, Huguenots etc.
* {{Cite book|last=Wills |first=Rev. James |author-link=James Wills (poet) |date=1840 |title=Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, from the earliest times to the present period |chapter=John de Courcy |volume=I |publisher=MacGregor, Polson & Co |location=Dublin |pages=308–321 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/livesofillustrio01willuoft/page/308/}}
* {{Cite book|last=Wills |first=Rev. James |author-link=James Wills (poet) |date=1841 |title=Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, from the earliest times to the present period |chapter=Almericus de Courcy, Baron Kingsale |volume=IV |publisher=MacGregor, Polson & Co |location=Dublin |page=52 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/livesofillustrio04willuoft/page/52/}}
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==== News ====
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* {{Cite web|url=https://www.thecork.ie/2020/07/13/lord-kingsale-baron-kingsale-of-kinsale-co-cork-ireland/ |title=Kinsale History: Ireland's premier Baron 'Lord Kingsale' lives in New Zealand. His surname is 'de Courcy' |date=13 July 2020 |ref={{SfnRef|The Cork, "Kinsale History: Ireland's premier Baron 'Lord Kingsale' lives in New Zealand."}}}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/how-to-live-like-a-lord-on-pounds-68-a-week-1315622.html|title=How to live like a lord on pounds 68 a week |website=[[The Independent]] |date=22 October 2011 |ref={{SfnRef|The Independent, "How to live like a lord"}}}}
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{{Extant baronies in the Peerage of Ireland}}

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[[Category:Baronies in the Peerage of Ireland]]
[[Category:Noble titles created in 1223]]
[[Category:County Cork]]
[[Category:1223 establishments in Ireland]]