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Gerald Gearoid Mor FitzMaurice 'The Great' 8th Earl of Kildare marquis of Kildare, FitzGerald 1455–1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: January 1455

Birth Location: Castletown, Kildare, Ireland

Death Date: 3 September 1513

Death Location: Slag Bij Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland

Father: Lord Ireland

Mother: Joan Desmond

Spouse(s): Alison Portlester

Children(s): Gerald Kildare, Margaret Fitzgerald

The story of Gerald Gearoid Mor FitzMaurice 'The Great' 8th Earl of Kildare marquis of Kildare, FitzGerald began in 1455 in Castletown, Kildare, Ireland. Gerald Gearoid Mor FitzMaurice 'The Great' 8th Earl of Kildare marquis of Kildare, FitzGerald married Alison Portlester, and had children including Gerald Fitzgerald Earl Of Kildare, Margaret Fitzgerald. Gerald Gearoid Mor FitzMaurice 'The Great' 8th Earl of Kildare marquis of Kildare, FitzGerald passed away in 1513 in Slag Bij Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland.

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  • The story of Gerald Gearoid Mor FitzMaurice 'The Great' 8th Earl of Kildare marquis of Kildare, FitzGerald began in 1455 in Castletown, Kildare, Ireland.
  • Gerald Gearoid Mor FitzMaurice 'The Great' 8th Earl of Kildare marquis of Kildare, FitzGerald married Alison Portlester, and had children including Gerald Fitzgerald Earl Of Kildare, Margaret Fitzgerald.
  • Gerald Gearoid Mor FitzMaurice 'The Great' 8th Earl of Kildare marquis of Kildare, FitzGerald passed away in 1513 in Slag Bij Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland.

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Gerald FitzGerald's Ancestors

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Gerald FitzGerald
1455–1513
Birth Place: Castletown, Kildare, Ireland
Parents
Lord Thomas "Earl of Kildon" FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare Lord Justice of Ireland Lord Chancellor of Ireland
1409–1477
May Nooth, Laecagh, Leinster, Kildare, Ireland
Joan Desmond
1410–1486
Laecagh, Leinster, Kildare, Ireland
Grandparents
James (The Usurper) Fitzgerald
1380–1427
Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
Mary Burke
1390–1435
Waterford, Munster, Waterford, Ireland
James ("The Usurper", 6th Earl Desmond) Fitzerald
1380–1462
Desmond Castle, Desmond, Leinster, Kerry, Ireland
Mary Burke
1390–1416
Waterford, Munster, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Gerald Fitzgerald
–1398
Eleanor Butler
1360–
Gerald Fitzgerald
–1398
Eleanor Butler
1360–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Gerald FitzGerald's Descendants

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Gerald (Gearoid Mor FitzMaurice 'The Great' 8th Earl of Kildare marquis of Kildare,) FitzGerald (January 1455–3 September 1513) m. Alison Portlester (1457–22 November 1495)
  1. 1. Gerald (Fitzgerald Earl of) Kildare 1487–1534 m. Elizabeth Zouche 1480–1517
    1. 1. Catherine (The Fair Geraldine) Fitzgerald 1510–1595 m. Jenico (3rd Viscount Gormanston) Preston 1502–1560
      1. 1. CHRISTOPHER (4th Viscount Gormanstown) Preston 1537–1599 m. Catherine Fitzwilliam 1555–1584
        1. 1. Genet Preston 1590–1633 m. ALEXANDER (Sir Lord of Rathmore) Plunkett 1590–1632
        2. 2. Thomas PRESTON 1584–1654
        3. 3. Jane Preston 1573–1597
        4. 4. Eleanor PRESTON 1590–1616
        5. 5. Jenico (5th Viscount Gormanston) Preston 1585–1630
        6. 6. Elizabeth PRESTON 1599–
        7. 7. Catharine PRESTON 1579–
        8. 8. William PRESTON 1591–
      2. 2. Genet Preston –1599
      3. 3. Catherine Preston –1597
    2. 2. Edward FitzGerald 1528–1585
    3. 3. Catherine Fitzgerald 1510–1595
    4. 4. Mary FitzGerald 1515–1540
    5. 5. Thomas Fitzgerald 1513–1537
    6. 6. Elizabeth ('Fair Geraldine' Fitzgerald Browne) Clinton 1527–1589
    7. 7. Gerald (FitzGerald 11th Earl) Kildare 1525–1585
    8. 8. Joan Fitzgerald 1509–1565
    9. 9. Lady (Catherine) FitzGerald 1510–1595
    10. 10. Margaret FitzGerald 1530–
    11. 11. Lady (Cecily) FitzGerald 1532–
  2. 2. Margaret Fitzgerald 1472–1542

Gerald FitzGerald's Timeline

2 Records

1455
January 1455
Birth of Gerald Gearoid Mor FitzMaurice 'The Great' 8th Earl of Kildare marquis of Kildare, FitzGerald in Castletown, Kildare, Ireland
Castletown, Kildare, Ireland
1513
3 September 1513
Age 58
Death of Gerald Gearoid Mor FitzMaurice 'The Great' 8th Earl of Kildare marquis of Kildare, FitzGerald in Slag Bij Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland
Slag Bij Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: January 1455
    Event Place: Castletown, Kildare, Ireland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 September 1513
    Event Place: Slag Bij Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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