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Lady Jean, "Joan" FitzGerald 1510 – 1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1510

Birth Location: Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

Death Date: 2 January 1565

Death Location: Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland

Father: Lord DESMOND

Mother: Lady O'Brien

Spouse(s): Lord Bryan, James Butler

Children(s): Lord Bryan, Lady Butler, Lord Butler

In 1510, Lady Jean "Joan" FitzGerald , Lady of Kinsale, Viscountess of Thurles, 2nd Countess of Ossory, Countess of Ormond, Countess of Desmond, Dowager Duchess of O entered the world in Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland, born to Lord James Fitzgerald ( FitzMaurice ) 10th Earl of DESMOND and Lady Amy O'Brien. Years later, Lady Jean "Joan" FitzGerald , Lady of Kinsale, Viscountess of Thurles, 2nd Countess of Ossory, Countess of Ormond, Countess of Desmond, Dowager Duchess of O married Lord Francis ‘The Vicar of Hell’ Bryan and James Butler, and the couple became parents to Lord Edward Bryan, Lady Ellen "Elaine" Butler and Lord Thomas 'Black Tom' Butler. Lady Jean "Joan" FitzGerald , Lady of Kinsale, Viscountess of Thurles, 2nd Countess of Ossory, Countess of Ormond, Countess of Desmond, Dowager Duchess of O died in 1565 in Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland.

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Parents

Lord DESMOND
1485 – 1528
Birth Location: Dingle, Kingdom Of Desmond, Munster Province, Ireland
LD
Lady O'Brien
1490 – 1537
Birth Location: Dingle, Kingdom Desmond, Munster, Ireland
LO

Spouses(s)

Lord Bryan
1490 – 1570
Birth Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England
LB
James Butler
1495 – 1538
Birth Location: Desmond, Cork, Ireland
JB

Children(s)

Lord Bryan
1533 – 1630
Birth Location: London, London, England
LB
Lady Butler
1518 – 1565
Birth Location: Burnchurch, Ireland., Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
LB
Lord Butler
1531 – 1609
Birth Location: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
LB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1 Jun 1509
    Event Place: Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Abt. 1509
    Event Place: Desmond Castle, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1521
    Event Place: Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1529
    Event Place: Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1514
    Event Place: Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Abt. 1521
    Event Place: Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1510
    Event Place: Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 Jan 1565
    Event Place: Askeaton Castle, Ormonde, Muster, Kerry, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 January 1564
    Event Place: Askeaton Castle, Ormonde, Muster, Kerry, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 Jan 1564
    Event Place: Ormonde, Kerry, Munster, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 Jan 1565
    Event Place: Askeaton, CY, Limerick, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 January 1564
    Event Place: Ormonde, Kerry, Munster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 Jan 1564
    Event Place: Kilcash, Munster, Tipperary, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 January 1569
    Event Place: Askeaton Castle, Ormonde, Muster, Kerry, Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 January 1565
    Event Place: Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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