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Lady Blanche De La Roche, Baroness Offaly, Countess of Kildare 1255–1329 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1255

Birth Location: Banada Castle, Sligo, Ireland

Death Date: 30 Feb 1329

Death Location: County Kildare, Ireland

Father: Sir Roch

Mother: Lady Roche

Spouse(s): Sir Kildare

Children(s): Lady Carrick, Sir Kildare

Lady Blanche De La Roche, Baroness Offaly, Countess of Kildare was born in 1255 in Banada Castle, Sligo, Ireland, the child of Sir John De La Roche Baron Roche Of Fermoy And Roch And Lady Maud Mathilde Le Waleys Baroness Roche. Lady Blanche De La Roche, Baroness Offaly, Countess of Kildare married Sir John Fitzthomas Fitzgerald 5Th Baron Offaly 1St Earl Of Kildare, and had children including Lady Joan Johanna Fitzthomas Countess Of Carrick, Sir Thomas Fitzjohn Earl Of Kildare. Lady Blanche De La Roche, Baroness Offaly, Countess of Kildare passed away in 1329 in County Kildare, Ireland.

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  • Lady Blanche De La Roche, Baroness Offaly, Countess of Kildare was born in 1255 in Banada Castle, Sligo, Ireland, the child of Sir John De La Roche Baron Roche Of Fermoy And Roch And Lady Maud Mathilde Le Waleys Baroness Roche.
  • Lady Blanche De La Roche, Baroness Offaly, Countess of Kildare married Sir John Fitzthomas Fitzgerald 5Th Baron Offaly 1St Earl Of Kildare, and had children including Lady Joan Johanna Fitzthomas Countess Of Carrick, Sir Thomas Fitzjohn Earl Of Kildare.
  • Lady Blanche De La Roche, Baroness Offaly, Countess of Kildare passed away in 1329 in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Lady Kildare's Ancestors

Self
Lady Kildare
1255–1329
Birth Place: Banada Castle, Sligo, Ireland
Parents
Sir John De La Roche, Baron Roche of Fermoy and Roch
1221–1251
Roche Castle, Roch, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Lady (Maud "Mathilde" Le Waleys, Baroness) Roche
1224–1315
Eglwys Cwmmin Manor, Monmouthshire, Wales
Grandparents
Sir (David De La Roche, Baron Roche of Fermoy and) Roch
1190–1283
Roche Castle, Roch, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Sir (Thomas II Le Waleys, Bishop of St. Davids, Baron Waleys of) Pembroke
1194–1219
Castle Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
Sir Roch
1160–1196
Lady Roche
1164–1224
Sir Pembroke
1165–1199
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Fernegenel
1126–1162
Lady Priory
1138–1218

Lady Kildare's Descendants

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Lady (Blanche De La Roche, Baroness Offaly, Countess of) Kildare (abt 1255–30 Feb 1329) m. Sir (John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 5th Baron Offaly, 1st Earl of) Kildare (abt 1250–12 Sep 1316)
  1. 1. Lady (Joan "Johanna" FitzThomas, Countess of) Carrick 1281–1320 m. Sir (Edmund "Le Boteler" Butler, Earl of Carrick, Baron Butler of Wicklow, Justicar of) Ireland 1271–1321
    1. 1. Sir (James "Le Botiller" Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond, Chief Butler of) Ireland 1304–1338 m. Lady (Eleanor De Bohun, Countess) Ormond 1304–1363
      1. 1. Sir (James "The Noble Earl" Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Lord Justice of) Ireland 1331–1382 m. Lady (Elizabeth Anne De Darcy, Countess) Ormond 1331–1390
        1. 1. Joan Butler 1360–1393 m. Tiege (O') Carrol 1352–1407
        2. 2. Eleanor Butler 1350–1392
        3. 3. Catherine Butler 1358–
        4. 4. James Butler 1361–1405
        5. 5. Thomas Butler 1359–1396
      2. 2. Petronella Butler 1332–1368
      3. 3. Anne Butler 1328–1329
      4. 4. John Butler 1330–1400
      5. 5. Alianore Butler 1335–1392
    2. 2. John ("Clonamelchon") Butler 1310–1330
    3. 3. Lawrence ("Le Boteler") Butler 1306–1338
    4. 4. Joan Butler 1309–1405
    5. 5. Thomas ("Le Boteler") Butler 1308–
  2. 2. Sir (Thomas FitzJohn, Earl of) Kildare 1290–1328

Lady Kildare's Timeline

2 Records

1255
abt 1255
Birth of Lady Blanche De La Roche, Baroness Offaly, Countess of Kildare in Banada Castle, Sligo, Ireland
Banada Castle, Sligo, Ireland
1329
30 Feb 1329
Age 74
Death of Lady Blanche De La Roche, Baroness Offaly, Countess of Kildare in County Kildare, Ireland
County Kildare, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1255
    Event Place: Banada Castle, Sligo, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Feb 1329
    Event Place: County Kildare, Ireland

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