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Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche 1581–1623 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1581

Birth Location: County Limerick, Ireland

Death Date: November 1623

Death Location: Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland

Father: Lord Desmond

Mother: Lady Desmond

Spouse(s): Lord Fermoy

Children(s): Edward Roche

The story of Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche began in 1581 in County Limerick, Ireland. Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche married Lord Maurice Roche 6Th Lord Roche 6Th Viscount Roche Of Fermoy, and had children including Edward Fitzmaurice Roche. Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche passed away in 1623 in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche began in 1581 in County Limerick, Ireland.
  • Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche married Lord Maurice Roche 6Th Lord Roche 6Th Viscount Roche Of Fermoy, and had children including Edward Fitzmaurice Roche.
  • Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche passed away in 1623 in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Desmond
1533–1583
Birth Location: Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
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Lady Desmond
1545–1638
Birth Location: Dunboyne Meath, of Dunboyne Meath, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Lord Fermoy
1558–1611
Birth Location: Kildinan, Cork, Munster, Ireland
LF

Children(s)

Edward Roche
1588–1626
Birth Location: Trablogan, Cork, Ireland
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Lady Roche's Ancestors

Self
Lady Roche
1581–1623
Birth Place: County Limerick, Ireland
Parents
Lord Sir Knight Gerald FitzJames 'the Rebel Earl' FitzGerald , 15th Earl of Desmond
1533–1583
Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
Lady (Eleanor Butler , Lady Butler, Countess of) Desmond
1545–1638
Dunboyne Meath, of Dunboyne Meath, Ireland
Grandparents
Lord (James (Séamus) FitzJohn FitzGerald , 14th Earl of Desmond, Lord Treasurer of) Ireland
1504–1558
Askeaton Castle, Askeaton, Limerick, Ireland
Lady (More) O'Carroll
1504–1548
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Lord (Sir Edmond Butler , 11th Baron of Dunboyne , elevated as 1st Baron Dunboyne 11 June) 1541
1515–1567
Dunboyne Castle, Priestown, County Meath, Ireland
*Julia ((Fitzmaurice\Butler) MacCarthy of) Cronin
1514–1585
Muskerry, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Rev. Glin
1460–1536
Lady Carrigogunnell
1470–1505
Lady Eile
1485–1552
James Ormonde
1504–1546
Cormac Muscry
1447–1537
Katherine Barry
1480–1506
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Desmond
1419–1468
Ellice Barry
1431–1486

Lady Roche's Descendants

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Lady (Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess) Roche (1581–November 1623) m. Lord (Maurice Roche , 6th Lord Roche, 6th Viscount Roche of) Fermoy (1558–1611)
  1. 1. Edward (FitzMaurice) Roche 1588–1626 m. Bridget Sullivan 1590–
    1. 1. Francis (de la Roche , Sheriff of) Trabolgan 1610–1669 m. Jane ('Catherine') Coppinger 1618–1675
      1. 1. Edward (Edmund) Roche 1648–1696 m. Catherine Lavallin 1649–1703
        1. 1. Susan Hartwell 1677–1731 m. Capt (Richard Gent) Littlepage 1662–1717 m. Edmund (Litlepage ,) II 1639–1717 m. George Pemberton 1659–1702 m. Richard (Littlepage , of) Cumberland 1639–1717 m. Lewis Holliday 1751–1820

Lady Roche's Timeline

8 Records

1560
About 1560
Birth of Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche in Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
1560
About 1560
Birth of Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche in Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
1581
1581
Birth of Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche in Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
1581
1581
Birth of Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche in County Limerick, Ireland
County Limerick, Ireland
1585
1585
Age 4
Birth of Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche in Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
Desmond, Kerry, Ireland
1590
27 May 1590
Age 9
Death of Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche in Curraghmore, Waterford, Ireland
Curraghmore, Waterford, Ireland
1615
1615
Age 34
Death of Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche in Curraghmore, Waterford, Ireland
Curraghmore, Waterford, Ireland
1623
November 1623
Age 42
Death of Lady Catherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Roche in Ireland
Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1581
    Event Place: Desmond, Kerry, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Desmond, Kerry, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: About 1560
    Event Place: Desmond, Kerry, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: About 1560
    Event Place: Desmond, Kerry, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1581
    Event Place: County Limerick, Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1615
    Event Place: Curraghmore, Waterford, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 May 1590
    Event Place: Curraghmore, Waterford, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: November 1623
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
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