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Lord James 'the Usurper', FitzGerald 1380 – 1462 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Jul 1380

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 1462

Death Location: Ireland

Father: Lord FitzGerald

Mother: Lady Butler

Spouse(s): Lady Burgh

Children(s): Lord FitzGerald

In 1380, Lord James 'the Usurper', FitzGerald , 6th Earl of Desmond, Constable of Limerick, Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin, and the town of Youghal entered the world in Ireland, born to Lord Gerald FitzGerald and Lady Eleanor Butler. Lord James 'the Usurper', FitzGerald , 6th Earl of Desmond, Constable of Limerick, Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin, and the town of Youghal married Lady Mary de Burgh, and had children including Lord Thomas FitzGerald. Lord James 'the Usurper', FitzGerald , 6th Earl of Desmond, Constable of Limerick, Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin, and the town of Youghal passed away in 1462 in Ireland.

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  • In 1380, Lord James 'the Usurper', FitzGerald , 6th Earl of Desmond, Constable of Limerick, Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin, and the town of Youghal entered the world in Ireland, born to Lord Gerald FitzGerald and Lady Eleanor Butler.
  • Lord James 'the Usurper', FitzGerald , 6th Earl of Desmond, Constable of Limerick, Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin, and the town of Youghal married Lady Mary de Burgh, and had children including Lord Thomas FitzGerald.
  • Lord James 'the Usurper', FitzGerald , 6th Earl of Desmond, Constable of Limerick, Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin, and the town of Youghal passed away in 1462 in Ireland.

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Spouses(s)

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Lord FitzGerald's Ancestors

Self
Lord FitzGerald
1380 – 1462
Birth Place: Ireland
Parents
Lord Gerald FitzGerald
1335 – 1398
Lady (Eleanor) Butler
1330 – 1392
Grandparents
Lord (Maurice 'Maurice the Great') FitzGerald
– 1356
Lady (Aveline Fitz) Nicholas
Lord (James 'The Noble Earl') Butler
1331 – 1382
Kilkenny Castle, Ireland
Lady (Elizabeth) Darcy
1332 – 1390
Platten, County Meath, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Lord FitzGerald
– 1298
Lady Burgh
Lord FitzMaurice
– 1317
Lady O'Brien
Lord Butler
1304 – 1338
Lady Bohun
1304 – 1363
Sir Darcy
Joan Burgh
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord FitzJohn
– 1261
Lady Berkeley
Lord O'Brien
Lady McGorman
Edmund Butler
1268 – 1321
Joan FitzGerald
1281 – 1320
Lord Bohun
1276 – 1322
Lady Plantagenent
1282 – 1316

Lord FitzGerald's Descendants

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Lord (James 'the Usurper',) FitzGerald (20 Jul 1380 – 1462) m. Lady (Mary de) Burgh (1390 – 1435)
  1. 1. Lord (Thomas) FitzGerald (1419 – 1468) m. Lady (Ellice de) Barry (1431 – 25 Dec 1486)
    1. 1. Lady (Ellen) Fitzgerald (Abt. 1450 – Aft. 14 Nov 1497) m. King (Toirdhealbhach Mac-I-Brien-Ara) O'Brien (12 Sep 1450 – 29 Jul 1528)
      1. 1. Lady (Amy) O'Brien (1490 – Before 1537) m. Lord (James Fitzgerald ( FitzMaurice ) 10th Earl of) DESMOND (1485 – 18 January 1528)
        1. 1. Lady (Jean "Joan") FitzGerald (1510 – 2 January 1565) m. Lord (Francis ‘The Vicar of Hell’) Bryan (1 Jun 1490 – 2 Feb 1570) m. James Butler (1495 – 15 January 1538)
    2. 2. Rev. (Sir John) FitzGerald (1460 – 17 Apr 1536) m. Lady (Móre) O'Brien (1470 – 1505)
      1. 1. Lord (James (Séamus) FitzJohn) FitzGerald (Abt. 1504 – 14 Oct 1558) m. Lady (More) O'Carroll (1504 – 1548)
        1. 1. Lord (Sir Knight Gerald FitzJames 'the Rebel Earl') FitzGerald (1533 – 11 November 1583) m. Lady (Eleanor) Butler (1545 – 5 Sep 1638)
    3. 3. Maurice FitzGerald ( – 1520) m. Lady (Ellen) Roche (1510 – )
      1. 1. Lord (James Fitzgerald ( FitzMaurice ) 10th Earl of) DESMOND (1485 – 18 January 1528) m. Lady (Amy) O'Brien (1490 – Before 1537)

Lord FitzGerald's Timeline

3 Records

1380
20 Jul 1380
Birth of Lord James 'the Usurper', FitzGerald , 6th Earl of Desmond, Constable of Limerick, Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin, and the town of Youghal in Ireland
Ireland
1462
1462
Age 82
Death of Lord James 'the Usurper', FitzGerald , 6th Earl of Desmond, Constable of Limerick, Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin, and the town of Youghal in Youghal, Cork, Ireland
Youghal, Cork, Ireland
1462
1462
Age 82
Death of Lord James 'the Usurper', FitzGerald , 6th Earl of Desmond, Constable of Limerick, Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin, and the town of Youghal in Ireland
Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jul 1380
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1462
    Event Place: Youghal, Cork, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1462
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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