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Robert (18th Earl of Kildare) Fitzgerald 1637–1699 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 August 1637

Birth Location: Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland

Death Date: 31 January 1699

Death Location: Grangemellon, County Kildare, Ireland

Father: Lord Kildare

Mother: Lady Boyle

Spouse(s): Mary Clotworthy

Children(s): Robert Fitzgerald, Lady FitzGerald

In 1637, Robert (18th Earl of Kildare) Fitzgerald entered the world in Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland, born to Lord George Fitzthomas The Fairy Earl Fitzgerald Mp House Of Lords 16Th Earl Kildare And Lady Joan Boyle. Robert (18th Earl of Kildare) Fitzgerald married Mary Ann Clotworthy, and had children including Lady Margaret Fitzgerald, Robert Fitzgerald. Robert (18th Earl of Kildare) Fitzgerald passed away in 1699 in Grangemellon, County Kildare, Ireland.

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  • In 1637, Robert (18th Earl of Kildare) Fitzgerald entered the world in Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland, born to Lord George Fitzthomas The Fairy Earl Fitzgerald Mp House Of Lords 16Th Earl Kildare And Lady Joan Boyle.
  • Robert (18th Earl of Kildare) Fitzgerald married Mary Ann Clotworthy, and had children including Lady Margaret Fitzgerald, Robert Fitzgerald.
  • Robert (18th Earl of Kildare) Fitzgerald passed away in 1699 in Grangemellon, County Kildare, Ireland.

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Robert Fitzgerald's Ancestors

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Robert Fitzgerald
1637–1699
Birth Place: Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
Parents
Lord George FitzThomas “The Fairy Earl” FitzGerald MP House of Lords 16th Earl Kildare
1612–1660
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Lady (Joan) Boyle
1611–1656
Lismore, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Grandparents
Sir (Richard Boyle 2nd Earl of Cork\Boile 2nd Earl of) Cork\Boile
1566–1643
Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Catherine Fenton, Countess of) Cork
1575–1629
Lismore, Cork, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Johanna Naylor
1529–1593
Geoffrey Fenton
1538–1609
Alice Weston
1542–1615
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Knowler
1499–1572
Margaret ggf
1500–1576

Robert Fitzgerald's Descendants

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Robert ((18th Earl of Kildare)) Fitzgerald (17 August 1637–31 January 1699) m. Mary (Ann) Clotworthy (1640–31 March 1713)
  1. 1. Robert Fitzgerald 1675–1743 m. Mary O'Brien 1675–1780
    1. 1. Lord (Edmund) Fitzgerald 1699–1757 m. Parmolia Genua 1698–1757 m. Honora Enright 1705–1765
      1. 1. Garrett (Rodney Fitz) Gerald 1730–1792 m. Margaret Massey 1735–1810
        1. 1. John (Richard) Fitzgerald 1762–1835 m. Nora Moynahan 1768–1879 m. Mary (Lawler) (Fitzgerald) 1768–
      2. 2. James Fitzgerald 1713–1798
  2. 2. Lady (Margaret) FitzGerald 1691–1758

Robert Fitzgerald's Timeline

2 Records

1637
17 August 1637
Birth of Robert (18th Earl of Kildare) Fitzgerald in Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
1699
31 January 1699
Age 62
Death of Robert (18th Earl of Kildare) Fitzgerald in Grangemellon, County Kildare, Ireland
Grangemellon, County Kildare, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 August 1637
    Event Place: Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 January 1699
    Event Place: Grangemellon, County Kildare, Ireland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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