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Sir Thomas Kildare FitzGERALD 1408 – 1478 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1408

Birth Location: Leinster, Kildare, Ireland (May Nooth, of May Nooth, Ireland)

Death Date: 25 MAR 1478

Death Location: All Hallows Church, Dublin, Ireland (All Saint Dublin, Ireland)

Father: John Fitzgerald

Mother: Margaret Hearne

Spouse(s): Joan FitzGERALD

Children(s): Gerald FitzGERALD, Lady FitzGerald, James Fitzgerald, Anne FitzGerald, Thomas FitzGerald

In 1408, Sir Thomas Kildare FitzGERALD entered the world in Leinster, Kildare, Ireland (May Nooth, of May Nooth, Ireland), born to John Cam Crouchback Fitzgerald and Margaret De le Hearne. Sir Thomas Kildare FitzGERALD married Joan FitzGERALD, and had children including Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGERALD, Lady Elinor FitzGerald, James Fitzgerald, Anne FitzGerald, Thomas FitzGerald. Sir Thomas Kildare FitzGERALD passed away in 1478 in All Hallows Church, Dublin, Ireland (All Saint Dublin, Ireland).

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Biography

  • In 1408, Sir Thomas Kildare FitzGERALD entered the world in Leinster, Kildare, Ireland (May Nooth, of May Nooth, Ireland), born to John Cam Crouchback Fitzgerald and Margaret De le Hearne.
  • Sir Thomas Kildare FitzGERALD married Joan FitzGERALD, and had children including Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGERALD, Lady Elinor FitzGerald, James Fitzgerald, Anne FitzGerald, Thomas FitzGerald.
  • Sir Thomas Kildare FitzGERALD passed away in 1478 in All Hallows Church, Dublin, Ireland (All Saint Dublin, Ireland).

Immediate Family

Parents

John Fitzgerald
1365 – 1427
Birth Location: Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
JF
Margaret Hearne
1386 – 1409
Birth Location: May Nooth, Kilk., Ireland
MH

Spouses(s)

Joan FitzGERALD
1430 – 1486
Birth Location: County Kerry, Ireland
JF

Children(s)

Gerald FitzGERALD
1456 – 1513
Birth Location: Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
GF
Lady FitzGerald
1460 – 1497
Birth Location: Kildare, Naas, Ireland
LF
James Fitzgerald
1500 – 1535
Birth Location: Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
JF
Anne FitzGerald
Birth Location: –
AF
Thomas FitzGerald
Birth Location: –
TF

Sir FitzGERALD's Ancestors

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Sir FitzGERALD
1408 – 1478
Birth Place: Leinster, Kildare, Ireland (May Nooth, of May Nooth, Ireland)
Parents
John Cam Crouchback Fitzgerald
1365 – 1427
Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
Margaret (De le) Hearne
1386 – 1409
May Nooth, Kilk., Ireland
Grandparents
Maurice FitzGerald,
1318 – 1390
Kildrought, County Kildare, Ireland
Elizabeth (De) Burghersh
1342 – 1409
Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Fitzgerald
1290 – 1328
Joan Burgh
1290 – 1359
Bartholomew Burghersh
1329 – 1369
Cicely Weyland
1314 – 1354
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir FitzGERALD's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas Kildare) FitzGERALD (1408 – 25 MAR 1478) m. Joan FitzGERALD (ABT 1430 – 13 JUN 1486)
  1. 1. Gerald (FitzMaurice) FitzGERALD (1456 – 3 SEP 1513) m. Elizabeth (Saint) John (ABT 1460 – 28 JUN 1516) m. Alison FitzEUSTACE (1458 – 22 NOV 1495)
    1. 1. Joan Fitzgerald (ABT 1483 – ) m. Henry Rippen (1482 – )
      1. 1. Thomas Rippen (1507 – 1593) m. Annie (May) Farley (1507 – 1584)
        1. 1. Ann Rippen (1524 – 16 MAY 1605) m. Daniel (Richard) Bishop (13 OCT 1524 – 30 OCT 1644) m. Richard (of) Ipswich (1524 – 11 JAN 1625)
    2. 2. John Fitzgerald (ABT 1502 – 2 FEB 1535)
    3. 3. Oliver Fitzgerald (ABT 1503 – 3 FEB 1537) m. Maeve O'Connor (ABT 1510 – )
    4. 4. Walter FitzGerald (ABT 1507 – 2 SEP 1534) m. Elizabeth Plunket (ABT 1514 – )
    5. 5. Richard FitzGerald (ABT 1511 – 3 FEB 1537) m. Maud Darcy (ABT 1521 – 1559)
    6. 6. James FitzGerald
    7. 7. Eleanor Fitzgerald (ABT 1460 – 1541) m. Donal MacCartie (ABT 1455 – 1531) m. Calbhach O'Donnell (ABT 1484 – 1566)
    8. 8. Margaret FitzGERALD (1472 – 9 AUG 1542) m. Piers (Butler, 8th Earl of) Ormonde (APR 1467 – 26 AUG 1539)
      1. 1. Ellice Butler (1481 – 1530) m. Gerald Fitzgerald (ABT 1477 – ) m. McMorrish (ABT 1499 – ABT 1569)
      2. 2. Catherine Butler (1487 – 17 MAR 1553) m. Richard Power (1485 – 10 NOV 1539)
      3. 3. Ralph Butler (1487 – 1559)
      4. 4. Catherine Butler (1488 – 17 MAR 1552)
      5. 5. Archbishop (Edmund) Butler (1490 – 1551)
      6. 6. Archbishop (Edmund) Butler (1490 – 1551)
      7. 7. Margaret Butler (1491 – 1580) m. Barnaby Fitzpatrick (1500 – ) m. Richard (Mor de) Burgh (BEF 1501 – 1530) m. Thomas (FitzMaurice Fitz) Gerald (1500 – )
      8. 8. Joan Butler (1495 – ) m. James Butler (1490 – 15 JAN 1538)
      9. 9. James Butler (1496 – 28 OCT 1546) m. Joan Fitzgerald (1509 – 2 JAN 1565)
      10. 10. Thomas Butter (1500 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Joane Sutton (1504 – 1539) m. Marion Willes (ABT 1504 – AFT 20 AUG 1555) m. Joane (Marian) Sutton (1504 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Elizabeth (Sutton) Dudley (ABT 1500 – AFT 1522) m. Joane (ABT 1504 – ) m. Joane Butter (1504 – ) m. Joane (ABT 1504 – ) m. Joane (ABT 1504 – ) m. Joane (ABT 1504 – ) m. Joanne Bagot (ABT 1499 – ABT 1532) m. Eleanor (De Le) Veares (1484 – 1570)
      11. 11. Thomas Butler (1500 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Joane Sutton (1504 – 1539)
        1. 1. William Butler (ABT 1521 – 8 NOV 1594) m. Ann Gurdon (1521 – 22 AUG 1563) m. Marion Willes (ABT 1524 – 10 NOV 1606)
        2. 2. William Butter (ABT 1521 – 8 NOV 1594) m. Alice Gurdon (ABT 1526 – 1561) m. Ann (ABT 1524 – AUG 1563) m. Marian
        3. 3. Miss Butler (1523 – ) m. Wulman (ABT 1516 – AFT 20 AUG 1555) m. Wulman (ABT 1518 – 20 AUG 1555) m. Wolman (ABT 1525 – ) m. Living m. Living m. Living m. Walman
        4. 4. John Butler (1525 – 12 OCT 1579) m. Elizabeth Worth (1529 – )
        5. 5. Alice Butter (1527 – 1556) m. Christopher Percyvall (ABT 1520 – AFT 1557)
        6. 6. Margaret Butler (1537 – 17 MAY 1578) m. William Baxter (1539 or 1559 – 6 MAY 1583)
        7. 7. Alice (Lucy) Butler (ABT 1542 – ) m. Thomas Thomson (ABT 1538 – )
      12. 12. Sir (Thomas Dedham) Butler, (1500 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Joane (Marian) Sutton (1504 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Joane Butler (1504 – ) m. Joane Sutton (1504 – 1539) m. Marion (1506 – )
      13. 13. Helen Butler (1501 – 2 JUL 1597) m. Thomas Bodiege (1502 – 1558) m. Sir (Domhnall MacConchobhair) O'Brien (1515 – 1 APR 1553)
      14. 14. James (Butler Viscont Thurles, 9th Earl of) Ormonde (1504 – 1546)
      15. 15. Eleanor Butler (1504 – 1558)
      16. 16. Marion Butler (1504 – )
      17. 17. James, (" The Lame", Chief Butler de Ireland. Lord High Treauser, Viscount Turles) & (20 JUL 1504 – 28 OCT 1546)
      18. 18. Richard Butler (1552 – 20 DEC 1571)
      19. 19. Walter Nodstaun ( – 1560)
      20. 20. James Duisk ( – 1567)
      21. 21. Edvard Ballinakhinch
      22. 22. Pierce Grantston
    9. 9. Elilis FitzGerald (1478 – 1505) m. Christopher Fleming (1474 – 4 AUG 1517)
    10. 10. Alice Fitzgerald (1480 – 1530) m. Conn (Bacach) O'Neill-Dungannon (ABT 1480 – 1559)
  2. 2. Lady (Elinor) FitzGerald (1460 – 14 NOV 1497) m. Con (Mor) O'Neill (ABT 1445 – 8 JAN 1493)
  3. 3. James Fitzgerald (ABT 1500 – 2 FEB 1535) m. Margaret D'Arcy (ABT 1509 – )
  4. 4. Anne FitzGerald
  5. 5. Thomas FitzGerald

Sir FitzGERALD's Timeline

2 Records

1408
1408
Birth of Sir Thomas Kildare FitzGERALD in Leinster, Kildare, Ireland (May Nooth, of May Nooth, Ireland)
Leinster, Kildare, Ireland (May Nooth, of May Nooth, Ireland)
1478
25 MAR 1478
Age 70
Death of Sir Thomas Kildare FitzGERALD in All Hallows Church, Dublin, Ireland (All Saint Dublin, Ireland)
All Hallows Church, Dublin, Ireland (All Saint Dublin, Ireland)

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1408
    Event Place: Leinster, Kildare, Ireland (May Nooth, of May Nooth, Ireland)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 MAR 1478
    Event Place: All Hallows Church, Dublin, Ireland (All Saint Dublin, Ireland)
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