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Sir Gerald "Gearoid Mor" I "Garrett the Great" le Fitzmaurice FitzGerald 1456–1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1456

Birth Location: Castletown, Kildrought, Co.Kildare, Ireland

Death Date: 3 Sep 1513

Death Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Father: Thomas Kildare

Mother: Lady FitzGerald

Spouse(s): Alison Eustace

Children(s): Lady Ormond

In 1456, Sir Gerald "Gearoid Mor" I "Garrett the Great" le Fitzmaurice FitzGerald entered the world in Castletown, Kildrought, Co.Kildare, Ireland, born to Thomas Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald 7Th Earl Of Kildare And Lady Joan Fitzgerald. Sir Gerald "Gearoid Mor" I "Garrett the Great" le Fitzmaurice FitzGerald married Alison Fitz Eustace, and had children including Lady Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormond. Sir Gerald "Gearoid Mor" I "Garrett the Great" le Fitzmaurice FitzGerald passed away in 1513 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1456, Sir Gerald "Gearoid Mor" I "Garrett the Great" le Fitzmaurice FitzGerald entered the world in Castletown, Kildrought, Co.Kildare, Ireland, born to Thomas Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald 7Th Earl Of Kildare And Lady Joan Fitzgerald.
  • Sir Gerald "Gearoid Mor" I "Garrett the Great" le Fitzmaurice FitzGerald married Alison Fitz Eustace, and had children including Lady Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormond.
  • Sir Gerald "Gearoid Mor" I "Garrett the Great" le Fitzmaurice FitzGerald passed away in 1513 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.

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Sir FitzGerald's Ancestors

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Sir FitzGerald
1456–1513
Birth Place: Castletown, Kildrought, Co.Kildare, Ireland
Parents
Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare
1409–1478
Leinster, Kildare, Ireland
Lady (Joan) FitzGerald
1410–1486
Laecagh, Kildare, Ireland
Grandparents
John (Fitzmaurice FitzGerald FitzGerald, 6th Earl of) Kildare
1400–1427
Kildare, Kildare, Ireland
Margaret (de la) Herne
1385–1409
May Nooth, Kilkenny, Ireland
James (FitzGerald 6th Earl of) Desmond
–1462
Great-Grandparents
Maurice Kildare
1318–1390
Elizabeth Burghersh
1342–1402
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Offaly
–1328
Joan Burgh
–1359
Bartholomew Burghersh
1329–1369

Sir FitzGerald's Descendants

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Sir (Gerald "Gearoid Mor" I "Garrett the Great" le Fitzmaurice) FitzGerald (Jan 1456–3 Sep 1513) m. Alison (Fitz) Eustace (1457–22 Nov 1495)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret FitzGerald Countess) Ormond 1465–1542 m. Sir (Piers "Pierce The Red" Butler "8th Earl of Ormond and First Earl of) Ossory" 1467–1539
    1. 1. Sir (Knight Thomas Butler of Dedham, 10th Earl of Ormond, 3rd Earl of) Ossary 1500–1555 m. Lady (Joan\Joane , Countess Ormond) Sutton 1504–1555
      1. 1. Agnes Butler 1521–1580 m. Sir (Henry Waller Sherman "the Elder of Colchester"of) Colchester 1520–1590
        1. 1. Edmund Sherman 1548–1600 m. Anne Pallette 1548–1584

Sir FitzGerald's Timeline

2 Records

1456
Jan 1456
Birth of Sir Gerald "Gearoid Mor" I "Garrett the Great" le Fitzmaurice FitzGerald in Castletown, Kildrought, Co.Kildare, Ireland
Castletown, Kildrought, Co.Kildare, Ireland
1513
3 Sep 1513
Age 57
Death of Sir Gerald "Gearoid Mor" I "Garrett the Great" le Fitzmaurice FitzGerald in Kildare, Ireland
Kildare, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1456
    Event Place: Castletown, Kildrought, Co.Kildare, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1513
    Event Place: Kildare, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 07; Page: 117
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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