Gerald
"14th Earl of Kildare"
Fitzgerald
Born about in County Kildare, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Edward FitzGerald MP
and Agnes (Leigh) Fitzgerald
Brother of
Catherine (Paston) Newton [half], Henry Paston [half], Edward Paston Esq [half], Elizabeth (FitzGerald) Hill, Thomas FitzEdward FitzGerald, Lettice (FitzGerald) Poyntz and Douglas (FitzGerald) Aungier
Husband of
Elizabeth (Nugent) FitzGerald
— married
1600 in County Kildare Ireland
Father of
Gerald FitzGerald
Died
at about age 52
in Maynooth, Ireland
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| Created 2 Nov 2014
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Gerald Fitzgerald was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Biography
Gerald Fitzgerald was born about 1560; son of Edward FitzGerald, himself 2nd. son of Gerald Fitzgerald the 9th Earl of Kildare. His mother was Agnes Leigh daughter of Sir John Leigh of Stockwell, Surrey [1] and his wife Elizabeth Darcy. Agnes was the widow of Thomas Paston MP. [1]
Gerald commanded a regiment of foot in the wars against Tyrone; was one of the council to George Carew, President of Munster. [2]
Gerald succeeded as 14th. Earl of Kildare after his 1st cousin William FitzGerald was lost at sea in August 1599. That year after the Eral opf Essex departed Ireland he appointed to the command of the district of Naas. [3]
He married, by Papal dispensation, in 1600 Elizabeth Nugent, daughter of Christopher Nugent, 9th. Lord Delvin, by his cousin-german Mary, daughter of his uncle Gerald Fitzgerald, 11th. Earl of Kildare, [2]
That year he was appointed on 31 August by letters Patent Elizabeth 1st. as Governor of Offaly. [2] & [3]
He died February 1611 and was buried at Kildare. [2]
His widow died 11 March, 1621, and was buried at St. Patrick's, Dublin. [2]
Issue
- Gerald Fitzgerald (1611 - 1620. He was 7 weeks old at his fathers death). [2]
Sources
- ↑ Cracroft's Peerage; Earls of Kildare
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Lodge, John; Archdall, Mervyn; The peerage of Ireland; or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom Pub: 1789 pp 99 / 100
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fitzgerald, Charles William; Duke of Leinster 1819-1887, and Fitzgerald family. The Earls of Kildare, And Their Ancestors: From 1057 to 1773. 3rd ed. Dublin: Hodges, Smith, 1858
- GO MS 66. Ireland. Genealogical Office. Funeral Entries, Vol. 3, Containing Armorial and Genealogical Notes Made By Officers of Arms Concerning Deceased Persons, With, in Some Cases, Illustrations of Their Arms and Funeral Processions. 1604. Page 33. (Image 67) Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland.
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