Earl of Desmond

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Maurice FitzGerald

Barons Desmond (1259)

• John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond (died 1261) (son of Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald) Good Profile
• Thomas Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron Desmond (died 1298) (grandson of preceding)
• Thomas fitz Thomas Fitzgerald, 3rd Baron Desmond (1290–1307) (son of preceding)
• Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald, 4th Baron Desmond (died 1356) (brother of preceding; created Earl of Desmond in 1329)

Earls of Desmond, first creation (1329)

• Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond (died 1356) (new creation)
• Maurice fitz Maurice Fitzgerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond (1336–1358) (son of preceding)
• Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond (died 1398) (half-brother of preceding)
• John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond (died 1399) (son of preceding)
• Thomas FitzJohn, 5th Earl of Desmond (c. 1386–1420) (son of preceding)
• James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond (died 1463) (the "Usurper," paternal uncle of preceding) Needs a lot of work
• Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond (died 1468) (son of preceding)
• James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond (1459–1487) (son of preceding)
• Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald (abt.1453-1520), 9th Earl of Desmond (died 1520) (brother of preceding)
• James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond (died 1529) (son of preceding)
• Thomas FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Desmond (1454–1534) (paternal uncle of preceding)
• John FitzGerald, de facto 12th Earl of Desmond (died 1536) (brother of preceding, paternal granduncle of James FitzGerald, de jure 12th Earl of Desmond)
• James FitzGerald, de jure 12th Earl of Desmond (died 1540) (grandson of Thomas FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Desmond, grandnephew of John FitzGerald, de facto 12th Earl of Desmond)
• James FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond (died 1558) (son of John FitzGerald, de facto 12th Earl of Desmond)
• Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond (c. 1533–1583) (son of preceding; forfeit 1582)

Pretender to the first creation (1598)

• James FitzThomas FitzGerald the Sugán Earl, died in Tower of London c. 1607

Earls of Desmond, second creation (1600)

• James FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond (1571–1601) (known as the "Tower Earl of Desmond"

Earls of Desmond, third creation (1619)

• Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond (died 1628) (extinct)

Earls of Desmond, fourth creation (1628)

Sources

• Wikipedia Earl_of_Desmond