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Desmond, Earl of (I, 1329 - 1582)

Creation: let.pat. 27 Aug 1329

Forfeited: 15 Nov 1582

Family name: FitzGerald

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Maurice [FitzThomas], 1st Earl of Desmond

br. and heir of Thomas FitzThomas, Lord of Decies and Desmond, and 2nd son of Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord of Decies and Desmond, by his wife Margaret de Berkeley, 2nd dau. of Thomas [de Berkeley], 1st Baron Berkeley, by his wife Lady Joan de Ferrers, Lady of Coston and Eynesbury, 1st dau. of William [de Ferrers], 5th Earl of Derby, by his second wife Lady Margaret de Quincy, Lady of Groby, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Roger [de Quincy], 2nd Earl of Winchester, by his first wife Helen of Galloway, 2nd but 1st surv. dau. and cohrss. by his first wife of Alan of Galloway, Constable of Scotland

born

1293

mar. (1)

5 Aug 1312 Lady Katherine de Burgh (d. 1 Nov 1331), 6th dau. of Richard [de Burgh], 2nd Earl of Ulster, by his wife Margaret de Burgh (d. 1304), dau. of Sir John de Burgh, of Lanvalry

mar. (2)

Margaret O'Brien, dau. of Conor O'Brien, of Thomond

mar. (3)

before 20 Apr 1344 Aveline FitzMaurice (d. after 14 Mar 1358/9), dau. of Nicholas FirzMaurice, 3rd Lord of Kerry

children

1. Maurice FitzMaurice, later 2nd Earl of Desmond

2. Nicholas FitzMaurice (b. c. 1338), an idiot, and never possessed the Earldom nor had seison of his inheritance

3. Gerald FitzMaurice, later 3rd Earl of Desmond

4. John FitzMaurice

1. Lady Anne FitzMaurice, mar. as his first wife Sir Maurice Dillon, of Drumrany, and had issue

died

25 Jan 1355/6 (bur. in the Dominican Friary at Tralee)

created

27 Aug 1329 Earl of Desmond

suc. by

son

note

Maurice [FitzMaurice], 2nd Earl of Desmond

born

31 Jul 1336

mar.

1350 Lady Beatrice de Stafford (mar. (2) bef. 24 Sep 1359 Thomas [de Ros], 4th Baron Ros, and (3) bef. 20 Aug 1385 Sir Richard de Burley, of Birley, co. Hereford; d. 13 Apr 1415), 1st dau. of Ralph [de Stafford], 1st Earl of Stafford, by his second wife Lady Margaret de Audley, suo jure Baroness Audley, only dau. and hrss. of Hugh [de Audley], 1st Earl of Gloucester, by his wife Lady Margaret de Gaveston, widow of Piers [de Gaveston], 1st Earl of Cornwall, and 2nd dau. of Gilbert [de Clare], 6th Earl of Gloucester, by his second wife the Princess Joan "of Acre", 5th dau. by his first wife of King Edward I

died

s.p. between 20 Apr and 5 Jun 1358

suc. by

brother

note

Gerald [FitzMaurice], 3rd Earl of Desmond

born

mar.

after 20 Jul 1359 Lady Eleanor Butler (d. 1392), 1st dau. of James [Butler], 2nd Earl of Ormonde, by his wife Elizabeth Darcy, dau. of John [Darcy], 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, by his second wife Lady Joan FitzGerald, widow of Thomas FitzJohn [FitzGerald], 2nd Earl of Kildare, and 3rd dau. of Richard [de Burgh], 2nd Earl of Ulster

children

1. John FitzGerald, later 4th Earl of Desmond

2. James FitzGerald, later 6th Earl of Desmond

3. Sir Robert FitzGerald, of Adare, co. Limerick, mar. Arabella Campbell, and had issue

1. Lady Joan FitzGerald, mar. as his second wife Maurice [FitzJohn FitzNicholas], 5th Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, and had issue

2. Lady Ellice FitzGerald, mar. before 1392 John [Barry], 7th Baron Barrymore, and had issue

died

1398

suc. by

son

note

John [FitzGerald], 4th Earl of Desmond

born

mar.

Mary Burke, dau. of the MacWilliam Burke

children

1. Thomas FitzJohn, later 5th Earl of Desmond

died

4 Mar 1399/1400

suc. by

son

note

Thomas [FitzJohn], 5th Earl of Desmond

born

c. 1386

mar.

(allegedly) Katherine MacCormicke, dau. of WilliamMacCormicke, of Feale Abbey, one od his tenants

bur.

10 Aug 1420

suc. by

uncle

note

James [FitzGerald], 6th Earl of Desmond

born

mar.

Mary Burke (d. 1435), 1st dau. of Ulick mac Rickard Burke, the MacWilliam Uachtar

children

1. Thomas FitzJames FitzGerald, later 7th Earl of Desmond

2. Sir Gerald "Mor" FitzJames FitzGerald, of Dromnana, co. Waterford, Lord of the Decies (d. 16 Apr 1488), mar. Margaret Burke, and had issue:

1a. John FitzGerald, of Dromana, co. Waterford, Lord of the Decies (d. 17 Apr 1524), mar. Ellen FitzGibbon, dau. of Sir John Maurice FitzGibbon, the White Knight, by his second wife Joan Barrymore, and had issue:

1b. Gerald FitzJohn FitzGerald, of Dromana, co. Waterford, Lord of the Decies (d. 25 Feb 1553/4), mar. Lady Ellice Butler, 4th dau. of Piers [Butler], 8th Earl of Ormonde, by his wife Lady Margaret FitzGerald, "the Great Countess", 2nd dau. by his first wife of Gerald [FitzGerald], 8th Earl of Kildare, and had issue:

1c. Sir Maurice FitzGerald, later 1st Viscount of Decies

2c. Sir James FitzGerald, of Dromana, co. Waterford, Lord of the Decies (d. 28 Dec 1580), mar. c. 1572 Ellen MacCarthy, dau. of MacCarthy Reagh, and had issue:

1d. Gerald FitzGerald, of Dromana, co. Waterford, Lord of the Decies (dsp. Oct 1598), mar. Hon Honora Barry (mar. (2) Patrick Browne, of Mulrankin), 1st dau. of David [Barry], 5th Viscount Barrymore, by his first wife Hon Ellen Roche, dau. of David [Roche], 5th Viscount Roche

3c. Gerald FitzGerald, of Ballihenni (d. 1 May 1599), mar. Eleanor Butler, dau. of John Butler, of Derryloskan, and had issue:

1d. Sir John FitzGerald, of Dromana, co. Waterford, Lord of the Decies (d. before 26 May 1608), mar. Ellen FitzGibbon, dau. of Maurice FitzGibbon (by his wife Hon Joan Butler, dau. by his first wife of James [Butler], 2nd Baron Dunboyne), son and heir ap. of John "Oge" FitzGibbon, the White Knight, and had issue:

1e. Sir John FitzGerald, of Dromana, co. Waterford, Lord of the Decies (d. 1 Mar 1626), mar. Eleanor Butler, dau. of James [Butler], 2nd Baron Dunboyne (?sic), and had issue:

1f. Sir Gerald FitzGerald, of Dromana, co. Waterford, Lord of the Decies (d. 6 Aug 1643), mar. Mabel Digby, sister of Robert [Digby], 1st Baron Digby, and dau. of Rt Hon Sir Robert Digby MP, of Coleshill, co. Warwick, by his wife Hon Lettice FitzGerald, suo jure Baroness Offaly, only child of Hon Gerald FitzGerald, styled Lord Offaly (by his wife Katherine Knollys, 4th dau. of Sir Francis Knollys KG by his wife Mary Carey, sister of Henry [Carey], 1st Baron Hunsdon, and only dau. of William Carey, Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII (by his wife Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII and elder sister of Lady Anne Boleyn, suo jure Marchioness of Pembroke, herself second wife of King Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I, 1st dau. and cohrss. in her issue of Thomas [Boleyn], 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormonde), 2nd son of Sir Thomas Carey, of Chilton Foliat, co. Wiltshire, by his wife Margaret Spencer, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Sir Robert Spencer, of Spencercombe, co. Devon, by his wife Lady Eleanor Butler, widow of James [Butler], 5th Earl of Ormonde, and 1st dau. and cohrss. of Edmund [Beaufort], 1st Duke of Somerset), 1st son and heir of Gerald [FitzGerald], 11th Earl of Kildare, and had issue:

1g. Sir John FitzGerald, of Dromana, co. Waterford, Lord of the Decies (d. 1 Mar 1664) ,mar. (1) Hon Katherine Power (d. 22 Aug 1660), sister of Richard [Power], 1st Earl of Tyrone, and 1st dau. of John [Power], 5th Baron Le Power and Curoghmore, by his wife Ruth Phypoe, dau. and hrss. of Robert Phypoe, of St Mary's Abbey, Dublin, and (2) Lady Helen McCarthy (mar. (2) as his second wife William [Bourke], 7th Earl of Clanricarde, and (3) bef. 1 Feb 1699/1700 Thomas Bourke; d. betw. 6 Aug 1720 and 29 Jun 1722), 1st dau. of Donoigh [McCarthy], 1st Earl of Clancarty, by his wife Lady Eleanor Butler, sister of James [Butler], 1st Duke of Ormonde, and dau. of Hon Thomas Butler, styled Viscount Thurles (by his wife Elizabeth Poyntz, dau. of Sir John Poyntz, of Iron Acton, co. Gloucester), 1st son and heir ap. of Walter [Butler], 11th Earl of Ormonde and 4th Earl of Ossory, and had issue by his first wife:

1h. Catharine FitzGerald (b. 6 Aug 1660; d. 26 Dec 1725; bur. in Westminster Abbey), mar. (1) 20 May 1673 (annulled 5 Aug 1677) her first cousin John [Power], 2nd Earl of Tyrone, (2) 25 Mar 1676/7 Brig Gen Hon Edward Villiers later FitzGerald (dvp. 1693), 1st son and heir ap. by his first wife of George [Villiers], 4th Viscount Grandison, and (3) General Rt Hon William Steuart MP, Commander-in-Chief in Ireland (b. 1643; d. 4 Jun 1726), 2nd son of Col William Stewart by his wife Barbara Stewart, 2nd dau. of Henry Stewart, of Corrigan, co. Tyrone, and had issue by her second husband

1g. Lettice FitzGerald, mar. Richard Franklyn, of Coolbagh

2g. ..... FitzGerald, mar. Thomas Walsh, of Piltown

2f. John FitzGerald

3f. Maurice FittzGerald

1f. Margaret FitzGerald, mar. ..... Roche

2f. Giles FitzGerald, mar. John Power, of Kilmeadon

3f. Ellen FitzGerald

4f. Mary FitzGerald

1e. Catharine FitzGerald, mar. James Prendergast, of Newcastle, co. Tipperary (dsp. 12 Dec 1627)

2e. Eleanor FitzGerald, mar. James Butler, of Nodstown

3e. Anne FitzGerald, mar. Tibbot Butler

4e. Mary FitzGerald (d. before 29 Sep 1678), mar. Patrick [de Courcy], 15th Baron Kingsale, and had issue

5e. Helen FitzGerald, mar. (1) Gerald [de Courcy], 14th Baron Kingsale, and (2) Randal Hurley, of Beallana Carigy, co. Cork, and had issue by her first husband

6e. Ellice FitzGerald (d. 16 Jan 1644/5; bur. at Ardcavan, co. Wexford), mar. (1) as his second wife Thomas [Butler], 2nd Baron Caher, and (2) Sir Thomas Esmonde, 1st Bt., and had issue by both husbands

1c. Mary FitzGerald, mar. Sir Oliver Grace, of Leagan Castle (d. c. 1580), and had issue

1b. Catherine FitzGerald, the celebrated "Old Countess of Desmond" (b. c. 1464; dspm. 1604), mar. as his second wife her first cousin once removed Thomas FitzThomas [FitzGerald], 11th Earl of Desmond

2a. Gerald FitzGerald

3a. Maurice FitzGerald (dspm.), mar. Anne FitzGerald, and had issue

4a. Thomas FitzGerald

1a. ..... FitzGerald, mar. Sir Piers Power, of Curoghmore, co. Waterford, 1st son and heir of Richard Power, of Curoghmore, co. Waqterford, Sheriff of Waterford, by his wife Katherine Butler, dau. of Sir Richard Butler, of Polestown (by his wife Catherine O'Reilly, dau. of Gildas O'Reilly, Lord of East Breffny, co. Cavan), 2nd son of James [Butler], 3rd Earl of Ormonde, by his wife Anne de Welles, dau. of John [de Welles], 4th Baron Welles, and had issue

1. Lady Joan FitzGerald (d. 1486; bur. in Adare Monastery), mar. Thomas FitzMaurice [FitzGerald], 7th Earl of Kildare, and had issue

2. Lady Honora FitzGerald, mar. 21 Oct 1447 Thomas [FitzMaurice], 7th Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, and had issue

died

1462 or 1463 (bur. at Youghal)

suc. by

son

note

Thomas FitzJames [FitzGerald], 7th Earl of Desmond

born

mar.

his cousin Ellice Barry (mar. (2) as his second wife Maurice "Mor" FitzGibbon, the White Knight), dau. of William [Barry], 8th Baron Barrymore, by his wife Ellen Roche, dau. of ..... [Roche], Baron Roche

children

1. James FitzThomas FitzGerald, later 8th Earl of Desmond

2. Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald, later 9th Earl of Desmond

3. Thomas FitzThomas FitzGerald, later 11th Earl of Desmond

4. Sir John FitzThomas FitzGerald, mar. More O'Brien, dau. of Mahon O'Brien, of Carrigogunnell, co. Limerick, and had issue:

1a. James FitzJohn FitzGerald, later 13th Earl of Desmond

2a. Sir Maurice FitzJohn FitzGerald, Lord of Kerricurrihy, mar. Sile O'Mulrian, dau. of Diarmid O'Mulrian, of Sulloghode, co. Tipperary, and had issue:

1b. Eleanor FitzGerald (d. after 27 May 1590), mar. before 1566 as his first wife Maurice [Roche], 1st Viscount Fermoy, and had issue

1a. Catherine FitzGerald, mar. William [Bourke], 1st Baron Bourke of Connell, and had issue

5. Gerald "Oge" FitzThomas FitzGerald (k. 1477), mar., and had issue:

1a. James FitzGerald, of Macollop, mar., and had issue

2a. Thomas FitzGerald, of Kilmacow, mar., and had issue

1. Lady Ellen FitzGerald, mar. Turlogh O'Brien, Captain of Thomond, and had issue

died

by beheading 15 Feb 1467/8 (bur. in St Peter's Church but later moved to Christ Church, Dublin)

suc. by

son

note

James FitzThomas [FitzGerald], 8th Earl of Desmond

born

c. 1459

mar.

Margaret O'Brien, only dau. of Tadhg (Teige) an Chombaid O'Brien, King of Thomond 1459-66

only child

1. Lady Joan FitzGerald, mar. as his first wife Maurice [Roche], 2nd Baron Roche of Fermoy, and had issue

died

s.p.m. 7 Dec 1487

suc. by

brother

note

Maurice FitzThomas [FitzGerald], 9th Earl of Desmond

born

mar. (1)

his great-neice Hon Ellen Roche, only dau. of Maurice [Roche], 2nd Baron Roche of Fermoy, by his first wife Lady Joan FitzGerald, only child of  his brother James FitzThomas [FitzGerald], 8th Earl of Desmond

mar. (2)

Honor FitzGibbon, dau. of John FitzGibbon, the White Knight, by his wife Joan Barrymore

children (but mother is uncertain)

1. Hon James FitzMaurice FitzGerald, later 10th Earl of Desmond

2. Hon Thomas FitzGerald (dsp), mar. as her first husband Lady Margaret Butler (mar. (2) in or bef. 1533 as his first wife Barnaby [FitzPatrick], 1st Baron Upper Ossory; d. betw. 9 Sep 1542 and 25 Jul 1551), 1st dau. of Piers [Butler], 8th Earl of Ormonde later 1st Earl of Ossory, by his wife Lady Margaret FitzGerald, "the Great Countess", 2nd dau. by his first wife of Gerald [FitzGerald], 8th Earl of Kildare

1. Lady Ellice FitzGerald, mar. as his second wife Conchobar (Conor) O'Brien, King of Thomond 1528-40, and has issue

died

1520 (bur. at the Friars Preachers at Tralee)

suc. by

son

note

James FitzMaurice [FizGerald], 10th Earl of Desmond

born

mar.

Amy O'Brien (mar. (2) as his second wife Edmond [FitzMaurice], 9th Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw; d. bef. 1537), only child of Toirdhealbhach O'Brien, Bishop of Kildare

only child

1. Lady Joan FitzGerald (d. 2 Jan 1564/5; bur. at Askeaton), mar. (1) bef. 21 Dec 1532 James [Butler], 9th Earl of Ormonde and 2nd Earl of Ossory, (2) bef. 28 Aug 1548 Sir Francis Bryan, Knight Marshal and Lord Justice of Ireland (d. 2 Feb 1549/50), and (3) c 1551 as his first wife her second cousin Gerald FitzJames [FitzGerald], 14th Earl of Desmond

2. Lady Honora FitzGerald, mar. as his second wife Piers Butler, of Grallagh, co. Tipperary (d. 11 Jan 1571), 2nd son of Sir James Butler, 10th Feudal Lord of Dunboyne, co. Meath, by his wife Lady Joan Butler, 3rd dau. of Piers [Butler], 8th Earl of Ormonde and 1st Earl of Ossory, and had issue

died

s.p.m. 18 Jun 1529 (bur. with his father at Tralee)

suc. by

uncle

note

Thomas FitzThomas [FitzGerald], 11th Earl of Desmond

born

1454

mar. (1)

Shela MacCarthy (d. after 1505), dau. of Cormac "Laidir" McTeige MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerrym by his wife Mary FitzMaurice, dau. of Edmond [FitzMaurice], Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw

children by first wife

1. Hon Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald (dvp. from the plague Dec 1529; bur. at Jerpoint, co. Kilkenny), mar. his first cousin Joan FitzGibbon, dau. of John FitzMaurice FitzGibbon, the White Knight, son of Maurice "Mor" FitzGibbon, the White Knight, by his wife Ellice FitzGerald, widow of Thomas FitzJames [FitzGerald], 7th Earl of Desmond, and had issue:

1a. James FitzMaurice FitzGerald, later 12th Earl of Desmond

mar. (2)

his first cousin once removed Catherine FitzGerald, the celebrated "Old Countess of Desmond" (b. c. 1464; dspm. 1604), dau. of John FitzGerald, of Dromana, Lord of the Decies (by his wife Ellen FitzGibbon, dau. of John FitzGibbon, the White Knight), son and heir of  Gerald "Mor" FitzJames FitzGerald, 2nd son of James [FitzGerald], 6th Earl of Desmond

died

1534 (bur. at Youghal)

suc. by

grandson

note

James FitzMaurice [FitzGerald], 12th Earl of Desmond

born

mar.

his first cousin once-removed Mary MacCarthy (mar. (2) Daniel O'Sullivan "Mor"; d. 1548), dau. of Cormac "Oge" MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry

died

s.p.m. 19 Mar 1539/40 (bur. with his grandfather at Youghal)

suc. by

first cousin once removed

note

James FitzJohn [FitzGerald], 13th Earl of Desmond, PC

born

mar. (1)

(repudiated on the grounds of consanguinity) his great-niece Hon Joan Roche, dau. of Maurice [Roche], 1st Viscount Fermoy, by his first wife Eleanor FitzGerald, only dau. of his yr. brother Sir Maurice FitzJohn FitzGerald

children by first wife

1. Sir Thomas FitzJames FitzGerald, self styled 14th Earl of Desmond, bastardised and disinherited by his father, knighted 1569 at Limerick by the Lord Deputy Sidney (d. 18 Jan 1595; bur. at Youghal), mar. (sic?) Hon ..... Roche, dau. of David [Roche], Viscount Fermoy, and had issue:

1a. James FitzThomas FitzGerald, self styled 15th Earl of Desmomd (dsp. legit. in the Tower of London; bur. 28 Apr 1607 in St Peter's Chapel), mar. (1) his cousin Hon Margaret Power, 2nd dau. of John [Power], 3rd Baron le Power and Coroghmore, by his first wife Lady Eleanor FitzGerald, 1st dau. by his second wife of James FitzJohn [FitzGerald], 13th Earl of Desmond, and (2) Ellen FitzGibbon, widow of Maurice FitzGibbon, sister of Theobald [Butler], 1st Baron Caher, and dau. of  Piers Butler

2a. John FitzThomas Fitzgerald, self styled 16th Earl of Desmond (d. after 1615), mar. ..... Comerford, dau. of Richard Comerford, of Dangenmore, co. Kilkenny, and had issue:

1b. Gerald FitzJohn FitzGerald, self styled 17th Earl of Desmond (d. 1632 in Germany)

mar. (2)

before 1533 his first cousin once removed More O'Carroll (d. 1548), dau. of Sir Maolroney O'Carroll, Lord of Ely O'Carroll, by his wife Margery O'Brien, dau. of Turlogh O'Brien, Captain of Thomond, by his wife Lady Ellen FitzGerald, only dau. of Thomas FitzJames [FitzGerald], 7th Earl of Desmond

children by second wife

1. Hon Gerald FitzJames FitzGerald, later 14th Earl of Desmond

1. Lady Eleanor FitzGerald, mar. as his first wife John [Poer], 3rd Baron le Power and Coroghmore, and had issue

2. Lady Honora FitzGerald (dspms. after Aug 1598), mar. Donald [MacCarthy], 1st Earl of Clancare, and had issue

mar. (3)

before Feb 1549/50 Lady Catherine Power (d. 17 Mar 1552/3), widow of Richard [Power], 1st Baron le Power and Coroghmore, and 2nd dau. of Piers [Butler], 8th Earl of Ormonde and 1st Earl of Ossory, by his wife Lady Margaret FitzGerald, "the Great Countess", 2nd dau. by his first wife of Gerald [FitzGerald], 8th Earl of Kildare

mar. (4)

1553 Eveleen MacCarthy (mar. (2) as his first wife Conor [O'Brien], 3rd Earl of Thomond; d. 1560; bur. in Muckross Abbey), sister of Donal [MacCarthy], 1st Earl of Clancare, and dau. of Donald MacCarthy, son of Cormac "Ladrach" MacCarthy Mor

died

14 Oct 1558 (bur. in the Franciscan Friary at Askeaton)

suc. by

son by second wife

note

Gerald FitzJames [FitzGerald], 14th Earl of Desmond

born

c. 1533

mar. (1)

c 1551 his second cousin Lady Joan Bryan (widow of (1) James [Butler], 9th Earl of Ormonde and 2nd Earl of Ossory, and (2) Sir Francis Bryan, Knight Marshal and Lord Justice of Ireland; d. 2 Jan 1564/5; bur. at Askeaton), dau. and sole hrss. of James FitzMaurice [FitzGerald], 10th Earl of Desmond

mar. (2)

before 11 Jan 1567/8 Hon Eleanor Butler (mar. (2) between 7 Jun 1597 and 2 Feb 1597/8 Sir Donogh O'Connor Sligo (d. 11 Aug 1602); d. 1636; bur. with her second husband in the Abbey of St Dominic at Sligo), dau. of Edmond [Butler], 1st Baron Dunboyne, by his wife Cicely MacCarthy, dau. of Cormac "Oge" MacCarthy, Lord of Muskerry

children by second wife

1. Hon James FitzGerald, later 15th Earl of Desmond

1. Lady Catherine FitzGerald (d. after 1615), mar. (1) as his second wife Maurice [Roche], 1st Viscount Roche, and (2) shortly after 1600 Daniel [O'Brien], 1st Viscount Clare, and had issue by her second husband

died

11 Nov 1583 (his head was fixed over London Bridge and his body was bur. in Kilnamanagh Chapel, Ardenegrath, co. Kerry)

suc. by

son by second wife

note

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