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Lord Kildare was the son of Edward FitzGerald, younger son of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare and his second wife Elizabeth Grey, a cousin of Henry VIII.Edward married Agnes Leigh, daughter of Sir John Leigh of Stockwell, Surrey, [1] who was a half-brother of Queen Catherine Howard, the fifth queen of Henry VIII, both of them being children of Joyce Culpepper.
This page lists all earldoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.. The Norman conquest of England introduced the continental Frankish title of "count" (comes) into England, which soon became identified with the previous titles of Danish "jarl" and Anglo-Saxon "earl" in England.
John Brabazon, 15th Earl of Meath Ireland Anthony Brabazon, Lord Ardee: 87 The Earl of Cavan: 1647 Roger Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan Ireland Cavan Lambart (cousin) 88 The Earl of Drogheda: 1661 Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda: Ireland Benjamin Moore, Viscount Moore: 89 The Earl of Granard: 1684 Peter Forbes, 10th Earl of Granard Ireland
[24] [25] Desmond's younger brother, Sir John of Desmond was killed in December 1581 near Castlelyons, and the Geraldine seneschal of Imokilly surrendered on 14 June 1583. This seneschal's lands excited envy; he was arrested in 1587, and died in Dublin Castle two days later. [23] Memorial at the site of the 14th Earl's beheading.
Kilkea Castle is located 5 km (3.1 mi) northwest of Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland near the village of Kilkea on the R418 regional road from Athy to Tullow. It was a medieval stronghold , for over 700 years, of the Fitzgeralds , earls of Kildare .
James fitz Thomas FitzGerald, called the Súgán Earl (died 1608), was a pretender to the Earldom of Desmond who made his claim and led a rebellion after the last earl, Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond had been killed in 1583. The pretended earl derived his claim from being the eldest grandson of James FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Desmond.
Ulick, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (by the third and final creation). Ulick was also the 14th Earl of Clanricarde. Earl of Clanricarde (English: / k l æ n ˈ r ɪ k ɑːr d / klan-RIK-ard; Irish: Iarla na Clanricard) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, first in 1543 and again in 1800.
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