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Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (born c. 1456 – c. 3 September 1513), known variously as "Garret the Great" (Gearóid Mór) or "The Great Earl" (An tIarla Mór), was Ireland's premier peer. He served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1477 to 1494, and from 1496 onward. His power was so great that he was called "the uncrowned King of Ireland".
Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare (1318–1390), third and youngest son of the 2nd Earl, leader of the army, serving King Edward of Windsor at the siege of Calais; Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare (died 1410), a son of the 4th Earl, leading opponent of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond (c. 1533–1583), leader of the Irish rebellion of 1579; Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare (died 1432), Irish peer; Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (c. 1456–1513) Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1487–1534) Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1525–1585)
Brian O'Connor Faly (Irish: Brian Ó Conchobhair Failghe; c. 1490 – 1560), also called Bernard, [1] was an Irish noble and Lord of Offaly.. O'Connor Faly raided the Pale many times from the early 1520s to the mid-1540s, assuring his political position via alliances with the Earl of Kildare and Lord Deputy of Ireland.
He was the son of The 8th Earl of Kildare and his first wife, Alison FitzEustace, daughter of The 1st Baron Portlester.In 1503, at Collyweston, [1] he married Elizabeth Zouche, daughter of Sir John Zouche of Codnor and Elizabeth St John, [2] a first cousin of King Henry VII, [3] (her father, John St John, was the maternal half-brother of Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort) with whom he had:
George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare; Sir George FitzGerald, 23rd Knight of Kerry; Gerald de Windsor; Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond; Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies; Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster; Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare; Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Duke of Leinster; Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
Flattisbury appears to have been a retainer of Gearóid Mór FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, deputy-governor of Ireland under Henry VII and Henry VIII. In 1503 Flattisbury made for FitzGerald a compilation styled the Red Book of the Earls of Kildare. This volume consists mainly of documents connected with or bearing upon the lands and ...
8th Earl of Kildare: Gerald FitzGerald (1487–1534) 9th Earl of Kildare: Earl of Kildare (2nd creation), 1554 Ancient earldom restored, 1569: Thomas FitzGerald (1513 ...