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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".
Other titles: Marquesse of Kildare (1761), Earl of Kildare (1316), Earl of Offaly (1761), Viscount Leinster, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham (GB 1747) and Lord of Offaly (c. 1193–?) James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster (1722–1773), elder son of the 19th earl, his wife, Lady Emily Lennox , was a cousin of King George III , and a ...
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His parentage is disputed however he is claimed by some as being either a grandson or great-grandson of Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone, and Gearoid Mór Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, and of the primary line of the O'Neill of Tyrone clan. [2] Hugh was an active rebel and commander in the 1580s through 1615.
The patent of the barony stipulated that it was not to pass to Lord Digby, but instead to the head of the House of Kildare, who, at the time of Baroness Offaly's death in 1658, was George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare. The 20th earl was later created Duke of Leinster in 1766 and the dukedom and barony remain united.
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: