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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.
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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.
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7th Earl d. 1468 of Drogheda: James 8th Earl 1459–1487: Maurice 9th Earl d. 1520 The Lame: Thomas 11th Earl 1454–1534 The Bald: John de facto 12th Earl d. 1536: James 10th Earl d. 1529: Maurice FitzThomas d. 1529 d.v.p.* James 13th Earl d. 1558: More O'Carroll d. 1548: James Butler 9th Earl 1496–1546: Joan FitzGerald d. 1565: James 12th ...
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
Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (died 1478), son of the 6th Earl, was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland by Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York; Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (c. 1456–1513), "The Great Earl", eldest son of the 7th earl, was "the uncrowned King of Ireland", he married a cousin of the Tudor King Henry VII
In 1565 Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, was defeated by the Butlers in the private Battle of Affane. [10] [11] In 1567 the 14th Earl and his brother, John of Desmond, were detained and sent to the Tower of London. [12] During their absence, fitz Maurice became captain general of County Desmond with the warrant of the Earl. [13]