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When Sir Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare was born in January 1455, in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland, his father, Sir Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare, was 34 and his mother, Lady Joan Fitzgerald, was 26. He married Alison FitzEustace about 1470, in Ireland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters.
Other articles where Garret More, 8th earl of Kildare is discussed: Ireland: The Kildare ascendancy: …passed (1477) to his son Garret Mór (Great Gerald). The formality of royal power was preserved by appointing an absentee lieutenant, for whom Kildare acted as deputy. In practice, Kildare exercised real power through dynastic alliances with the chief Gaelic and Anglo-Irish lords. Opposition ...
1878. FitzGerald, Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, called the "Great Earl," succeeded his father in 1477. He was appointed Lord-Deputy to the young Duke of York; but was shortly dismissed, and Lord Grey appointed in his place, on the plea that an Englishman was more suited to the office. This roused the indignation of the lords of the Pale, who ...
9 de may. de 2014 · The earldom was created on 14 May 1316 for Thomas fitz John. John FitzGerald became the first Earl of Kildare. Two senior FitzGeralds, Garret Mór FitzGerald and his son, Garret Óg FitzGerald, served as Lords Deputy of Ireland (the King’s representative in Ireland). The tenth Earl, Thomas FitzGerald, known as Silken Thomas, was attained and ...
12 de sept. de 2013 · The 8th Earl of Kildare was a member of the Anglo-Norman Fitzgerald, or Geraldine family. Perhaps the most important Anglo-Norman dynasty established in Ireland in the late 1160s, by the end of the Middle Ages Geraldine earls of Kildare dominated much of the southern half of Ireland.
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare KG (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 onwards. His power was so great that he was called "the uncrowned King of Ireland".
Barry, Judy. Fitzgerald, Gerald (1525–85), 11th earl of Kildare , was the son of Gerald FitzGerald (qv), 9th earl of Kildare, and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Grey, marquis of Dorset. He was born on February 28, probably at his father's residence, Maynooth castle. In 1534 his half-brother Lord Offaly, Thomas FitzGerald (qv ...
