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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 onward.
The ‘Great Earl’, the most authoritative figure in the English lordship from the late 1470s until his death, greatly augmented his familial estates in Kildare and beyond, and established the foundations for the Kildare ascendancy during the period c.1478–1534 – the high point in that dynasty's history.
Gearóid Mór, 8th Earl of Kildare and his son Gearóid Óg, 9th Earl of Kildare, were Lord Deputy of Ireland in the late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth centuries respectively. Both married to cousins of Henry Tudor, first monarch of the House of Tudor.
9 de may. de 2014 · 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).
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.
29 de sept. de 2023 · Biography. Gerald Fitzgerald was born in 1455 in Castletown, Kildrought, co. Kildare, Ireland; the son of Thomas Fitzgerald, 7th Earl of Kildare and his wife Joan Fitzgerald daughter of James Fitzgerald 6th Earl of Desmond]].
Hace 2 días · Fitzgerald, Gerald, 8th earl of Kildare. (c. 1457—1513) magnate and administrator. Quick Reference. ( c. 1457–1513). Fitzgerald's father, the 7th earl, was a prominent Yorkist and deputy to the lord‐lieutenant of Ireland on several occasions.
