Gerald FitzGerald | |
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| Earl of Desmond | |
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| Tenure | 1358–1398 |
| Predecessor | Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald |
| Successor | John FitzGerald |
| Born | Gearóid mac Géarailt 1335 |
| Died | 1398 (disappeared) |
| Nationality | Hiberno-Norman |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor (or Ellen) Butler |
| Issue | John FitzGerald Maurice FitzGerald James FitzGerald Robert FitzGerald de Adair Joan FitzGerald Catherine FitzGerald |
| Parents | Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald Aveline (or Eleanor) |
Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald (1335–1398),[1][2] also known by the Irish Gaelic Gearóid Iarla (Earl Gerald), was the 3rd Earl of Desmond, in southwestern Ireland, under the first creation of that title, and a member of the Anglo-Norman dynasty of the FitzGerald, or Geraldines. He was the son of Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond, by his third wife Aveline (Eleanor), daughter of Nicholas FitzMaurice, 3rd Lord of Kerry.[3][4] He was half-brother to Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond.[2]
Maurice Fitzgerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond, would have been followed by Gerald's older brother, Nicholas, but Nicholas was described as "an idiot", and so was passed over for the earldom. Because of this, some older histories list Gerald as the 4th Earl.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Volume III. London: George Bell & Sons. 1890. p. 83