Gerald Fitzgerald 
Gerald was born on February 25th, 1525 in London, Middlesex, England. Gerald's father was Garret Fitzgerald and his mother is Elizabeth Grey. His paternal grandparents were Gerald Fitzgerald and Alison Fitzeustace; his maternal grandparents were Thomas+ Grey and Cicely+ Bonville. He had a brother and a sister, named Edward and Elizabeth. He was the oldest of the three children. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Silken Thomas, Mary and Catherine. He died at the age of 60 on November 16th, 1585 in London, Middlesex, England.General Notes
"Kilkea Castle:
Originally built around 1180, this castle was completely restored in the 19th century. Kilkea Castle is situated in County Kildare, 40 miles southwest of Dublin, Ireland's capital city. It lies on the Athy road five miles northwest of Castledermot and was once the second home of the Maynooth Fitzgeralds. The castle grounds are supposed to be haunted by the son of Silken Fitzgerald, Gerald the Wizard Earl. The legend claims his ghost rises every seven years from the Rath of Mullaghmast to free Ireland from its enemies. This is a neat trick because the Wizard Earl is buried in London! (goireland.com)
"Surviving the Tudors focuses on the political and social world of Gerald Fitzgerald the 'Wizard' earl of Kildare from 1537 to 1586. Kildare's experience provides us with an important insight into the process by which the Irish elites came into conflict with the crown and its representatives in the decades after the fateful Kildare rebellion in 1534. As the case of the 'Wizard' earl suggests, however, this outcome was not inevitable. After surviving Henry VIII's efforts to capture him while in exile on the continent, Kildare went on in the reign of Edward VI to salvage his lands and return to Ireland. Under the Catholic Mary he was restored to the earldom and re-established Geraldine primacy on the Leinster borders."
"Kildare used his available resources in a flexible response to the gradual extension of English rule. These assets included Gaelic alliances, coign and livery, court connections, and the power that came from being the Pale's greatest feudal lord. Kildare was capable of using these resources to undermine hostile administrations. Traditional border and Gaelic practices and the oscillations of Elizabethan court politics, however, exposed him to the machinations of his New English rivals. Rebellion and religious-inspired foreign intrigue were easily linked to him and provided a means whereby his status at court and in Ireland was finally damaged. The dilemma posed for Kildare during the rebellions of 1579-83 suggests that the disjointed process by which the Tudors extended their rule in Ireland not alone subverted his traditional authority but also forced him to question his very identity. (Vincent P. Carey)"
"Legend has it that the Wizard Earl, so called because of his magical powers, rises from beneath the nearby Rath of Mullaghmast every seven years and rides to Kilkea where he haunts the room in which he once practiced his black magic. While he has not been seen in recent times it is said that he will continue to appear until his horse's shoes have worn away at which time he will return to defend Ireland from her enemies."
Sources:
- person, family 1: Renaud de Paysac
- family 2: Waring files/Renaud de Paysac (Royal Lines web site).
SOURCES: LDS FHL AF # (familysearch.org)
WEB:
"Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: F. L. Jacquier (History of Charlemagne by Christian Settipani); L. Orlandini, Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, F.L. J P de Palmas (Aurejac et Tournemire; Frankish line; The Complete Peerage}, Jacquier (Genealogy of Lewis Carroll, Justin Swanstrom, The Royal Families of England Scotland & Wales by Burkes Peerage; Debrett's Peerage & Baronage; Table of descendants French Canadian Genealogical Society; Families of Monfort-sur-Risle & Bertrand de Bricquebec; The Dukes of Normandy, XXXXI), A. Brabant ("Dynastie Montmorency, Michel d'Herbigny), Paul Leportier, Claude Barret, H.R. Moser (Burke Peerage), O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, N. Danican (Britain's Royal Families; Buthlaw, Succession of Strathclyde, the Armorial 1961-62) A.Terlinden (Genealogy of the existing British Peerage, 1842), L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, E. Lodge, S. Bontron (Brian Tompsett), R. Dewkinandan, H. de la Villarmois, C. Donadello; Scevole de Livonniere, H. de la Villarmois, I. Flatmoen, P. Ract Madoux (History of Morhange; Leon Maujean; Annuaire de Lorraine, 1926; La Galissonniere: Elections d'Arques et Rouen), Jean de Villoutreys (ref: Georges Poull), E. Wilkerson-Theaux (Laura Little), O. Auffray, A. Brabant (Genealogy of Chauvigny of Blot from "Chanoine Prevost Archiviste du Diocese de Troyes Union Typographique Domois Cote-d'Or 1925), Emmanuel Arminjon (E Levi-Provencal Histoire de l'Espagne Andalouse), Y. Gazagnes-Gazanhe, R. Sekulovich and J.P. de Palmas ("notes pierfit et iconographie Insecula", Tournemire), H de Riberolles (Base Tournemire), Franck Veillon; ,(Histoire Généalogique de la Maison de Hornes, Bruxelles 1848; Notice Historique Sur L'Ancien Comté de Hornes, Gand 1850; Europäische Stammtafeln, Marburg 1978); E.Driant / "La Maison de Damas" par Hubert Lamant, 1977 (Bibliothèque municipale d'Eaubonne)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1318 d.25 Aug 1390
- b.~ 1350 d.17 Oct 1427
- b.~ 1325 in Of Burghersh, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1398 d.25 Mar 1478
- b.~ 1365
- b.1456 in Ireland d.03 Sep 1513 in Ireland
- b.~ 1336 d.1398 in Disappeared
- b.~ 1380 d.BET 1462 AND 1463 in Mocollop Castle
- b.~ 1346 in Ormond, Ireland d.1390
- b.~ 1413
- b.~ 1392
- b.1487 d.02 Sep 1534
- b.~ 1425 in Killeen, Westmeath, Co Meath, Ireland d.19 Dec 1496 in Kilcullen, Kildare, Ireland
- b.~ 1456 d.22 Nov 1495
- b.~ 1425
- b.25 Feb 1525 in London, Middlesex, England d.16 Nov 1585 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1362 in Ruthyn, Denbighshire, Wales d.18 Oct 1440 in Ruthyn, Denbighshire, Wales
- b.1415 in Ruthyn, Denbighshire, Wales d.18 Dec 1457
- b.~ 1378 in Everly, Wiltshire, England d.~ 1448
- b.1435 d.17 Feb 1460 in Killed at Saint Albans
- b.< 1393 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, England d.< 1463 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, England
- b.1419 in Groby, Leicestershire, England d.23 Jan 1483
- b.~ 1400 in Of, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d.29 Sep 1452 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1451 d.20 Sep 1501
- b.~ 1365 d.>29 Nov 1441 in Grafton Regis, Northampton, England
- b.1412 in Maidstone, Kent, England d.12 Aug 1469 in Executed after the Battle of Edgecot, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1375 in Bedlington, Durham, England d.>17 Jul 1448
- b.~ 1437 d.1492 in Londres
- b.~ 1390 in Luxembourg d.31 Aug 1433 in Rambures
- b.1416 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg d.30 May 1472
- b.1394 d.1469
- b.~ 1492
- b.30 Aug 1393 in Shute, Devonshire, England d.18 Feb 1460
- b.~ 1423 in Shute, Devonshire, England d.31 Dec 1460 in Battle of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1393 in Chewton, Somersetshire, England d.1426
- b.1442 in Chewton Mendip, Somersetshire, England d.31 Dec 1460 in Battle of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.1390 in Gleaston Hall, Aldingham, Lancashaire, Eng
- b.~ 1423 in Shute, Devonshire, England d.<13 Mar 1459
- b.~ 1397 in Spaxton, Somersetshire, England d.<10 Mar 1458
- b.1461 d.12 May 1529 in Shacklewell Hackney
- b.BET 1363 AND 1364 in Castle Raby With Keverstone, Durham d.21 Oct 1425 in Raby Castle, Raby With Keverstone, Durham, England
- b.1400 in Of, Raby, Durham, England d.31 Dec 1460 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1375 in Chateau (Castle) Beaufort, Maine-Et-Loire, Anjou, France d.13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1445 d.1494 in Alternate death year.
- b.~ 1380 in Of, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.03 Nov 1428 in Orleans
- b.<18 Oct 1406 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.1462 in Bisham, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1370 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.18 Oct 1406 in Bisham, Berkshire, England
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Gerald and Mabel were married in a religious ceremony on May 29th, 1554. They had two sons and two daughters, named Gerald, Henry, Mary and Elizabeth.
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Children
Mary Fitzgerald
Mary was born about 1555. She died about October 1st, 1610 in Castletown Delvin, Westmeath, Ireland.
Gerald Fitzgerald
Gerald was born on December 28th, 1559 in Maynooth. He died at the age of 20 in June 1580.