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Lady Eleanor Fitzgerald

Lady Eleanor Fitzgerald (13) (? - ?) (sister of Gerald oge, 9th Earl of Kildare). She married (1st) Donnell Mac Fineere Mac Carthy-Reagh, (13) Prince of Carberry in Ireland. His mother (14) was daughter of Donnell, 9th Lord of Bearehaven (15) who died 1520.)

Her daughter was Lady Julia MacCarthy (12) (? - ?), who married "Dermod O'Sullivan" the Powdered (12), 11th Lord of Beare & Bantry, of "Dunboy Castle", who died 1549.

Her father was Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (14) (? - ?), Lord Deputy of Ireland, and, in effect, actual Ruler.


I found the following about Gerald Og Fitzgerald:

9th Earl of Kildare, (1487-1534); educated in England; appointed Lord High Treasurer on his return to Ireland, 1504; Lord Justice and Lord Deputy, 1513; gained great successes against the Irish; charged with maladministration at instance of Ormonde, and removed 1520; reappointed 1524; again removed, being charged with treason by Ossory (Ormonde) and imprisoned in the Tower, 1526; returned to Ireland with Skeffington, whom he displaced as deputy, 1532; wounded at siege of Birr Castle, 1533; again summoned to England and died prisoner in the Tower. Died 1534. Had issue by first wife (unknown): Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare. Baron Offaly. (1513 - 1537), son of Gerald, 9th Earl; appointed Deputy Governor of Ireland, 1534, but renounced his allegiance and slew Archbishop Allen; submitted to Lord Leonard Grey, 1535; executed at Tyburn with his five uncles.


Recently, I received the following letter:

Dear John,

On your website, you have stated incorrectly that Lady Eleanor Fitzgerald was the sister of Gerald Fitzgerald, 9th Earl of Kildare. Gerald, 9th Earl of Kildare only had (1) full-blooded sister named Lady Margaret Fitzgerald. Gerald, 9th Earl of Kildare had other siblings; although, they were half-blooded siblings.

"Gerald, 9th Earl of Kildare was the son of Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare. The 8th Earl of Kildare's parents were Lady Joan Fitzgerald and Thomas Fitzgerald, 7th Earl of Kildare. Gerald, 9th Earl of Kildare's parents were Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and Alison Eustace, dau. of Rowland Eustance, titular Baron of Portlester. Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare was married twice. He married 1stly, Alison Eustace, and 2ndly, Elizabeth St. John, dau. of Oliver St. John & Elizabeth Scrope. Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare passed away on September 3, 1513. Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare had issue as follows: Lady Alice Fitzgerald, who d. February 2, 1549-1550, (2) Catherine FitzGerald, b. 1473 and Richard Fitzgerald, b. 1513. Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and Alison Eustace had issue: (1) Lady Margaret Fitzgerald, who was . 1475 and d. 1542 and (2) Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, b. 1487."

The above cited information was taken from www.thepeerage.com and thepeerage.com's website information was taken from

"Citations

1. S8 Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 2, page 2971. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.

2. S6 G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VII, page 228. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

3. S6 Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 229.

4. S37 Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 416. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. "

I wanted to give you this information since the web is riddled with errors and since thepeerage.com has reliable documentation.

I have visited several different websites on our ancestors, too and many of them get their information from the LDS, which isn't a relibale source of information and I am no genealogist, but I like to help people out with their pedigrees, so they get correct information because I, myself, have made a plethora of mistakes due to cited documentation that was later incorrect after closer examination.

Respectfully submitted,

Jason Simmons


As I've said elsewhere, I'm no genealogist. The information on this site mostly comes from the book South Carolinians in The Revolution by Sara Sullivan Ervin, and it has been remarkably correct. I make no representations either way, but I'm willing to include any reasonable corrections or information that tends to support or refute anything on this genealogy section of JohnDilbeck.com.

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