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Lady Ellen Roche, Countess Desmond was born 1465 to Maurice Roche (c1440-1490) and Joan Roche (c1440-1490) and died January 1535 of unspecified causes. She married Maurice FitzGerald (c1461-1520) 1485 JL .

Marriage and issue

Maurice first married Lady Ellen Roche of Fermoy,[1] daughter of Maurice Roche, 2nd Lord of Fermoy (distantly related to the Barons Fermoy), and his wife Lady Joan FitzGerald, daughter of James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond. (His brother's granddaughter? or a different James FitzGerald?)

  1. Thomas FitzMaurice, who predeceased his father, leaving behind one daughter[1]
  2. James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond[1]
  3. Joan, who married Cormac Óg MacCarthy[1]
  4. Ellis, who married Connor O'Brien, King of Thomond[1]




Children


Offspring of Maurice FitzGerald (c1461-1520) and Lady Ellen Roche, Countess Desmond
Name Birth Death Joined with
Thomas FitzGerald (c1488-1515)
James FitzGerald (c1490-1529) 1490 18 June 1529 Dingle Amy Ara
Joan FitzGerald (c1492-)
Ellis FitzGerald (c1494-)



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