Joan FitzGerald was born circa 1435 in Ireland to James FitzGerald (c1370-1463) and Mary Burke (c1390-1435) and died circa 1486 Adare, County Limerick, Ireland of unspecified causes. She married Thomas FitzGerald (c1421-1477) .
Family
Kildare married firstly Dorothy O'More the daughter of Owny O'More, Chief of Leix[1] from whom he got an annulment so that he could marry his kinswoman the Lady Joan, daughter of James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond.[2]
"Others alledge that Thomas the 7th Earl of Kildare before he came to the Earldom was first married to Dorothy, daughter of Owny or Anthony O'More, Lord of Leix, by whom he had one son called John, but after he attained the Earldom, he turned off and repudiated the said Dorothy and sent her home to her father, which was so highly resented by him that he resolved a severe revenge; and to that end having got together a strong party of his relatives and followers he burnt and destroyed the Earls houses and preyed on all his tenants in the county of Kildare, which although upon a private quarrel, the Earl declared traitors and as such prosecuted till they were all cut off and their estates forfeited. However they said John put aside from his right as eldest son, yet was ancestor to a great many worthy families of the name."[1]
Their Children:
- Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, known as "the Great Earl", who became the dominant political figure in Ireland, and was almost all-powerful until his death in 1513.
- Sir Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, died 1487, killed at the Battle of Stoke
- Sir James FitzGerald
- Lady Eleanor FitzGerald d. 14 Nov 1497 – married Conn More O'Neill, King of Ulster[3] and had issue:
- Conn Bacach O'Neill
- Lady Anne FitzGerald
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Thomas FitzGerald (c1458-1487) | |||
James FitzGerald | |||
Eleanor FitzGerald (?-1497) | |||
Anne FitzGerald | |||
Gerald FitzGerald (c1455-1513) | 1455 | 3 September 1513 | Alison FitzEustace Elizabeth St. John |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Thomas FitzGerald (c1420-c1467) | 1420 | 15 February 1467 Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland | Ellise de Barry (c1431-1486) |
Gerald FitzGerald | |||
Honor FitzGerald | |||
Joan FitzGerald (c1435-c1486) | 1435 Ireland | 1486 Adare, County Limerick, Ireland | Thomas FitzGerald (c1421-1477) |
References
- ^ a b "Lord Walters papers, Portfolio 1, papers 18/1 and 19, mss department T.C.D, there is an extract from Roger O Farrell's mss in connection with FitzGerald pedigree, 1709"
- ^ Fitzgerald, Walter. "The Fitzgeralds of Lackagh", Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society and Surrounding Districts, Vol. 1, County Kildare Archaeological Society, Kildare, 1895
- ^ Lady Eleanor FitzGerald at thePeerage.com
- 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. 85
See Also
- Joan FitzGerald
- FitzGerald dynasty
- FitzGerald Family ancestry
- FitzGerald in County Cork
- Lady Joan FitzGerald at thePeerage
- Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Kildare - Geni.com