John FitzGerald (c1360-1399)

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John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond, 4th Earl of Desmond, was born circa 1360 in Ireland to Gerald FitzGerald (1335-1398) and Eleanore Butler (c1348-1395) and died 4 March 1399 Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, Ireland of drowning.

He was married to Mary Bourke or Joan of Fermoy.

John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond was the son of Gerald FitzGerald (1335-1398), 3rd Earl of Desmond.^[1]^[2] He married and had one son, Thomas, who succeeded him as Earl of Desmond.^[1]^[2]

According to Burke, John FitzGerald married Joan Roche, the daughter of Lord Fermoy.^[1] On 4 March 1399, FitzGerald drowned at Ardfinnan on the River Suir, returning from an incursion into the territory of the Earl of Ormond..^[3]

He was buried at Youghal, and succeeded by his son Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond.^[1] John's brother, James FitzGerald (c1370-1463), 6th Earl of Desmond, 'the Usurper', then siezed the Earldomfrom young Thomas.

Children

Offspring of John FitzGerald. 4th Earl of Desmond and unknown parent
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Thomas Fitzgerald (c1386-1420)	1386	10 August 1420 Rouen	Catherine MacCormac

Siblings

Offspring of Gerald FitzGerald (1335-1398) and Eleanore Butler (c1348-1395)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
John FitzGerald (c1364-1399)	1364 Ireland	4 March 1399 Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, Ireland
James FitzGerald (c1370-1463)	1370 County Limerick, Ireland	1463 Ireland	Mary Burke (c1390-1435)
Robert FitzGerald (1366-1445)	1366 Adare, County Limerick, Ireland	1445 Wigtownshire, Scotland	Arabella Campbell (1370-1450)
Joan FitzGerald (c1368-)
Katherine FitzGerald (c1370-)
Maurice FitzGerald (c1375-)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204
^ ^a ^b 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
^ Ireland and her people; a library of Irish biography, (Thomas W. H. Fitzgerald, ed.), Fitzgerald Book Company, 1910, p. 188 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Gerald FitzGerald	Earl of Desmond 1st creation 1398–1399	Succeeded by Thomas FitzGerald

Footnotes (including sources)

Ω Birth

year of birth from parents' wedding

[Burke-1] Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204

[Cokayne-2] 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

[3] Ireland and her people; a library of Irish biography, (Thomas W. H. Fitzgerald, ed.), Fitzgerald Book Company, 1910, p. 188 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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