Person:Gerald FitzGerald (3)

Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond
b.
d.in or after 1398
  1. Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond - Aft 1398
  • HGerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond - Aft 1398
  • W.  Eleanor Butler (add)
m. Aft 20 Jul 1359
  1. James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond - 1463
  2. John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond
Facts and Events
Name Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond
Gender Male
Birth? House of FitzGerald
Marriage Aft 20 Jul 1359 to Eleanor Butler (add)
Other  Speculative Wife?: Eleanor Butler (11) 
with Eleanor Butler (add)
Other  Speculative Wife?: Alianore Butler (1) 
with Eleanor Butler (add)
Death? in or after 1398 Disappeared
Reference Number? Q5549125?
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Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald (1335–1398),[1] also known by the Irish Gaelic Gearóid Iarla (Earl Gerald), was the 3rd Earl of Desmond, in southwestern Ireland, under the first creation of that title, and a member of the Hiberno-Norman dynasty of the FitzGerald, or Geraldines. He was the son of Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond, by his third wife Aveline (Eleanor), daughter of Nicholas FitzMaurice, 3rd Lord of Kerry. He was half-brother to Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond.[2]

Maurice Fitzgerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond, would have been followed by Gerald's older brother, Nicholas, but Nicholas was described as "an idiot", and so was passed over for the earldom. Because of this, some older histories list Gerald as the 4th Earl.

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References
  1.   Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.