Person:John FitzGerald (5)

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Sir John FitzGerald
b.Abt 1450
 
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m. Abt 1450
  1. Sir John FitzGeraldAbt 1450 -
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  1. Sir Gerald FitzJohn FitzGeraldAbt 1475 - 1532
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Name[1] Sir John FitzGerald
Alt Name[2] Shawn FitzGerald
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1450
Marriage to Finola O'Conor

According to the manuscript MS178 in the National Library of Ireland, DUblin:

Sir John FitzGerald, son of Thomas FitzGerald 7th Earl of Kildare, by Dorothea, dau. of Anthony O’More, Prince of Leix, whom the Earl is stated to have married before he came to the title Ped: Vol 1, Ulster’s Office and Pedigrees Vol 16, p.53 Ulster’s Office, which latter entry styles Dorothea O’More, “wife of Thomas 7th Earl of Kildare”, and records her death as occurring A.D1478.

Sir John was assigned extensive domains, and the wrong done to his mother was avenged by his maternal relations of the O’More Clan by the murder of his half brother Gerald, the 8th Earl and Great Earl of Kildare, in September 1513.

References
  1. ↑ MS 178, in Pedigree of Fitz Gerald and Fitz Gerald Kenney of Kilclogher with descent from Thomas Fitz Gerald, 7th Earl of Kildare through Fitz Gerald of Blackwood, of Tieroghan Castle and Rathrone, Co. Meath and Correndoo, Co. Galway, c.1450 -- 1857. (National Library of Ireland)
    p209.

    National Library of Ireland, MS178

  2. ↑ [1], in JohnDilbeck.com.

    "Thomas Fitzgerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (15) (? - 1478), Lord Deputy of the Kingdom in 1454 and 1463. According to new information (2/9/2002), I'm replacing the marriage information for Thomas Fitzgerald. (See the note in the box, below.) Thomas did marry into the Desmonds, but the desmonds were not Butler, but FitzGerald. His marriage was to Lady Joan Fitzgerald, the daughter of James FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond, known as 'the usurper'. Also, a little known fact is that this was Thomas's second marriage. His first marriage was to Dorothy O More, daughter of Owny (or Anthony) O More, chief of Leix. This marriage was annulled to enable Thomas to marry Lady Joan, causing the enmity between the O More's and the Fitzgeralds of Kildare. Thomas and Dorothy had two sons, Shawn/John and William. They were made illigitimate and therefore excluded from inheriting the title. Thomas Fitzgerald, 7th Earl of Kildare's son was Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (14) (? - ?), Lord Deputy of Ireland, and, in effect, actual Ruler. His father was John-Cam Fitzgerald, 6th Earl of Kildare (16) (? - 1427)." Accessed 22 Aug 2011

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