William FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Kildare ( – March 1599) was an Irish nobleman.
Biography
FitzGerald was the third son of
Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare
Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1525 – 16 November 1585), also known as the "Wizard Earl" (a sobriquet also given to Henry Percy), was an Irish peer. He was the son of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare and his second wife Eli ...
and Mabel Browne, and the younger brother of
Henry, the 12th Earl.
Returning from a visit to England in March 1599, prepared to accompany
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during th ...
in
the war against
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (; – 20 July 1616) was an Irish lord and key figure of the Nine Years' War. Known as the "Great Earl", he led the confederacy of Irish lords against the English Crown in resistance to the Tudor conquest of Ir ...
, he perished at sea with "eighteen of the chiefs of Meath and Fingall".
FitzGerald also succeeded to the title of 3rd
Baron of Offaly
There have been two creations of the title Baron Offaly, both in the Peerage of Ireland.
Two earlier medieval creations as Baron of Offaly existed for an earlier FitzGerald, who owned land in County Kildare, Ireland,
including what was then "O ...
on 1 August 1597.
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1599 deaths
William
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Year of birth uncertain
Earls of Kildare
Deaths due to shipwreck at sea
People of Elizabethan Ireland
Barons Offaly
1560s births