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Garret Óg Fitzgerald
Gerard FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1487 – 12 December 1534; Irish: ''Gearóid Óg Mac Gearailt'', meaning "Young Gerald FitzGerald"), was a leading figure in 16th-century Irish history. In 1513 he inherited the title of Earl of Kildare and position of Lord Deputy of Ireland from his father. Family He was the son of The 8th Earl of Kildare and his first wife, Alison FitzEustace, daughter of The 1st Baron Portlester. In 1503, at Collyweston, he married Elizabeth Zouche, daughter of Sir John Zouche of Codnor and Elizabeth St John, a first cousin of King Henry VII, (her father, John St John, was the maternal half-brother of Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort) with whom he had: * Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare and * Lady Allice/Ellis FitzGerald (born circa 1508, died after 1540), who married Christopher Fleming, 8th Baron Slane. This was her aunt (Lodge I, 87, 92). See also Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare He married secondly Lady Elizabeth Grey, who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl Of Kildare
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare (born – ), known variously as "Garret the Great" (Gearóid Mór) or "The Great Earl" (An tIarla Mór), was Ireland's premier peer. He served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1477 to 1494, and from 1496 until his death in 1513. Family Gerald FitzGerald was the son of The 7th Earl of Kildare and Jane FitzGerald, the daughter of "the Usurper", The 6th Earl of Desmond. The Gaelicized Cambro-Norman FitzGerald dynasty had risen to become the premier Irish ''Gall'' or Old English peers in Ireland. They were descended from Gerald de Windsor and the Welsh Princess Nest ferch Rhys, the daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, Prince of Deheubarth. Gerald married firstly Alison FitzEustace, daughter of The 1st Baron Portlester, with whom he had five children: * Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare * Lady Eleanor FitzGerald, married The 9th Prince of Carbery * Lady Alice FitzGerald, married The 1st Earl of Tyrone * Lady Margaret FitzGerald, marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1503 In Ireland
Events from the year 1503 in Ireland Incumbent *Lord: Henry VII Events *Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare married Elizabeth Zouche, daughter of John Zouche of Codnor Births Deaths * Alexander Plunket References 1500s in Ireland Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ... Years of the 16th century in Ireland {{Year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron 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 "Offelan", a word that derived from the Irish ''Uí Faelain'' and not from what is now County Offaly. The original grant of the lordship of Offelan was in 1175 to Maurice FitzGerald, one of Strongbow's main supporters. In 1538–50 the title was recreated for Brian O'Connor Faly, who was based in neighbouring County Offaly. The first modern creation by Queen Mary I was for Gerald FitzGerald on 13 May 1554, who was also created Earl of Kildare at the same time and later restored to the senior earldom of Kildare (forfeit by his half-brother, Thomas) in 1569. The title (as well as the second creation of the earldom), became extinct in 1599 when the 13th earl's branch of the family became extinct and the senior earldom passed to his co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian O'Connor Faly
Brian O'Connor Faly (; – 1560), also called Bernard, was an Irish noble and Lord of Offaly. O'Connor Faly raided the Pale many times from the early 1520s to the mid-1540s, assuring his political position via alliances with the Earl of Kildare and Lord Deputy of Ireland. However, his many attacks on the territories of his fellow Gaelic nobles estranged him from both Gaelic and English allies, and facing threat of starvation, he surrendered to the English in 1548. He escaped the Tower of London c. 1552, but was recaptured and eventually died in Dublin Castle. Family background Born in Ireland around 1490, he was the eldest son of Cathaoir (1474–1511), Lord of Offaly. He had four brothers, one named Cahir. He was born into the O'Connor Faly family of the Kingdom of Uí Failghe, which, by the start of the sixteenth century, had extended their territory westward as far as the River Shannon. The people of Meath and Kildare paid a yearly black rent to the O'Connor Falys. The suff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard St Lawrence, 7th Baron Howth
Richard St Lawrence, 7th Baron Howth (c. 1510–1558) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and military commander of the Tudor era. Family He was the second son of Christopher St Lawrence, 5th Baron Howth and his wife Anne Bermingham. He succeeded to the title in 1549 on the death of his brother Edward, 6th Baron Howth, who had married Alison FitzLyon, daughter of James FitzLyon, but had outlived his only son. Richard married Lady Catherine FitzGerald, daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare by his second wife Elizabeth Grey, and widow of Jenico Preston, 3rd Viscount Gormanston, but they had no children.Lodge, John, and Archdale, Mervyn: ''Peerage of Ireland''. Dublin 1789 Career Whereas his elder brother Edward is said to have left no mark on the history of his time,Ball, F. Elrington: ''History of Dublin'', 6 volumes. Alexander Thom and Co. Dublin 1902-1920 Richard was a political figure of considerable importance. He had some legal training, having entered Lincoln's Inn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Gormanston
Viscount Gormanston is a noble title, created in 1478, held by the Anglo-Irish Preston family since the Middle Ages. The oldest vicomital title in the British Isles, Lord Gormanston is accorded the style of Premier Viscount of Ireland. Descended from Sir Robert Preston, who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland, sometime between 1365 and 1370, he was created Baron Gormanston by writ of the Parliament of Ireland. His son and heir, Sir Christopher Preston the second Baron, played a prominent part in public affairs, and was arrested for treason in 1418. His great-grandson, Sir Robert Preston the fourth Baron, served as Lord Deputy of Ireland: in 1478 he was created Viscount Gormanston in the peerage of Ireland. His son, Sir William Preston the second Viscount, served as Lord Justice of Ireland in 1525. A later descendant, the seventh Viscount, was a supporter of King James II and was outlawed after the Glorious Revolution. Jenico Preston helped to suppress the Irish Rebellion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl Of Kildare
Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Kildare (died 11 February 1612) was an Irish peer. Much of his adult life was dominated by litigation with relatives over the Kildare inheritance. Background Lord Kildare was the son of Edward FitzGerald, younger son of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare and his second wife Elizabeth Grey, a cousin of Henry VIII. Edward married Agnes Leigh, daughter of Sir John Leigh of Stockwell, Surrey, who was a half-brother of Queen Catherine Howard, the fifth queen of Henry VIII, both of them being children of Joyce Culpepper. Agnes was the widow of Sir Thomas Paston, of the famous Norfolk family who produced the Paston Letters. Career Lord Kildare was knighted in 1599 and succeeded his cousin William as Earl of Kildare that same year. He served as Governor of Offaly in 1600 and was Commissioner of Connaught in 1604. The last decade of his life was much troubled by a long-running lawsuit brought against him by his cousin Lettice and her husband. Lett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his Wives of Henry VIII, six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disagreement with Pope Clement VII about such an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation, separating the Church of England from papal authority. He appointed himself Supreme Head of the Church of England and dissolution of the monasteries, dissolved convents and monasteries, for which he was List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church, excommunicated by the pope. Born in Greenwich, Henry brought radical changes to the Constitution of England, expanding royal power and ushering in the theory of the divine right of kings in opposition to papal supremacy. He frequently used charges of treason and heresy to quell dissent, and those accused were often executed without a formal trial using bills of attainder. He achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Howard
Catherine Howard ( – 13 February 1542) was Queen of England from July 1540 until November 1541 as the fifth wife of King Henry VIII. She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, a first cousin to Anne Boleyn (the second wife of Henry VIII), and the niece of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Thomas Howard was a prominent politician at Henry's court. He secured her a place in the household of Henry's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, where Howard caught the King's interest. She married him on 28 July 1540 at Oatlands Palace in Surrey, just 19 days after the annulment of his marriage to Anne. Henry was 49, and it is widely accepted that Catherine was about 17 at the time of her marriage to Henry VIII. Catherine was stripped of her title as queen in November 1541 and beheaded three months later on the grounds of treason for committing adultery with her distant cousin, Thomas Culpeper. Ancestry Catherine was a granddaughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Culpeper
Jocasta "Joyce" Culpeper, of Oxon Hoath ( – ) was the mother of Katherine Howard, the fifth wife and Queen consort of King Henry VIII. Family Joyce Culpeper, born before 1480, was the daughter of Sir Richard Culpeper (d. 4 October 1484) and his second wife, Lady Isabel Worsley (born – 18 April 1527), the daughter of Otewell Worsley of Southwark, Surrey, by Rose Trevor. Also called Jocasta or Jocosa. Joyce Culpeper had a brother, Thomas Culpeper (not to be confused with the Thomas Culpeper allegedly involved with her daughter Katherine Howard) (1484 – 7 October 1492), and a younger sister, Margaret. Joyce and Margaret were co-heiresses to their brother, Thomas Culpeper, in 1492. It has been erroneously stated that Joyce Culpeper had another sister, Elizabeth, who married Joyce's eldest son, Sir John Leigh (1520–1564). However, only Joyce and Margaret are named as co-heiresses to their brother, Thomas, in the inquisition post mortem taken after his death, and it seems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Fleming, 8th Baron Slane
Christopher Fleming (bef. 1474–1517) was an Irish nobleman, who was Lord High Treasurer of Ireland from 1514 until his death. He succeeded as 8th Baron Slane in 1492. Family Christopher was the eldest son of James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane. His mother was Elizabeth Welles (died 1506), daughter of William Welles, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and his wife Anne Barnewall, and widow of the 3rd Baron Killeen. He married firstly Lady Eilis FitzGerald, daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare by his first wife Alison FitzEustace, daughter of Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester and his third wife Margaret d'Artois. After Eilis's death he married secondly Elizabeth Stucley, daughter of Nicholas Stucley of Affeton Castle, Devon, head of an ancient Devonshire family and ancestor of the Stucley baronets, and his wife Thomasine Cockworthy. By his first wife Christopher had three children: * James Fleming, 9th Baron Slane, who married Alison, daughter of Sir Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Margaret Beaufort
Lady Margaret Beaufort ( ; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late 15th century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first House of Tudor, Tudor monarch. She was also a second cousin of Kings Henry VI of England, Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III of England. A descendant of King Edward III, Lady Margaret passed a disputed claim to the English throne to her son, Henry VII of England, Henry Tudor. Capitalising on the political upheaval of the period, she actively manoeuvered to secure the crown for her son. Margaret's efforts ultimately culminated in Henry's decisive victory over King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. She was thus instrumental in orchestrating the rise to power of the Tudor dynasty. With her son crowned Henry VII, Margaret wielded a considerable degree of political influence and personal autonomy. She was also a major patron and cultural benefactor during her son's reign, initiating an era of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
