John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond
John FitzGerald | |
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| Spouse(s) | Mary Bourke or Joan of Fermoy |
| Issue | Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald Aveline (or Eleanor) |
| Parents | Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald Eleanor Butler |
John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond (died 1399) was the son of Gerald FitzGerald, 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]
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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
- ^ . 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
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