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Earl Kildare is in Earl Ireland.
On 10th September 1316 John Fitzgerald 1st Earl of Kildare (age 66) died. His son Thomas succeeded 2nd Earl Kildare.
On 9th April 1328 Thomas Fitzgerald 2nd Earl of Kildare died. His son Richard (age 11) succeeded 3rd Earl Kildare.
On 7th July 1329 Richard Fitzgerald 3rd Earl of Kildare (age 12) died. His brother Maurice (age 11) succeeded 4th Earl Kildare.
On 25th August 1390 Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Earl of Kildare (age 72) died. His son Gerald succeeded 5th Earl Kildare.
In 1427 John Fitzgerald 6th Earl of Kildare died. His son Thomas (age 6) succeeded 7th Earl Kildare.
On 16th October 1432 Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Earl of Kildare died. She was buried at Grey Abbey, County Kildare. His uncle John succeeded 6th Earl Kildare.
On 30th March 1463 David Fleming 6th Baron Slane (age 40) died. His first cousin James (age 21) succeeded 7th Baron Slane. Elizabeth Welles Countess Kildare by marriage Countess Kildare.
On 25th March 1478 Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl of Kildare (age 57) died. His son Gerald (age 22) succeeded 8th Earl Kildare.
Before 1487 Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare (age 30) and Alice Fitzeustace Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl of Kildare.
Before 8th July 1503, the date Mrgrate Tudor left on her journet to Scotland, Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare (age 16) and Elizabeth Zouche Countess Kildare were married at Collyweston Palace [Map]. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare (age 47) and Alice Fitzeustace Countess Kildare.
On 3rd September 1513 Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare (age 57) died. His son Gerald (age 26) succeeded 9th Earl Kildare.
Around 1522 Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare (age 35) and Elizabeth Grey Countess Kildare (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset (age 61). He the son of Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare and Alice Fitzeustace Countess Kildare.
On 12th December 1534, some sources say the 13th, Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare (age 47) died whilst imprisoned at the Tower of London [Map]. He was buried at the St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. His son Thomas (age 21) succeeded 10th Earl Kildare. His son, and five of his brothers were executed just over two years later - see Execution of the Fitzgeralds.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 14th May 1554 Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare (age 29) was restored 11th Earl Kildare.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 14th May 1554. The xiiij day of May was creatyd my lord Garrett (age 29) the yerle of Kyldare. [Note. This was a restoration rather than creation.]
Note. P. 63. Lord Garrett created earl of Kildare. Gerald Fitzgerald, reckoned as the eleventh earl in succession of his family. His father [Note. brother?] Thomas was executed at Tyburn, together with his five uncles, on the 2d Feb. 1535; his grandfather [Note. father?] Gerald the ninth earl having died a prisoner in the Tower of London on the 12th Dec. preceding; and was subsequently pronounced attainted by an act of Parliament in Ireland passed in May 1536. The young lord Garrett, or FitzGerald, having been educated abroad, is said to have been introduced to the court of king Edward the Sixth, and knighted by him in 1552 (Lodge's Peerage of Ireland, by Archdall, vol. i. p. 94); but we have seen (p. 334) that the latter statement is erroneous, and it is more probable that he did not return before his kinsman and patron cardinal Pole and other eminent members of the old communion. His patent of restoration was dated May 13, 1554, (Lodge,) and in the following November he returned to Ireland. He was now thirty years of age, and he died in London, Nov. 16, 1585.
On 28th May 1554 Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare (age 29) and Mabel Browne Countess Kildare (age 18) were married at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Grey Countess Kildare. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 16th November 1585 Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare (age 60) died. His son Henry (age 23) succeeded 12th Earl Kildare.
On 1st August 1597 Henry Fitzgerald 12th Earl of Kildare (age 35) died. His brother William succeeded 13th Earl Kildare.
In April 1599 William Fitzgerald 13th Earl of Kildare drowned. His first cousin Gerald succeeded 14th Earl Kildare. Elizabeth Nugent Countess Kildare by marriage Countess Kildare.
On 11th February 1612 Gerald Fitzgerald 14th Earl of Kildare died at Maynooth, County Kildare. His son Gerald (age 1) succeeded 15th Earl Kildare.
In 1620 George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare (age 7) succeeded 16th Earl Kildare. Joan Boyle Countess Kildare (age 9) by marriage Countess Kildare.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 29th May 1660 George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare (age 48) died. His son Wentworth (age 26) succeeded 17th Earl Kildare. Elizabeth Holles Countess Kildare by marriage Countess Kildare.
On 5th March 1664 Wentworth Fitzgerald 17th Earl of Kildare (age 30) died. His son John (age 3) succeeded 18th Earl Kildare.
Before 1683 John Fitzgerald 18th Earl of Kildare (age 21) and Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Wentworth Fitzgerald 17th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Holles Countess Kildare. They were third cousin twice removed.
On 12th June 1684 John Fitzgerald 18th Earl of Kildare (age 23) and Elizabeth Jones Countess Kildare (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. She the daughter of Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh (age 43) and Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh (age 51). He the son of Wentworth Fitzgerald 17th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Holles Countess Kildare. They were second cousins.
On 9th November 1707 John Fitzgerald 18th Earl of Kildare (age 46) died. His first cousin Robert (age 32) succeeded 19th Earl Kildare.
On 7th March 1709 Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare (age 33) and Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. She the daughter of William O'Brien 3rd Earl Inchiquin (age 47) and Mary Villiers Countess Inchiquin. They were second cousin once removed.
On 20th February 1743 Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare (age 67) died. His son James (age 21) succeeded 20th Earl Kildare.
John Fitzgerald 1st Earl of Kildare was created 1st Earl Kildare.
Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth St John Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl of Kildare.
Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Earl of Kildare and Margaret Rocheford Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Burghesh Countess Kildare.
Thomas "Silken" Fitzgerald 10th Earl of Kildare and Frances Fortescue Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Zouche Countess Kildare.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Burghesh Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Thomas Fitzgerald 2nd Earl of Kildare and Joan Burgh Countess Kildare. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
Thomas Fitzgerald 2nd Earl of Kildare and Joan Burgh Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. She the daughter of Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster and Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster. He the son of John Fitzgerald 1st Earl of Kildare and Blanche La Roche Countess Kildare.
Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Earl of Kildare and Agnes Darcy Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Burghesh Countess Kildare. They were third cousin twice removed.
John Fitzgerald 6th Earl of Kildare and Margaret Herne Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Thomas Fitzgerald 2nd Earl of Kildare and Joan Burgh Countess Kildare.
John Fitzgerald 1st Earl of Kildare and Blanche La Roche Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare.
Henry Fitzgerald 12th Earl of Kildare and Frances Howard Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. She the daughter of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham. He the son of Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare and Mabel Browne Countess Kildare. They were fifth cousin once removed.