Gerald FitzJames FitzGerald 15th Earl Desmond [46027] 25
- Born: Abt 1533
- Marriage (1): Joan FitzGerald Countess Ormonde/Countess Desmond [18461] about 1551
- Marriage (2): Eleanor Butler Countess Desmond [46036] after 1551
- Died: 11 Nov 1583, Glenagintigha, Tralee, Kerry, Ireland about age 50
 Cause of his death was Killed by Daniel Kelly.
General Notes:
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FITZGERALD2.htm#Gerald%20FITZGERALD%20(15°%20E.%20Desmond)
The Rebel Earl. The Complete Peerage vol.IV,pp.252-254. Killed by Daniel Kelly.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal08988
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded, 1558.
Gerald married Joan FitzGerald Countess Ormonde/Countess Desmond [18461] [MRIN: 551610916], daughter of James FitzMaurice FitzGerald 11th Earl of Desmond [18464] and Amy Mac-I-Brien-Ara [18465], about 1551. (Joan FitzGerald Countess Ormonde/Countess Desmond [18461] was born about 1509 in Desmond, Ireland, died on 2 Jan 1564 and was buried in Askeaton, Limerick, Ireland.)
Gerald next married Eleanor Butler Countess Desmond [46036] [MRIN: 551610919], daughter of Edmund Butler 1st Baron Dunboyne [46037] and Cecily MacCarthy Countess Clanricarde [46038], after 1551. (Eleanor Butler Countess Desmond [46036] died in 1636 and was buried in St. Dominick Abbey, Sligo.)
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