John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare^{[1, 2]}

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• Name	John FitzThomas FitzGerald
  Suffix	1st Earl of Kildare
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	14 May 1316
  Death	12 Sep 1316	near Maynooth, Laraghbryan, Ireland
  Burial	Church of Friars Minor, Kildare, Ireland
  Notes	Baron of Offaly 5th. The Complete Peerage VII,p.218-221 & p.200. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal06971 http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FITZGERALD1.htm#John%20FITZTHOMAS%20FITZGERALD%20(1°%20E.%20Kildare) http://www.thepeerage.com/p15141.htm#i151406 John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare was the son of «u»Thomas fitz Maurice«/u».«sup»2«/sup» He married «u»Blanche Roche«/u», daughter of «u»John Roche«/u». He died on 12 September 1316.«sup»1«/sup» John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare succeeded to the title of «i»4th Baron of Offaly«/i» in 1287.«sup»3«/sup» He was created «i»1st Earl of Kildare [Ireland]«/i» on 14 May 1316.«sup»1 1. «/sup»G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VII, page 221. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i». 2. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume VII, page 218. 3. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume VII, page 200.
  Person ID	I11458	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald,   b. Abt 1229   d. 1271, Lough Mask Castle, Ballyloughmask, County Mayo, Ireland (Age ~ 42 years)
  Mother	Rohesia de St. Michael   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanche de la Roche   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Gerald FitzJohn FitzGerald   d. 1303   2. Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare,   b. Bef 1300   d. 5 Apr 1328, Maynooth (Age ~ 28 years)   3. Joan FitzGerald   d. Bef 2 May 1320
  Family ID	F5193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.