Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl Kildare^[1]

1525 - 1585  (60 years)

• Name	Gerald FitzGerald
  Suffix	11th Earl Kildare
  Birth	25 Feb 1525
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1554
  Death	16 Nov 1585
  Burial	Kildare, Co Kildare, Ireland
  Notes	http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FITZGERALD1.htm#Gerald%20FITZGERALD%20(11°%20E.%20Kildare) The Wizard Earl. Was only ten years old when his brother «b»Thomas«/b» was arrested and because his uncles had all been executed by the English government, he was the only survivng heir to the Earldom of Kildare. Fearing for his life, «b»Thomas Leverous«/b», a priest, and «b»Gerald«/b»'s relatives «b»James Delahide«/b» and «b»Lady Mary O'Conor«/b» kept him concealed. With the assistance of «b»Shane O'Neil, Earl of Tyrone«/b» and «u»«b»James Fitzgerald, Earl of Desmond <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/JamesFitzgerald(14EDesmond).htm>«/u»«/b», he was eventually sent to France until such time as he could return. Those who assisted became known as the "Geraldine League". One of the reasons for the «u»«b»King <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutHenryVIII.htm>«/u»«/b»'s intense jealousy and anxiety regarding the Geraldines, both the Kildares and Desmonds, becomes apparent in a letter written to «u»«b»Cromwell <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasCromwell(1EEssex).htm>«/u»«/b» in 1538: "«i»I ensure your Lordship that his English Pale, except the towens, and a very few of the possessioners, bee too affectionat to the Geraldynes, that for kynrede, maryage, fostering, and adhering as followers, they coveite moore to see a Geraldyn to reigne and triumphe, than to see God come emonges theym...«/i»"
  Person ID	I39877	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2007

  
  

  Father	Gerald 'Gearóig óg' FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare   d. 2 Sep 1534
  Mother	Elizabeth Grey, Countess Kildare,   b. 1497   d. Aft 1530 (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F8487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Browne, Countess Kildare   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Elizabeth (Eveleen) FitzGerald   d. 12 Jan 1617   2. Gerald FitzGerald FitzGerald, Lord Offaly   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Henry Na Tuagh FitzGerald, 12th Earl Kildare,   b. 1562   d. Between 1 Aug and 30 Sep 1597, Drogheda, Louth, Leinster, Ireland   4. William FitzGerald FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Kildare   d. Apr 1599   5. Mary FitzGerald   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8485	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.