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 1459 - 1487 (28 years)
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| Name |
James FitzGerald |
| Suffix |
8th Earl Desmond |
| Birth |
1459 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
1468 |
| Death |
7 Dec 1487 |
Courtmontresse, Rathkeale, Limerick  |
| Burial |
Youghal, County Cork, Ireland |
| Notes |
- http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FITZGERALD2.htm#James%20FITZGERALD%20(8°%20E.%20Desmond)
succeeded on his father's execution in 1467. Received immunity for any act which he had committed to avenge his father's death. He was a man of singular prudence and largely to the detriment of the Irish did he increase the territories he had acquired. «b»King Richard III«/b» endeavoured to attach him to his interests, and sent him a collar of gold weighing 20 oz., with the device of a white boar, pendant from a circlet of roses and suns, but the «b»Earl«/b» augmented his Irish alliances, and retained his Irish habits. He was murdered at Rathkeale, 7 Dec 1487 (aged 28) possibly at the instigation of his brother and successor, «b»John Montagh Fitzgerald of Clenglish«/b».
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| Person ID |
I46006 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
9 Nov 2007 |
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