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  Earl of Kildare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Earl of Kildare is an Irish peerage title.
The tenth Earl was attained and his honours were forfeit in 1537.
In 1554, the individual who would have been the earl but for the attainder was created Earl of Kildare; he was restored to the original earldom in 1569.
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 Earl - LoveToKnow 1911
Earl, however, is the oldest title and rank of English nobles, and was the highest until the year 1337, when the Black Prince was created duke of Cornwall by Edward III.
The fact that every earl was the earl of a particular county has been much obscured by the loose usage of early times, when the style adopted was sometimes that of the noble's surname (e.g.
From at least the time of the Conquest the earl had a double character; he was one of the "barons," or tenants in chief, in virtue of the fief he held of the crown, as well as an earl in virtue of his "belting" (with the sword) and his "third penny" of the county.
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 Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (1513–1537), also known as Silken Thomas (Irish: Tomás an tSíoda), was a figure in Irish History.
In February 1534, when his father, Gerald FitzGerald, the 9th Earl of Kildare, was summoned to London, he appointed Thomas deputy governor of Ireland in his absence.
He retreated to his stronghold at Maynooth, County Kildare, but in March 1535 this was taken by an English force under Sir William Skeffington while Thomas was absent gathering reinforcements to relieve it.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Kildare
Kildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of KILDARE, JAMES FITZGERALD, 20TH EARL OF [Kildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of], 1722-73, Irish nobleman.
Kildare, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th earl of KILDARE, THOMAS FITZGERALD, 10TH EARL OF [Kildare, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th earl of] 1513-37, Irish nobleman, called Silken Thomas.
When his father, the 9th earl and lord deputy of Ireland, was summoned to London on charges of maladministration in 1534, Thomas became vice deputy.
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 Kildare Woulfes and Wolfes
In 1339 James was seeking a mill and 15 acres at Balysothenan (?), Co. Kildare, as heir to his unnamed mother, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of William Alesaundre, and, in 1358, was appointed a collector for the barony of Reban.
A Peter Wolff was a Kildare priest in the period 1497-1512 as earlier, was one John Wolf, in 1433.
George Wolfe was TD for Co. Kildare in the Irish Parliament (Dáil) between 1923-32 and died at Forenaghts in 1941.
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 KILDARE IX 1918-1921
FitzGerald, Lord Walter: The Manor and Castle of Powerscourt, County Wicklow, in the sixteenth century, formerly a possession of the Earls of Kildare, 126-139.
FitzGerald, Lord Walter: The coat-of-arms of the O'Connors of Offaly, and of Lisagh O'Connor of Leixlip, County Kildare, 241-244.
FitzGerald, Lord Walter: The Earl of Kildare's manor of Geashill, in the King's County with notes on Killeigh, in the parish of Geashill, 2-33.
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 Kildare - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Kildare, county in Leinster province, south-eastern Republic of Ireland, bounded on the north by Meath, on the east by Dublin and Wicklow, on the...
Naas, town in County Kildare, south-eastern Republic of Ireland.
It is the county town of Kildare and also its largest.
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 Doctor Kildare -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kildare (''Cill Dara'' in Irish, meaning "church of the oaks") is a town in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland.
County Kildare (Irish: ''Cill Dara'') is an Irish county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster.
Kildare is bordered by the counties of Carlow, Fingal, Laois, Meath, Offaly, South Dublin, and Wicklow.
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 Pakenham 2 Genealogy
DNB: 16th earl of Kildare (1611-1660), rebuilt ancestral castle at Maynooth; befriended Shirley, the dramatist, when in Dublin; governor of Co. Kildare, 1641; governor of Dublin for the Parliament, 1647.
Henry de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick Married: Margery, dau of Henry D'Oyley the elder.
Married: Margeret, dau of Jacguinus, Earl of Warwick 1/1.
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 FITZGERALD of Kildare
His father Gerald (or Garett) Mor, 9th Earl of Kildare, was, in fact, stlill alive but died of grief when told that Thomas had been excommunicated for ordering the execution of Archbishop Allen.
During his revolt, Dublin Castle is besieged and Fitzgerald (now 10th earl of Kildare) offers his allegiance to the Pope instead of to the 'schismatic' Henry.
Queen Elizabeth desired the lord deputy to exchange some of the crown lands with Henry, Earl of Kildare, for the castle and lands of Carlow in 1589.
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 fitzgerald01
An illegitimate daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, presumed to be of this generation, was...
ancestor of FitzGeralds of Lackagh, Kilrush and Narraghbeg in Kildare
ancestor of FitzGeralds of Mullaghmast, Kilmeed and Birtown in Kildare
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 Surviving the Tudors: The `Wizard' Earl of Kildare and English Rule in Ireland, 1537-1586:1851825495:Carey, Vincent P.; ...
Kildare's experience provides us with an important insight into the process by which the Irish elites came into conflict with the crown and its representatives in the decades after the fateful Kildare rebellion in 1534.
Medieval legacy: the earls of Kildare on a Gaelic borderland
2 Descendants of Gerald Fitzgerald, ninth earl of Kildare
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 A Guide to Leinster House, and Tour of the Parliament
It is told that the Earl had said that fashion would follow in whatever direction he led.
On becoming the Duke of Leinster in 1776 (Dublin and Kildare are in the province of Leinster) the house was renamed Leinster House.
All the ornamental parts and the Kildare Street front of Leinster House are of Portland stone.
www.irlgov.ie /oireachtas/tour/kildare.htm   (1126 words)

  
 The Earl of Kildare's Manor of Geashill - Offaly history, Archaeology, Offaly Towns, Heritage, Research, King's County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Owing to the Silken Thomas's rebellion, all the possessions of the Earl of Kildare were forfeited to the Crown, and were not restored to the Family until 1554, a period of twenty years, during which time the Crown granted leases of the lands to various Government officials, retainers, and army officers.
The monastery of Killeigh, in the Diocese of Kildare, was founded for Franciscan friars, by O'Conor Faly (i.e., Murrough, the son of Murtough).
This Gerald Bermingham was of Grange (of the House of Carrick) in the County Kildare.
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 H-Net Review: Carole Levin on Surviving the Tudors: The 'Wizard' Earl of Kildare and English Rule in ...
Kildare worked with O'Neill and the Leicester faction at the English court to undermine the power of Thomas Radcliffe, earl of Sussex, and lord deputy.
Fitzwilliam was convinced that Kildare was his enemy, and he used the gentry's resentment of Kildare's military practices to construct enough evidence to have Kildare arrested and transported to London, where, in the Tower, he faced charges of treason.
Kildare's enemies continued their efforts until Kildare was committed to the Tower in June 1582.
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 Kildare, Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
County Kildare is located in Leinster, part of the Gret Central Plain, a region of rolling farmland on a limestone base, containing the Curragh Plain, and expanses of low lying peat land, the vast Bog of Allen.
Kildare did not escape the great famine though it was spared its worst effects due to its relatively low population density.
The town of Kildare itself dates from the 5th Century when it was the site of the original "Church of the Oak" and monastery founded by St. Bridgid.
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 Pictures of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He was the father of James, twentieth Earl and first Marquis of Kildare-subsequently first Duke of Leinster-the spirited and patriotic father of Lord Edward Fitz-Gerald, of 1798 celebrity.
Robert of Kildare was by no means the most distinguished member of his illustrious House, but he was neither cold tyrant nor absentee landlord, and the political principles of his son and grandson had, no doubt, their primitive inspiration in his own sentiments.
The well-known coat of arms of the House of Kildare is sculptured in relief on the upper portion of the monument.
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 (Gerald FITZGERALD , 14th Earl of KILDARE - Lotte KINGSMILL )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Gerald FITZGERALD,11th Earl of KILDARE (____ - 16 NOV 1585)
Richard FITZGERALD, 3rd Earl of KILDARE (____ - 7 JUL 1331)
Wentworth FITZGERALD,17 Earl of KILDARE (____ - 5 MAR 1664)
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 Sir Alexander MacKenzie on the Myth of Cailean FitzGerald
The third son, Thomas, was progenitor of the original Earls of Desmond, who have long been extinct in the male line, the present Earldom, which is the Irish title of the Earl of Denbigh, having been created in 1622.
It has long been established beyond any possible doubt that the Earls of Ross were the superiors of the lands of Kintail during the identical period in which the same lands are said to have been held by Colin Fitzgerald and his descendants as direct vassals of the Crown.
In 1342, William, Earl of Ross, the son and heir of the deceased Hugh, Earl of Ross, granted to Reginald, the son of Roderick (Ranald Rorissoune or MacRuaraidh) of the Isles, the ten davochs (or pennylands) of Kintail in North Argyle (Robertson's Index, p.
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 Maynooth Castle, Kildare - Buildings of Ireland [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
In 1426 the sixth Earl of Kildare enlarged and rebuilt the castle.
Garret Mor the eigtht Earl of Kildare, also known as the Great Earl of Kildare, governed Ireland in the name of the King of England from 1487-1513 and under his son Garret Og the 9th Earl, the Castle became the centre of political power and culture.
Silken Thomas was a son of the ninth Earl.
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 Kildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
KILDARE, JAMES FITZGERALD, 20TH EARL OF [Kildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of], 1722-73, Irish nobleman.
He was created Viscount Leinster (in the English peerage) in 1747 and duke of Leinster in 1766.
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 The next earl of ormond ? - notes 1
Earl of Kildare, and by her who d.
Earl of Ormond; created 1449, Earl of Wiltshire (in the Peerage of England, in tail male); m., c.
Earl of Ormond; the 1461 English attainder (see No. 7, supra) was reversed by the first Parliament of Henry VII; created 1489, Lord Ormond, by writ (in the Peerage of England, in tail general); m.
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 Part III : The Period of Invasion (1172 - 1547)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Some time after his election, he married the daughter of Maurice Fitzgerald fourth earl of Kildare; where- upon the English authorities seized the ladys vast estates, inasmuch as she had violated the Statute of Kilkenny by marrying a mere Irishman.
After the death of the Great earl of Kildare his son Garrett Oge (the young) was appointed lord deputy by the king.
Garrett or Gerald Fitzgerald, who is known as the Great earl of Kildare, became the eighth earl in 1477.
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 Duke of Leinster
The 9th Earl was deprived of his high office and, with his five half-brothers, was committed to the Tower of London and sentenced to be executed as a traitor.
The 9th Earl died as a prisoner in 1534 and was succeeded by his son Thomas, 10th Earl.
The 10th Earl, having heard that his father was to be executed, threw off all of his allegiance to the English crown.
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 leinster.htm
It was written by the Marquess of Kildare (Charles William, [4th] Duke of Leinster); printed for private circulation in 1857; and published in 1858.
The earliest correspondence (and associated papers) derive from the 14th Earl of Kildare, and relate mainly to lands and garrisons in Co. Kildare, 1599-1601.
An important letter-book containing copies of letters to the 16th Earl of Kildare, mainly from agents or members of his family, about the estate and financial affairs of the barony of Lecale, Co. Down, with some references to Co. Kildare as well, 1629-1637, has been transcribed for PRONI by Professor Aidan Clarke of TCD.
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 County Kildare
Kildare is bounded to the southwest by the granite sprawl of the Wicklow mountains, and by counties Meath to the north, Dublin to the east, Carlow to the south and Offaly and Laois to the west and southwest respectively.
Two major rivers cut through Kildare soil, the Liffey which flows in a loop from the Wicklow mountains through Co. Kildare and into Dublin, and the Barrow which wends through Athy in the southern tip of the county.
During recent times, Kildare has grown considerably in demographic terms; the population of the county increasing from 71,977 in 1971 to 122,516 in 1991.
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 Kildare, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th earl of - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
KILDARE, THOMAS FITZGERALD, 10TH EARL OF [Kildare, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th earl of] 1513-37, Irish nobleman, called Silken Thomas.
The same year, hearing the rumor that his father had been executed (he actually died later in the Tower of London), he renounced his allegiance to King Henry VIII and rose in rebellion.
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 Thomas BUTLER (10º E. Ormonde)
Already at court were two of Thomas’ first cousins, Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, daughter of the 9th Earl of Kildare – immortalised by the poet Thomas Surrey as ‘The Fair Geraldine’ – and Barnaby Fitzpatrick, son of the baron of Upper Ossory.
Mary retained the Earl at court for a further year, allowing him to return to Ireland in Oct 1554, along with Barnaby Fitzpatrick and Gerald Fitzgerald, 11th Earl of Kildare.
Ormonde and Queen Elizabeth met in London as children; Thomas the "son of an Irish Earl" and Elizabeth the "illegitimate daughter of Henry" shared a common ground as neither was well treated by the other young nobles in court.
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 County Kildare
The Emmet Rising in Kildare: Conspiracy,Rebellion and Manhunt in County Kildare 1802-1806
Some cover only Kildare, while others take in parts of the surrounding counties or are districts whose main town is in another county and which covers only part of Co. Kildare.
Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin 1836, priests and parishes
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 Maynooth Castle, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Nuadhat is referred to as the maternal grandfather of the legendary Fionn MaCumhail in the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’.
In the latter half of the fifteenth century, Maynooth Castle became the centre of the Geraldine powerbase, as the Earls of Kildare increased their strength of ‘rule’.
Silken Thomas alias Lord Offaly was a son of Garret Óg, the ninth Earl of Kildare.
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