Margaret Fitzgerald (countess of Ormond, countess of Ossory)

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Personal and Family Information

Margaret was born in 1472 in Castletown, Kildrought, Kildare, Ireland, the daughter of Gearóid Mór FitzGerald and Alison FitzEustace.

She died on 09 AUG 1542 in Kilkenny Castle.

Her husband was Piers Butler. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their ten known children were Ellice (1481-1530), Margaret (1491-?), Joan (1495-?), James (1496-1546), Richard (1500-1571), Thomas (c1500-?), Catherine (1506-1552/53), Eleanor (c1520-?), Edmund (c1520-1566) and Helen (c1523-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Margaret Fitzgerald
(1472-1542)

  

Gearóid Mór FitzGerald
(c1456-c1513)

  

Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald
(c1421-1477)

  

John FitzMaurice FitzGerald
(c1370-1435)

 +
   

Margaret de la Herne
 

  
   

Joan FitzGerald
(c1410-1486)

  

James FitzGerald
(-c1463)

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Mary de Burgh
(c1390-c1435)

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Alison FitzEustace
(c1457-1495)

  

Rowland FitzEustace
(c1413-1496)

  

sir Edward FitzEustace
(c1405-1454)

  
     
 		  
   

Jenet Bellew
(1417-1463)

  

John Bellew
(1392-1463)

 +
   

Margaret Fitzjohn Fitzgerald
(c1395-1442)

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Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth 1472
Place: Castletown, Kildrought, Kildare, Ireland
Death 9 AUG 1542
Place: Kilkenny Castle

Attributes

AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Nobility Title countess of Ormond
Nobility Title countess of Ossory