Schaeffer-Massung Family Tree » Gerald fitzGERALD 🟢"The Wizard" 11th Earl Kildare (1525-1585)
Personal data Gerald fitzGERALD 🟢"The Wizard" 11th Earl Kildare
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8- He was born on February 28, 1525 in London, Middlesex, England.Sources 1, 5, 6, 8
- Alternative: He was born on February 25, 1525 in London, Middlesex, England.
- Alternative: He was born on February 28, 1525 in Kilcullen, Kildare, Ireland.
- Resident: Kildare.Source 2
- (Gerald FitzGerald) on November 16, 1585 in Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland.Source 3
- He died on November 16, 1585 in London, he was 60 years old.Sources 1, 5, 6, 8
- Alternative: He died on November 16, 1585 in London, London, England, he was 60 years old.
- Alternative: He died on November 16, 1585 in London, Middlesex, England, he was 60 years old.
- He is buried in Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland.Source 8
- A child of Gerald fitzGERALD and Elizabeth de GREY
Household of Gerald fitzGERALD 🟢"The Wizard" 11th Earl Kildare
Attention: Partner (Catherine KNOWLES) is 35 years younger.
(1) He is married to Mabel BROWNE.
They got married on May 28, 1554 at Chapel Royal, he was 29 years old.
They got married on May 28, 1554 at London, he was 29 years old. They got married on May 28, 1562 at Ireland, he was 37 years old.Child(ren):
- Lord fitzGERALD 1545-1585
- Catherine FitzGerald 1556-1602
- Gerald fitzGERALD 1559-1580
- Elizabeth fitzGERALD 1563-1617
- William fitzGERALD 1585-1599
(2) He is married to Catherine KNOWLES.
They got married October 1578 at Kildare, Ireland, he was 53 years old.
Child(ren):
- Ellen fitzGERALD 1575-????
- Lettice fitzGERALD 1580-1658
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Sources
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Burke’s Family Records (Indexed), Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Findagrave, Gerald FitzGerald 16 Nov 1585 / www.findagrave.com
- London, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Ancestry.com, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 07; Page: 123 / Ancestry.com
- Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Ancestry.com, Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 1480276 / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
- UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 28, 1525
- Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1525: Source: Wikipedia
- January 21 » The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
- February 24 » A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
- February 28 » Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
- May 15 » Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
- June 13 » Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
Day of marriage May 28, 1554
- Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1554: Source: Wikipedia
- January 12 » Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.
- January 25 » São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests.
- February 23 » Mapuche forces, under the leadership of Lautaro, score a victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Marihueñu in Chile.
- May 21 » Queen Mary I grants a royal charter to Derby School, as a grammar school for boys in Derby, England.
- July 25 » Mary I marries Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral.
Day of death November 16, 1585
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1585: Source: Wikipedia
- March 3 » The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
- April 9 » The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
- July 7 » The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
- August 8 » John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
- August 10 » The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
- August 17 » A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
Same birth/death day
- 1518 » Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany († 1536)
- 1533 » Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author († 1592)
- 1535 » Cornelius Gemma, Dutch astronomer and astrologer († 1578)
- 1552 » Jost Bürgi, Swiss mathematician and clockmaker († 1632)
- 1612 » John Pearson, English bishop, theologian, and scholar († 1686)
- 1627 » Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex († 1703)
- 1580 » Marie of Baden-Sponheim, German Noblewoman (b. 1507
- 1601 » Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (b. 1542)
- 1603 » Pierre Charron, French Catholic theologian and philosopher (b. 1541)
- 1613 » Trajano Boccalini, Italian author and educator (b. 1556)
- 1625 » Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian painter (b. c. 1532)
- 1628 » Paolo Quagliati, Italian organist and composer (b. 1555)
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