Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick

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Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick

Also Known As: "Joan Butler Countess Carrick fitzJohn (FitzGerald)"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fermoy, Cork, Ireland
Death: May 02, 1320 (38-39)
Limerick or Laraghbryan, Maynooth, Ireland
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Daughter of John FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare and Blanche FitzGerald
Wife of Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland and Sir Maurice Fitzgerald, 1st Earl of Desmond
Mother of William Wemme LeBotiller; James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond; John Butler, of Clonamicklon; Thomas Butler; Joan Botiller and 3 others
Sister of Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare; Gerald FitzGerald; Elizabeth FitzGerald and Catherine Hussey

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About Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick

Joan and Edmund were married in 1302, at which time Joan became Countess of Carrick.

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Joan FitzGerald Butler
BIRTH 1282
Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland
DEATH 2 May 1320 (aged 37–38)
Laragh, County Kildare, Ireland
BURIAL
Burial Details Unknown
MEMORIAL ID 102731898

Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick, was an Irish noblewoman, and the wife of Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland. She was the mother of James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond.
Joan FitzGerald was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland in about 1282, the daughter of John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare, Baron of Offaly, and Blanche de La Roche. She had two brothers, Gerald (died 1303), and Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare.
Joan FitzGerald's paternal grandparents were Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald and Rohesia de St. Michael. Her maternal grandparents were John de La Roche, Lord of Fermoy, and Maud de Waleys (Walsh). The latter was a daughter of Henry le Waleys (The Welsh).
In 1302, Joan married Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, the son of Theobald le Botiller and Joan FitzJohn (FitzGeoffrey). The marriage produced two sons:
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (1305 – 6 January 1338), who married Lady Eleanor de Bohun, by whom he had four children, including James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond who in his turn married Elizabeth Darcy and had issue, from whom descended the subsequent Earls of Ormond.
John Butler of Clonamelchon
Joan FitzGerald died on an unknown date sometime before May 2, 1320 in Laraghbryan, Co. Kildare. She was the ancestress of the Earls of Ormond, Queen consort Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, and Diana, Princess of Wales

Family Members
Parents
John FitzThomas FitzGerald
1250–1316

Spouse
Edmund Butler
1271–1321

Siblings
Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald
1296–1328

Children
James Butler
1305–1338

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Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick's Timeline

1281
1281
Fermoy, Cork, Ireland
1296
September 8, 1296
Wemme, Shropshire, England
1304
October 17, 1304
Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland
1305
1305
1308
1308
Ireland
1311
1311
Ireland
1320
May 2, 1320
Age 39
Limerick or Laraghbryan, Maynooth, Ireland
1896
June 16, 1896
Age 39
June 16, 1896
Age 39