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Sir Adrian James Andrew Denis FitzGerald, 6th Baronet, 24th Knight of Kerry , or simply Adrian FitzGerald , is a baronet, hereditary knight, a Conservative Party politician in the UK, and former Mayor ...
ès de Valence, dame de Danfalize, mariée à Maurice FitzGerald, baron d'Offaly, puis Hugues de Bailleul, lord de Barnard Castle et de Bywell et en troisièmes noces épouse Jean d’Avesnes, seigneur de Bea...
Agnes was born on 18 Jun 1763, possibly in Virginia. She was supposedly a daughter of Garrett Fitzgerald, but there are no direct primary sources for her place of birth or the names of her parents. She...
Name: Amice De Montgomery 1 Sex: F Death: Deceased 1Marriage 1 Maurice "The Invader" Fitzgerald Of Winsor b: ABT 1100 in Castle Carew, Pembrokeshire, WalesSources:Title: JohnFaye (8 Jun 05).FTWReposito...
Fitzgerald Surname Origin (Normandy, French) meaning the son of Gerald, Fitz, a son, Gerald (Teutonic), all-surpassing, excellent. This ancient and honorable family is traced from Otho or Other, a Baron in Italy, descended from the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. Walter, son of Otho, came This is an Anglo Norman French patronymic i.e., 'the son of Gerald'. The Anglo\Norman\French prefix 'fi(t)z' indicates 'son of', plus the personal name Gerald, a compound of the elements 'geri' a spear and 'wald', rule. There are over thirteen thousand namebearers in Ireland, the name having been introduced at the time of the Anglo-Norman Invasion i.e., 1170. The Fitzgeralds of Ireland are all said to be descended from Maurice, son of Gerald (husband of Nesta, Princess of Wales) who accompanied Strongbow. Between the years 1329 and 1601, sixteen Fitzgeralds held the title 'Earl of Desmond'. There were twenty Earls of Kildare from 1316-1766 when they became Dukes of Leinster. One of the most illustrious being Garret Mor Fitzgerald, eighth Earl of Kildare (deceased 1513) of whom Henry VII is reputed to have said 'let this man govern all Ireland'. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Fitzgerald (Gaelic form Mac (son) Gerailt (Gerald), which was dated circa 1400, The Annals of Ireland, during the reign of King Henry IV, 'Henry of Bolingbroke', 1399-1413. (Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.)
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