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Earl of Desmond

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669: 2008: 860: 52: 2169: 757:, second son of the Earl of Denbigh and nephew of James I's favourite and lover, George Villiers. The eight-year-old Feilding was given the right to the title Earl of Desmond as and when Preston died without a male heir. Preston had also been a favourite and probably lover of James I; he had a daughter who, the plan was, George Feilding would marry, but this did not happen. In 1628 Preston died and George was made Earl of Desmond by Charles I (Preston's Scottish 384: 2405: 910: 1744: 786: 1758: 925: 1601: 810: 945: 891: 356: 321:, neighbour, relative and enemy of the Munster Desmonds. Preston died without male heir and - before Preston's death - James I decided the Desmond title should be subsequently awarded to George Feilding, a nephew of another of the King's favourites. The idea was that George would marry Preston's daughter 640:
James had not joined the rebellion of the 14th Earl and following the 14th Earl's death, James lobbied the English - at first with some success - to be restored to the title. When that failed in 1598 he joined the rebellion and assumed the title of Earl of Desmond, leading eight thousand clansmen.
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confirmed George Feilding as Earl of Desmond on Preston's death in 1628 (the fourth creation) but George never got to marry the independent-minded Elizabeth. Since 1675 the title, shorn of its traditional Irish estate, has been held by Feilding's descendants as a secondary title to that of the
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Unpublished Geraldine Documents: The Gherardini of Tuscany Author(s): A. Fitzgibbon Source: The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland,Jan., 1877, Fourth Series, Vol. 4, No. 29 (Jan., 1877)- page 257
602:(pretender, see below) Earl but the people rejected the new Protestant Earl. James was not restored to the lands associated with the title, and was only given the right to the title of Earl of Desmond for life; he was also created 598:, and was obliged to convert to Protestantism. He was temporarily, but unsuccessfully, restored to the earldom in 1600–01 by the English in an attempt to pacify Munster during the Nine Years War, and to combat rise of the 375:. The eastern half of Desmond was conquered by the Anglo-Normans and became the Earldom of Desmond, but the western half of Desmond lived on as a semi-independent Gaelic kingdom until 1596. 772:, died childless. The title Earl of Desmond has descended subsequently with the title Earl of Denbigh and the current holder is the twelfth Earl of Denbigh and eleventh Earl of Desmond. 668: 51: 2816: 1587: 2806: 1578: 542:
Authors have numbered the earls of the first creation from 1 to 14, 1 to 15, or 1 to 16, depending on whether Nicholas, an "idiot", is included as 3rd Earl, and whether
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Desmond (Irish: Deasmhumhain, meaning 'South Munster') was a historic kingdom in southwestern Ireland, founded in 1118. It comprised all of what is now
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and James's father, the child of the union, had been declared illegitimate (the 14th Earl was the child of a second, legitimate marriage).
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George Feilding's eldest son, the second Earl of Desmond, also inherited the title of third Earl of Denbigh after his uncle,
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lord in Southwest Ireland, and it was held by his descendants until 1583 when they rose against the English crown in the
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The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant
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the "Tower Earl", son of the last (14th Earl) of the first creation. He spent much of his life in captivity in the
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Earl's death John and his son Gerald continued the pretence to the title. John died in Barcelona and Gerald -
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with the right to pass that title to his successors, but he did not have heirs and died in obscurity in 1601.
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of England. Before passing to Edward, these lands had been held by Thomas FitzAnthony, the father of
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Ireland in 1450 showing the FitzGerald Earldom of Desmond. The westernmost part of the former Gaelic
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on 11 November 1583. His title, along with the enormous estates of his family, were forfeit to the
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James's younger brother John had joined him in rebellion but escaped to Spain. Following the
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Though the House of Desmond branch was founded by the eldest of Maurice FitzGeralds's sons,
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He was captured in 1601 and is believed to have died in the Tower of London in 1608.
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Journal of the Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead in Ireland
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For subsequent Earls of Desmond (title held with the title Earl of Denbigh), see
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Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh and 11th Earl of Desmond (4th creation)
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Relief of coat of arms of the FitzGerald of Desmond (showing the saltire) in
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Over time, according to English sources, the FitzGerald family became highly
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Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh, 11th Earl of Desmond (4th creation)
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upon receiving, for his homage and service, a grant in 1259 of the lands of
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to the local Irish culture. The final Earl of Desmond of this creation was
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Arms of the Fitzgerald Earls of Desmond (for arms of the current Earl, see
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and all subsequent Geraldine earls of Desmond could trace descent through
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The fourth creation happened while Preston was still alive, in 1622 for
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252: "14. GERALD FITZJAMES (FITZGERALD), EARL OF DESMOND, called the
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The Munster Desmonds were a cadet (junior) branch of the powerful
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The cannons of Reginald's Tower helped repel the forces of
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who came to Ireland from Wales as part of the 12th century
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shows a man in armour on horseback, facing to the right.
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and his eldest son fell in 1261 while fighting against
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Extant earldoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
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Title of Irish nobility granted by the English Monarch
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The current holder is 175:Baron Feilding of Newnham Paddox 2403: 2167: 2006: 1756: 1742: 1599: 763:Elizabeth, the Duchess of Ormond 707:branch of the Geraldines (whose 664:Desmond Geraldine arms and motto 586:Earl of Desmond: Second Creation 576:Dictionary of national Biography 50: 1485:(1840). Collen, William (ed.). 1351:A Compendium of Irish Biography 457:Earl of Desmond: first creation 401:FitzGerald Dynasty (Geraldines) 275:Summary of history of the title 1381:Buttevant—The Franciscan Abbey 1028:(died 1529) (son of preceding) 1016:(1459–1487) (son of preceding) 1010:(died 1468) (son of preceding) 985:(died 1399) (son of preceding) 973:(1336–1358) (son of preceding) 844:(1290–1307) (son of preceding) 789:A memorial at the site of the 1: 1541:Compendium of Irish Biography 1112: 1085: 992: 830:Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald 2837:Noble titles created in 1622 2832:Noble titles created in 1619 2827:Noble titles created in 1600 2822:Noble titles created in 1329 1491:. 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Index

Viscount Callan
Earldom of Denbigh
Image of the coat of arms of the Earls of Desmond, a red cross on an ermine background
Earl of Denbigh
Edward III
Elizabeth I
James VI and I
Charles I
Peerage of Ireland
Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond
Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh, 11th Earl of Desmond (4th creation)
Newnham Paddox House
Irish
Munster
peerage of Ireland
Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Baron Desmond
Hiberno-Norman
Desmond Rebellions
Feilding family
Warwickshire
Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh and 11th Earl of Desmond (4th creation)
FitzGerald dynasty
Anglo-Norman invasion
Tudor conquest of Ireland
Desmond Rebellions
James FitzGerald
Nine Years War
Richard Preston
James I
10th Earl of Ormond

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