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Sir Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies was the son of John Fitzgerald and Ellen, daughter of Maurice FitzGibbon, the White Knight.^[1]

The Decies property was originally a part of the Desmond estate until James, the 8th Earl of Desmond, bequeathed to his younger son, Gerald, Decies and Dromana Castle.^[2]

John Fitzgerald died at Dromany on December 18, 1524, when his son and heir Gerald Fitzgerald entered into possession of the premises. Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies, died at Templemichael, February 25, 1553, and was succeeded by his son and heir, Maurice, first Viscount Decies.^[3]

Sir Gerald Fitzgerald married Ellice, daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and had issue:^[4]

Sir Maurice Fitzgerald
Sir James Fitzgerald
Gerald Fitzgerald
Mary, who married Sir Oliver Grace

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Ancestors of Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies

Gerald FitzMaurice, 4th Earl Desmond

James FitzGerald, 7th Earl Desmond

Eleanor Butler

Gerald FitzGerald, 1st Lord Decies

Ulick FitzRickard Burke

Mary Burke

John FitzGerald, 2nd Lord Decies

MacRichard Burke

Margaret Burke

Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies

Maurice Fitzgibbon, the White Knight

Ellen Fitzgibbon

Bibliography edit

Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison.
Power, Patrick (1907). The Place Names of Decies. London: David Nutt.

References edit

^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire London: Harrison, p. 561
^ Power, Patrick (1907). The Place Names of Decies London: David Nutt, p. 104.
^ Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume V, Fourth Series (1882), Dublin: Ponsonby and Weldrick, p. 647.
^ Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, p. 561

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by John Fitzgerald	Lord of Decies 1533–1553	Succeeded by Sir Maurice Fitzgerald

[1] Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire London: Harrison, p. 561

[2] Power, Patrick (1907). The Place Names of Decies London: David Nutt, p. 104.

[3] Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume V, Fourth Series (1882), Dublin: Ponsonby and Weldrick, p. 647.

[4] Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, p. 561

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