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James FitzGerald Earl of Desmond
d. 1487
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1487
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James FitzGerald, Earl of Desmond, ruled the vast Munster palatinate in the decades after his father's execution.
Research notes
✓ JAMES FitzTHOMAS FITZGERALD, EARL OF DESMOND (d.1487; styled 9th Earl in CP 'Fermoy'); m. MARGARET O'BRIEN of Thomond; father of Joan (our line). Source: CP 'Fermoy' pp.327 + the standard Desmond succession (numbering follows identity; the earls' ordinals vary between authorities because of the 1462 usurpation); contested rungs note-only.