Margaret FitzGerald

✓ DOCUMENTED (web-confirmed 23 Jul 2026): MARGARET FITZGERALD (d.1542), 'the Great Countess of Ormond', dau. of GERALD FITZGERALD, 8TH EARL OF KILDARE ('the Great Earl', Lord Deputy of Ireland) by Alison FitzEustace; wife of Piers Butler 8th Earl of Ormond; mother of Helen (our line). A SECOND GREAT GATEWAY - the KILDARE GERALDINES, themselves richly connected (extendable in Burke's 'Leinster'/Kildare; the Kildare FitzGeralds also carry royal descents). Direct ancestress. Added 23 Jul 2026.