John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond

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John FitzGerald
Died 4 March 1399
Ardfinnan
Cause of death drowning
Resting place Youghal
Title Earl of Desmond
Tenure 1398-1399
Nationality Hiberno-Norman
Predecessor Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald
Successor Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald
Spouse(s) Mary Bourke or Joan of Fermoy
Issue Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald
Aveline (or Eleanor)
Parents Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald
Eleanor Butler
Norman Ireland, showing the earldoms of Desmond and Ormond

John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond (died 1398) was the son of Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond.[1][2] He married and had one son, Thomas, who succeeded him as Earl of Desmond.[1][2]

Alfred Webb states of the 4th Earl of Desmond: "In 1398 he disappeared, and is fabled to live beneath the waters of Lough Gur, near Kilmallock, on whose banks he appears once every seven years."[3]

Family of John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maurice FitzJohn FitzGerald, son of John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joan de Cogan of Carrigaline
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Margaret de Barry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nicholas FitzMaurice, 2nd Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aveline fitz Nicholas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Slany O'Brien
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eleanor de Bohun
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joan de Bohun, Countess of Hereford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eleanor Butler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roger Darcy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, Justiciar of Ireland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Isabel d'Aton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elizabeth Darcy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joan de Burgh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Margaret de Burgh
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Desmond
1st creation
1398–1399
Succeeded by
Thomas FitzGerald

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