Lord Edward FitzGerald

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Lord Edward FitzGerald was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary figure who became a leading member of the United Irishmen and a key organizer of the 1798 uprising against British rule in Ireland.

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Lord Edward FitzGerald canonical 5
Edward FitzGerald 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish aristocrat
United Irishmen member
person
revolutionary
arrestedOn 1798-05-19
burialPlace St Werburgh's Church, Dublin
causeOfDeath wounds received during arrest
child Edward Fox Fitzgerald
Lucy Louisa Fitzgerald
Pamela Fitzgerald (daughter)
conflict American Revolutionary War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Ireland
dateOfBirth 1763-10-15
dateOfDeath 1798-06-04
educatedAt Eton College
familyName FitzGerald
father James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
fullName Lord Edward FitzGerald self-linksurface differs
surface form: Edward FitzGerald
givenName Edward
honorificPrefix Lord
ideology republicanism
influencedBy French Revolution
knownFor leadership in the United Irishmen
planning the 1798 Irish Rebellion
legacy symbol of Irish nationalist and republican resistance to British rule
marriageDate 1792
memberOf Society of United Irishmen
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank captain
mother Lady Emily Lennox
nobleFamily House of Leinster
notableWork Irish Rebellion of 1798
surface form: Organization of the 1798 Irish Rebellion in Leinster
opponent Kingdom of Great Britain
parliament Parliament of Ireland
surface form: Irish Parliament
placeOfArrest Dublin
surface form: Dublin, Ireland
placeOfBirth Carton, County Kildare
surface form: Carton House, County Kildare, Ireland
placeOfDeath Provost's Prison, Dublin
surface form: Newgate Prison, Dublin, Ireland
placeOfMarriage Tournai
surface form: Tournai, Austrian Netherlands
politicalMovement Irish republicanism
positionHeld MP for Athy
MP for Kildare Borough
Member of the Irish House of Commons
religion Protestant
roleInEvent key organizer of the 1798 uprising against British rule in Ireland
servedIn American Revolutionary War
sibling Lord Henry FitzGerald
William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster
surface form: William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster
soughtSupportFrom French First Republic
spouse Pamela Fitzgerald
Pamela Sims
visited France
United States of America

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Irish Rebellion of 1798 leader Lord Edward FitzGerald
United Irishmen notableMember Lord Edward FitzGerald
Lord Edward FitzGerald fullName Lord Edward FitzGerald self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Edward FitzGerald
James FitzGerald child Lord Edward FitzGerald
subject surface form: James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster