House of Kildare

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The House of Kildare is a prominent Irish noble dynasty historically centered on the Earls and later Dukes of Leinster, long influential in Ireland’s aristocratic and political life.

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Label Occurrences
House of Kildare canonical 14
Butlers of Ormond 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish noble house
dynasty
aristocraticRank ducal house
associatedEvent Kildare Rebellion
associatedFigure Silken Thomas
associatedTitle Duke of Leinster
Earl of Kildare
branchOf FitzGerald family
surface form: FitzGeralds of Desmond and Kildare
coatOfArms three or more covered cups on a field
country Ireland
culturalIdentity Old English in Ireland
currentHeadTitle Duke of Leinster
ethnicOrigin Cambro-Normans
surface form: Cambro-Norman
foundingFamily FitzGerald family
surface form: FitzGerald dynasty
governanceRole power-brokers between English administration and Gaelic Ireland
heldOffice Lord Deputy of Ireland
hereditaryTitleHolder Premier Duke in the peerage of Ireland
historicalAllegiance Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown
historicalCenter County Kildare
historicalImportance one of the most powerful noble families in Ireland
landholdingsRegion Dublin
Kildare
Leinster
County Meath
surface form: Meath
languageOfOrigin Normand
surface form: Norman French
laterPeerage peerage of the United Kingdom
laterReligion Anglicanism
maritalAlliances English aristocracy
Irish nobility
nobleFamilyOf FitzGerald family
notable19thCenturyHead Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster
surface form: Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster
notableMember Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare
notableSeat Carton House
Maynooth Castle
politicalInfluencePeriod Tudor period
early modern Ireland
late Middle Ages
politicalRole leading Anglo-Irish magnates
region Leinster
religion Roman Catholicism
roleInIreland quasi-viceregal authority in late medieval Ireland
socialStatus peerage of Ireland

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke of Leinster associatedHouse House of Kildare
FitzGerald hasFamilyBranch House of Kildare
James FitzGerald memberOf House of Kildare
subject surface form: James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
Baron Offaly heldByNobleHouse House of Kildare
Garret Mór FitzGerald memberOf House of Kildare
Kildare Rebellion faction House of Kildare
Silken Thomas memberOfNobleFamily House of Kildare
Butler family notableBranch House of Kildare
this entity surface form: Butlers of Ormond