Earl of Kildare

E90450

Irish noble title hereditary title peerage title

The Earl of Kildare is a historic Irish noble title most famously associated with the powerful FitzGerald family, who were major political figures in Ireland from the late medieval period onward.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Earl of Kildare canonical	15
Earls of Kildare	4
Marquess of Kildare	1
medieval Earls of Kildare	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish noble title ⓘ hereditary title ⓘ peerage title ⓘ
associatedPerson	Henry VIII of England ⓘ Silken Thomas ⓘ
associatedWith	Geraldines ⓘ Lord Justice of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Lord Deputy of Ireland
category	Irish earldoms ⓘ Titles held by the FitzGerald dynasty ⓘ
coatOfArmsBearer	FitzGerald family ⓘ surface form: FitzGerald arms (argent, a saltire gules)
country	Ireland ⓘ
createdFor	FitzGerald family ⓘ
governedAreaDeFacto	large parts of Ireland ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	Garret Mór FitzGerald ⓘ Garret Mór FitzGerald ⓘ surface form: Garret Óg FitzGerald Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare ⓘ Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare ⓘ Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare ⓘ surface form: Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare ⓘ
hereditaryTo	male primogeniture ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Tudor dynasty ⓘ surface form: Tudor period late Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
linkedFamilyBranch	FitzGerald family ⓘ surface form: Leinster branch of the FitzGeralds
linkedTitle	Duke of Leinster ⓘ
namedAfter	County Kildare ⓘ
nobleFamily	FitzGerald family ⓘ
notableEvent	Kildare Rebellion ⓘ
notableFor	dominant role in Irish governance under the English Crown ⓘ political influence in late medieval Ireland ⓘ
originalSocialClass	Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ
partOf	Peerage of Ireland ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ Lordship of Ireland ⓘ
powerBase	Pale ⓘ central Ireland ⓘ
region	Leinster ⓘ
seat	Carton House ⓘ Kilkea Castle ⓘ Maynooth Castle ⓘ
titleHolderRole	Anglo-Irish noble ⓘ Irish magnate ⓘ
titleRank	earl ⓘ
typicalReligion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
underAuthorityOf	Kingdom of England ⓘ surface form: English Crown
usedBy	Irish peerage system ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Peerage of Ireland → hasNotableEarldom → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

Duke of Leinster → precededBy → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

Duke of Leinster → subsidiaryTitle → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marquess of Kildare

Duke of Leinster → subsidiaryTitle → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

FitzGerald family → notableTitle → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare → positionHeld → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare → hasTitleStyle → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

FitzGerald → notableTitleHeld → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

House of Kildare → associatedTitle → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

James FitzGerald → nobleTitle → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

subject surface form: James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster

Baron Offaly → associatedTitle → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

Baron Offaly → higherTitleInHierarchy → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

Geraldines → hasBranch → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earls of Kildare

Geraldines → notableTitleHeld → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

Garret Mór FitzGerald → nobleTitle → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

Maynooth Castle → associatedWith → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earls of Kildare

Kilkea Castle → associatedWithFamily → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earls of Kildare

Kildare Rebellion → namedAfter → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earls of Kildare

William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster → nobleTitle → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

Lord High Constable of Ireland → officeHolder → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster → hasFeudalOrigin → Earl of Kildare ⓘ

this entity surface form: medieval Earls of Kildare