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John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond

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John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond
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John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond (died 1399) 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]

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Norman Ireland, showing the earldoms of Desmond and Ormond

According to Burke, John FitzGerald married Joan Roche, the daughter of Lord Fermoy.[1] On 4 March 1399, FitzGerald drowned at Ardfinnan on the River Suir, returning from an incursion into the territory of the Earl of Ormond..[3]

He was buried at Youghal, and succeeded by his son Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond.[1]

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