George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare
- George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare
George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare (23 January, 1612 – 29 May, 1660) "was known as the 'Fairy Earl,' apparently for no other reason than that his portrait, still extant, was painted on a small scale." [ [http://www.booksulster.com/library/biography/biographyF.php/ booksulster.com] Accessed May 8, 2007] He married Joan Boyle on 15 August, 1630 she was the daughter of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and his second wife Catherine Fenton. George and Joan had four Children.
Children
*Wentworth FitzGerald, 17th Earl of Kildare (1634 – 5 March, 1664) married Lady Elizabeth Holles
*Lady Eleanor Fitzgerald (Christened 18 May, 1634 – 3 August, 1681 married Walter Borrowes
*Robert Fitzgerald (born 1648)
*Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1652 – died c. 1697/98) married Callaghan MacCarty, 3rd Earl of Clancarty
References
* [http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal09282/ Humphrysfamilytree.com] Accessed May 8, 2007
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p5986.htm thepeerage.com] Accessed March 7, 2008
* [http://www.familysearch.org/ familysearch.org] Accessed March 7, 2008
* [http://www.booksulster.com/library/biography/biographyF.php/ booksulster.com] Accessed May 8, 2007
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