Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Until there is more definite information this profile is for ELIZABETH GREY who married GERALD FITZGERALD, 9th EARL OF KILDARE.

THERE IS A ISSUE OF WHETHER IT IS ELIZABETH GREY THAT MARRIED BOTH, Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare AND Sir John Arundell of Lanherne OR IF ELEANOR GREY WAS THE WIFE OF Sir John Arundell of Lanherne. EACH HAS SOURCES LISTED, THE SOURCES LISTED AT PEERAGE, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO VIEW TO VERIFY.

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From the Dictionary of national biography (1885), which supports her marriage to Gerald Fitzgerald:

• http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati19stepuoft#page/120/m...
• Pg. 119-120
• In 1520, (Gerald Fitzgerald, ninth earl of) Kildare married (secondly, after first wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Zouche of Codnor in Derbyshire, died at Lucan in October 1517, and was buried at the Monastery of the Friars Observant at Kilcullen, County Kildare) the Lady Elizabeth Grey, fourth daughter of Thomas, marquis of Dorset, Granddaughter of Elizabeth Woodville, queen of Edward IV and first cousin of Henry VIII.
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• Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare (c.1497- after 1548), was an English noblewoman, and the second wife of Irish peer Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare. Her father was Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset. .... etc.
• Lady Elizabeth Grey was born in about 1497, a daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, and Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville, one of the wealthiest heiresses in England in the latter half of the 15th-century. Elizabeth's paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of King Edward IV of England.
• Elizabeth had 13 siblings, including her eldest brother Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, who succeeded their father when he died in September 1501, when she was about four years old. Two years later, their mother, Cecily married Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, which caused many quarrels over their inheritance. On one occasion, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was forced to intervene on behalf of King Henry VIII of England, and he ordered both Cecily and Thomas to contribute to the dowries of Elizabeth and her three surviving sisters.[1]
• She was appointed one of the Maids of Honour to Princess Mary Tudor in 1514, and accompanied her to France when the princess set out to marry King Louis XII. She remained at the French court when Queen Mary's other English ladies were sent home, and stayed on to serve Mary's successor, Queen Claude, consort of the new King Francis I, in the same capacity. Elizabeth's fellow English Maids of Honour, who also were allowed to remain behind in Queen Claude's household, were Anne Boleyn, and Mary Boleyn.[2]
• Elizabeth was one of Queen Catherine of Aragon's attendants at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.
• She married Gerald "Gearóid Og" FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare in London in about 1522. His first wife, Elizabeth Zouche had died, leaving him a son, Thomas, and three daughters. By his marriage to Elizabeth, who was Henry VIII's cousin, Gerald gained much influence at court.[3] Elizabeth was styled as the Countess of Kildare. The match, while advantageous to Gerald, was also partially based on the physical attraction the couple had for one another. Historian Mary Anne Everett Green described Gerald as having been quite handsome in appearance, and he in turn was pleased by Elizabeth.[4] He had been a kindly husband to his first wife, and his second marriage was also happy.[5] According to historian Barbara Jean Harris, Elizabeth married Gerald against her father's will; however in 1527 her mother forgave her by granting Elizabeth a dowry of £1000. She added the following as means of explanation for the money: "forasmuch as the said marriage is honourable and I and all her friends have cause to be content with the same".[6]
• In 1523, Elizabeth returned with her husband to Ireland, where he served as Lord Deputy of Ireland (1524–1525, 1532–1534), and as Deputy to the King's Lieutenant of Ireland (1533).[7] Extant letters she wrote home to England, show that Elizabeth had taken a keen interest in the Irish political situation.[8]
• Together Gerald and Elizabeth had at least six children:
  • Lord Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, known to history as "The Wizard Earl", (25 February 1525- 16 November 1585), married Mabel Browne, by whom he had issue.
  • Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, known as "The Fair Geraldine" (1527- March 1590), married firstly, Sir Anthony Browne (d.1548), by whom she had two children who both died young; and secondly Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln. Her last marriage was childless.
  • Lord Edward FitzGerald (17 January 1528-1597), married Agnes Leigh, by whom he had issue, including Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Kildare.
  • Lady Mary FitzGerald,[7] married Richard Nugent, 3rd Baron Delvin, by whom she had issue.[9]
  • Lord Thomas FitzGerald
  • Lady Cecily FitzGerald (died after 7 April 1547)
• .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Grey,_Countess_of_Kildare
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• Thomas Grey, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and 1st Marquess of Dorset, KG (1453 – 20 September 1501), .... etc.
• He and his second wife Cecily Bonville had seven sons and eight daughters, including:
  • Edward Grey, married Anne Jerningham but died young leaving no children.
  • Anthony Grey, believed to have died young.
  • Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset (22 June 1477 – 22 June 1530), father of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
  • Richard Grey, married Florence Pudsey.
  • John Grey, married Anne daughter of William Barlow but left no children.
  • Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane (c. 1479 – 28 July 1541), served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland but was executed.
  • George Grey, in holy orders.
  • Cecily Grey (d. 28 April 1554), married John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley.
  • Bridget Grey, believed to have died young.
  • Anne Grey, believed to have died young.
  • Dorothy Grey (1480–1552), married first Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke and secondly William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy.
  • Elizabeth Grey, married Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare.
  • Margaret Grey, married Richard Wake of Blisworth.
  • Eleanor Grey, married Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Cornwall, and had Sir Thomas Arundell of Lanherne.
  • Mary Grey (1493 – 22 February 1538), married Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Grey,_1st_Marquess_of_Dorset
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• A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke
• http://books.google.com/books?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&d...
• Pg.249
• Elizabeth Grey married Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
• Eleanor Grey married Sir John Arundell of Lanherne
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• Elizabeth Grey1,2,3,4
• F, #48530, d. after 14 July 1540
• Father Sir Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, Lord Ferrers, Constable of the Tower of London & Ruthland Castle1,2,3,4 b. c 1455, d. 30 Aug 1501
• Mother Cecily Bonville1,2 b. 1461, d. 12 Apr 1530 or 12 May 1530
• Elizabeth Grey married Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, son of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl Kildare and Allison FitzEustace, in 1519 at England.1,2,3,4 Elizabeth Grey died after 14 July 1540 at of Beaumanoir, Leicestershire, England.1
• Family Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare b. 1487, d. 13 Dec 1534
• Child
  • Elizabeth FitzGerald5,3,4 b. c 1528, d. Mar 1590
• Citations
• 1.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 234-235.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 359.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 226-227.
• 4.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 180-182.
• 5.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 692-693.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1615.htm#...
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• Elizabeth GREY (C. Kildare)
• Born: 1497
• Died: AFT 1548
• Notes: was one of the ladies who accompanied Mary Tudor to France in 1514 and one of the few allowed to stay with her. She was one of Catalina of Aragon’s attendants at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520. She married Gerald Fitzgerald, E. of Kildare and returned with him to Ireland in 1523 and they seem to have had a successful partnership. Letters she wrote back to England are still extant, indicating she took an interest in the political situation in Ireland. In 1531, a private act of Parliament assured Elizabeth an income of £200 per annum (Irish pounds) for life, as well as the manor of Portlester should she decide to remain in Ireland after her husband's death. By 1533, when Henry VIII sent for Kildare, he was apparently already gravely ill as the result of a bullet wound. Elizabeth went to England instead, arriving in Oct, but the King insisted on Kildare’s presence. He arrived and was imprisoned in Jul 1534. As he was clearly dying, Elizabeth was allowed to visit him. Meanwhile, in Ireland, Kildare’s brothers and his sons by his first marriage rebelled against English rule. Elizabeth’s brother, Lord Leonard Grey, was sent to put down the rebellion. In her widowhood, Elizabeth lived at Lord Leonard’s home, Beaumanor, Leicestershire, with her son Edward, who was smuggled out of Ireland in Jul 1536 and brought to her there. In a letter to Lord Cromwell, she describes him as "an innocent" and asks for custody of the boy so that he can be "brought up in virtue". Her oldest son fled to France in 1540 but was eventually brought to England by Lady Kildare’s chaplain in 1549.
• Father: Thomas GREY (1° M. Dorset)
• Mother: Cecily BONVILLE (M. Dorset)
• Married: Gerald 'Gearóig óg' FITZGERALD (9° E. Kildare) 1503
• Children:
  • 1. Gerald FITZGERALD (11° E. Kildare)
  • 2. Edward FITZGERALD
  • 3. Thomas FITZGERALD
  • 4. Elizabeth FITZGERALD (C. Lincoln) ("Fair Geraldine")
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREY5.htm#Elizabeth GREY (C. Kildare)
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• Lady Elizabeth Grey was the daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and Cecilia Bonville, Baroness Bonville and Harington.1 She married, firstly, Sir John Arundell, son of Thomas Arundell and Catherine Dynham.1 *She married, secondly, Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, son of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and Alison Eustace, in 1519.2
• As a result of her marriage, Lady Elizabeth Grey was styled as Countess of Kildare. Her married name became Arundell.1 From 1519, her married name became FitzGerald.2
• Children of Lady Elizabeth Grey and Sir John Arundell
  • 1.Sir John Arundell1
  • 2.Sir Thomas Arundell+1 d. 26 Feb 1552
  • 3.Elizabeth Arundell1
• Children of Lady Elizabeth Grey and Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
  • 1.Lady Mary FitzGerald3
  • 2.Gerald FitzGerald, 1st/11th Earl of Kildare+2 b. 25 Feb 1525, d. 16 Nov 1585
  • 3.Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald3 b. 1528, d. Mar 1589/90
  • 4.Edward FitzGerald+3 b. 17 Jan 1528
• Citations
• 1.[S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 9. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
• 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2298. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• 3.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2299.
• From: http://thepeerage.com/p4794.htm#i47936

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Elizabeth (Or Eleanor) Grey    Compact Disc #10     Pin #891361 Pedigree 

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Birth: abt 1478
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Spouse: John ARUNDELL Disc #10 Pin #891360
Marriage: abt 1499
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John ARUNDELL (AFN:95KZ-6F) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1474 Place: Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England

Died: 8 Feb 1545 Place: , Roscarrock, Cornwall, England

Buried: 20 Feb 1545 Place: St.mary Woolnoth, London, Middlesex, England

Married: Abt 1499 Place: Of, Groby, Leicestershire, England

Father: Thomas ARUNDELL (AFN:95L0-DK) Family

Mother: Catherine DINHAM (DYNHAM) (AFN:9Q2K-ZC)

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Eleanor GREY (AFN:95KZ-58) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1478 Place: Of, Groby, Leicestershire, England

Married: Abt 1499 Place: Of, Groby, Leicestershire, England

Father: Thomas GREY (AFN:95KZ-3W) Family

Mother: Cecily BONVILLE (AFN:95KZ-43)

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F Elizabeth ARUNDELL (AFN:95KZ-7L) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1502 Place: Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England

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F Jane ARUNDELL (AFN:95KZ-8R) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1504 Place: Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England

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M John ARUNDELL (AFN:95KX-7G) Pedigree

Born: 1500 Place: Of, Lanherne, Cornwall, England

Died: 7 Nov 1557 Place:

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M Thomas ARUNDELL (AFN:95KZ-9X) Pedigree

Born: 1515 Place: Of, Wardour, Wiltshire, England

Died: 26 Feb 1552 Place: , , , England

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F Eleanor ARUNDEL (AFN:9FX7-HM) Pedigree

Born: 1508 Place: Of, Lanhern, Cornwall, England

Died: Aft 1513 Place:

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F Jane ARUNDEL (AFN:9FX7-JS) Pedigree

Born: 1510 Place: Of, Lanhern, Cornwall, England

Died: 31 Oct 1577 Place:

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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare (c.1497- after 1548), was an English noblewoman, and the second wife of Irish peer Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare. Her father was Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset.

She went to France in 1514 as one of the Maids of Honour of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and remained to serve the latter's successor, Queen Claude, in the same capacity.

Family and early years[edit] Lady Elizabeth Grey was born in about 1497, a daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, and Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville, one of the wealthiest heiresses in England in the latter half of the 15th-century. Elizabeth's paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of King Edward IV of England.

Elizabeth had 13 siblings, including her eldest brother Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, who succeeded their father when he died in September 1501, when she was about four years old. Two years later, their mother, Cecily married Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, which caused many quarrels over their inheritance. On one occasion, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was forced to intervene on behalf of King Henry VIII of England, and he ordered both Cecily and Thomas to contribute to the dowries of Elizabeth and her three surviving sisters.[1]

She was appointed one of the Maids of Honour to Princess Mary Tudor in 1514, and accompanied her to France when the princess set out to marry King Louis XII. She remained at the French court when Queen Mary's other English ladies were sent home, and stayed on to serve Mary's successor, Queen Claude, consort of the new King Francis I, in the same capacity. Elizabeth's fellow English Maids of Honour, who also were allowed to remain behind in Queen Claude's household, were Anne Boleyn, and Mary Boleyn.[2]

Elizabeth was one of Queen Catherine of Aragon's attendants at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.

Marriage and issue[edit] She married Gerald "Gearóid Og" FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare in London in about 1522. His first wife, Elizabeth Zouche had died, leaving him a son, Thomas, and three daughters. By his marriage to Elizabeth, who was Henry VIII's cousin, Gerald gained much influence at court.[3] Elizabeth was styled as the Countess of Kildare. The match, while advantageous to Gerald, was also partially based on the physical attraction the couple had for one another. Historian Mary Anne Everett Green described Gerald as having been quite handsome in appearance, and he in turn was pleased by Elizabeth.[4] He had been a kindly husband to his first wife, and his second marriage was also happy.[5] According to historian Barbara Jean Harris, Elizabeth married Gerald against her father's will; however in 1527 her mother forgave her by granting Elizabeth a dowry of £1000. She added the following as means of explanation for the money: "forasmuch as the said marriage is honourable and I and all her friends have cause to be content with the same".[6]

In 1523, Elizabeth returned with her husband to Ireland, where he served as Lord Deputy of Ireland (1524–1525, 1532–1534), and as Deputy to the King's Lieutenant of Ireland (1533).[7] Extant letters she wrote home to England, show that Elizabeth had taken a keen interest in the Irish political situation.[8]

Together Gerald and Elizabeth had at least six children:

Lord Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, known to history as "The Wizard Earl", (25 February 1525- 16 November 1585), married Mabel Browne, by whom he had issue. Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, known as "The Fair Geraldine" (1527- March 1590), married firstly, Sir Anthony Browne (d.1548), by whom she had two children who both died young; and secondly Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln. Her last marriage was childless. Lord Edward FitzGerald (17 January 1528 – 1597), married Agnes Leigh, by whom he had issue, including Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Kildare. Lady Mary FitzGerald,[7] married Richard Nugent, 3rd Baron Delvin, by whom she had issue.[9] Lord Thomas FitzGerald Lady Cecily FitzGerald (died after 7 April 1547)

n 1531, a private Act of Parliament assured her an income of £200 per annum as well as the Irish manor of Portlester.[10]

In October 1533, Elizabeth brought her daughter, Elizabeth FitzGerald to the English court. The girl, aged six, became a companion to the infant Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King Henry VIII, and Elizabeth Grey's erstwhile companion at the French court, Anne Boleyn, whom the King had married in January of that year.

Later, Elizabeth Grey was allegedly part of the conservative faction at court who plotted against Queen Anne.[11]

Elizabeth's husband, the Earl of Kildare, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London on charges of corruption and plotting rebellion in Ireland, died in 1534. Elizabeth had remained with him, nursing him throughout his imprisonment from July 1534 until his death on 12 December. The Earl had received a gunshot wound at the end of 1532 in an attack he had led against the O'Carroll clan at Birr.

Elizabeth retired to her brother Leonard's manor of Beaumanoir, in Leicestershire, while her younger sons were raised at court alongside Prince Edward. Later her son, Edward joined her.

Rebellion in Ireland[edit] Elizabeth's stepson, "Silken Thomas" and her five brothers-in-law were executed for rebellion at Tyburn in 1537. Her own brother Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane, the incumbent Lord Deputy of Ireland had put down the rebellion. Her eldest daughter, Elizabeth was sent to the household of Princess Mary at Hunsdon, and it was during that time that the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey would immortalise the ten year-old girl as "The Fair Geraldine" in his sonnet, The Geraldine which he wrote while he was briefly imprisoned for striking a courtier.

Her eldest son, Gerald, who could not succeed to the earldom of Kildare as a result of its having been forfeited to the Crown, immediately went on the run in Ireland, where in County Tyrconnell, along with other disgruntled clans, formed the Geraldine League. When the federation was defeated in Monaghan in 1539, he fled to the Continent. As a result of Gerald's successful escape, Leonard Grey was attainted and executed for High Treason in July 1541 at the Tower of London by the orders of Henry VIII. Gerald first went to France, and then Italy, where he would remain until his return to England in 1548, in the company of Elizabeth's chaplain. He was received at court by the new King, Edward VI, who returned his confiscated lands. He succeeded to the title of 11th Earl of Kildare in 1554 in the reign of Queen Mary.

Elizabeth Grey died on an unknown date sometime after 1548.

Ancestry[edit] [show]Ancestors of Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare References[edit] Jump up ^ Harris, Barbara Jean. English Aristocratic Women, 1450-1550: Marriage and Family, Property and Careers. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.114-115. Jump up ^ Fraser, Antonia (1992). The Wives of Henry VIII. New York: Knopf. p.121. ISBN 0-679-73001-X Jump up ^ Marquis of Kildare, The Earls of Kildare and their Ancestors: from 1057 to 1773, 1864, chapter 85, Google Books, retrieved 23-11-09 Jump up ^ Emerson, retrieved 4 October 2010 Jump up ^ Lennon, Colm Sixteenth-century Ireland- the Incomplete Conquest Gill and Macmillan 1994 p.78 Jump up ^ Harris, p.58 ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.thePeerage.com Jump up ^ Kathy Lynn Emerson, A Who's Who of Tudor Women, sourced from Elizabeth Grey's entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, retrieved on 23-11-09 Jump up ^ http://www.the Peerage.com Jump up ^ Emerson, A Who's Who of Tudor Women Jump up ^ Earlymodernengland, 20 October 2007, accessed 23-11-09

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