Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond

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1335 – 1398

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Who was Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond?

Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, also known by the Irish Gaelic "Gearóid Iarla", was the 3rd Earl of Desmond, in southwestern Ireland, under the first creation of that title, and a member of the Hiberno-Norman dynasty of the FitzGerald, or Geraldines. He was the son of Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond, by his third wife Aveline, daughter of Nicholas FitzMaurice, 3rd Lord of Kerry. He was half-brother to Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond.

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