John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond

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]

John FitzGerald
Earl of Desmond
Tenure	1398-1399
Predecessor	Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald
Successor	Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald
Died	4 March 1399 Ardfinnan
Cause of death	drowning
Buried	Youghal
Nationality	Hiberno-Norman
Spouse(s)	Mary Bourke or Joan of Fermoy
Issue Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald Aveline (or Eleanor)
Parents	Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald Eleanor Butler

Norman Ireland, showing the earldoms of Desmond and Ormond

According to Burke, John FitzGerald married Joan Roche, the daughter of Lord Fermoy.[1] On March 4, 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]

Ancestors of John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond

Maurice FitzJohn FitzGerald, son of John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond Joan de Cogan of Carrigaline Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond Margaret de Barry Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond Nicholas FitzMaurice, 2nd Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw Aveline fitz Nicholas Slany O'Brien John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford Eleanor de Bohun Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Eleanor Butler Roger Darcy John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, Justiciar of Ireland Isabel d'Aton Elizabeth Darcy Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster Joan de Burgh Margaret de Burgh

References

1. Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204
2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Volume III. London: George Bell & Sons. 1890. p. 83
3. Ireland and her people; a library of Irish biography, (Thomas W. H. Fitzgerald, ed.), Fitzgerald Book Company, 1910, p. 188 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Gerald FitzGerald	Earl of Desmond 1st creation 1398–1399	Succeeded by Thomas FitzGerald