Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies

Sir Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies was the son of John Fitzgerald and Ellen, daughter of Maurice FitzGibbon, the White Knight, and was the third of the Lords of Decies.

The Decies property was originally a part of the Desmond estate until James, the 8th Earl of Desmond, bequeathed to his younger son, Gerald, Decies and Dromana Castle.

Sir Gerald Fitzgerald married Ellice, daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and had issue:

• Sir Maurice Fitzgerald
• Sir James Fitzgerald
• Gerald Fitzgerald
• Mary, who married Sir Oliver Grace

See also

• Ashfield Gales

Ancestry

Family of Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies
Gerald FitzMaurice, 4th Earl Desmond James FitzGerald, 7th Earl Desmond Eleanor Butler Gerald FitzGerald, 1st Lord Decies Ulick FitzRickard Burke Mary Burke John FitzGerald, 2nd Lord Decies MacRichard Burke Margaret Burke Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies Maurice Fitzgibbon, the White Knight Ellen Fitzgibbon

Bibliography

• Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison.
• Power, Patrick (1907). The Place Names of Decies. London: David Nutt.