Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick, was an Irish noblewoman, and the wife of Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland. She was the mother of James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond.
Joan FitzGerald was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland in about 1282, the daughter of John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare, Baron of Offaly, and Blanche de La Roche. She had two brothers, Gerald (died 1303), and Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare.
Joan FitzGerald's paternal grandparents were Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald and Rohesia de St. Michael. Her maternal grandparents were John de La Roche, Lord of Fermoy, and Maud de Waleys (Walsh). The latter was a daughter of Henry le Waleys (The Welsh).
In 1302, Joan married Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, the son of Theobald le Botiller and Joan FitzJohn (FitzGeoffrey). The marriage produced two sons:
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (1305 – 6 January 1338), who married Lady Eleanor de Bohun, by whom he had four children, including James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond who in his turn married Elizabeth Darcy and had issue, from whom descended the subsequent Earls of Ormond.
John Butler of Clonamelchon
Joan FitzGerald died on an unknown date sometime before May 2, 1320 in Laraghbryan, Co. Kildare. She was the ancestress of the Earls of Ormond, Queen consort Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, and Diana, Princess of Wales
Joan FitzGerald was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland in about 1282, the daughter of John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare, Baron of Offaly, and Blanche de La Roche. She had two brothers, Gerald (died 1303), and Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare.
Joan FitzGerald's paternal grandparents were Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald and Rohesia de St. Michael. Her maternal grandparents were John de La Roche, Lord of Fermoy, and Maud de Waleys (Walsh). The latter was a daughter of Henry le Waleys (The Welsh).
In 1302, Joan married Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, the son of Theobald le Botiller and Joan FitzJohn (FitzGeoffrey). The marriage produced two sons:
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (1305 – 6 January 1338), who married Lady Eleanor de Bohun, by whom he had four children, including James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond who in his turn married Elizabeth Darcy and had issue, from whom descended the subsequent Earls of Ormond.
John Butler of Clonamelchon
Joan FitzGerald died on an unknown date sometime before May 2, 1320 in Laraghbryan, Co. Kildare. She was the ancestress of the Earls of Ormond, Queen consort Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, and Diana, Princess of Wales
Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick, was an Irish noblewoman, and the wife of Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland. She was the mother of James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond.
Joan FitzGerald was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland in about 1282, the daughter of John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare, Baron of Offaly, and Blanche de La Roche. She had two brothers, Gerald (died 1303), and Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare.
Joan FitzGerald's paternal grandparents were Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald and Rohesia de St. Michael. Her maternal grandparents were John de La Roche, Lord of Fermoy, and Maud de Waleys (Walsh). The latter was a daughter of Henry le Waleys (The Welsh).
In 1302, Joan married Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, the son of Theobald le Botiller and Joan FitzJohn (FitzGeoffrey). The marriage produced two sons:
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (1305 – 6 January 1338), who married Lady Eleanor de Bohun, by whom he had four children, including James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond who in his turn married Elizabeth Darcy and had issue, from whom descended the subsequent Earls of Ormond.
John Butler of Clonamelchon
Joan FitzGerald died on an unknown date sometime before May 2, 1320 in Laraghbryan, Co. Kildare. She was the ancestress of the Earls of Ormond, Queen consort Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, and Diana, Princess of Wales
Joan FitzGerald was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland in about 1282, the daughter of John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare, Baron of Offaly, and Blanche de La Roche. She had two brothers, Gerald (died 1303), and Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare.
Joan FitzGerald's paternal grandparents were Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald and Rohesia de St. Michael. Her maternal grandparents were John de La Roche, Lord of Fermoy, and Maud de Waleys (Walsh). The latter was a daughter of Henry le Waleys (The Welsh).
In 1302, Joan married Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, the son of Theobald le Botiller and Joan FitzJohn (FitzGeoffrey). The marriage produced two sons:
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (1305 – 6 January 1338), who married Lady Eleanor de Bohun, by whom he had four children, including James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond who in his turn married Elizabeth Darcy and had issue, from whom descended the subsequent Earls of Ormond.
John Butler of Clonamelchon
Joan FitzGerald died on an unknown date sometime before May 2, 1320 in Laraghbryan, Co. Kildare. She was the ancestress of the Earls of Ormond, Queen consort Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, and Diana, Princess of Wales
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