Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
Sex: M
Birth: 1 ^b
Death: 7 Dec 1487 in Courtmontresse, Rathkeale, Co Limerick ^d
Burial: Youghal ^u

Parents:

Father:
Thomas FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond Death: 15 Feb 1467/8 in Drogneda

Mother:

Ellice BARRY

Family:
Marriage:

Children:

Joan FITZ GERALD

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: first son [Ref: CP IV p248],
parents:: [Ref: CP IV p248]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p248],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p248]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP IV p248]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret O'BRIEN

names:: [Ref: CP IV p248],
child:: [Ref: CP V p298]

Research Notes:
8th Earl of Desmond, of Earldom cr 1329 [Ref: CP IV p248]

son and heir of Thomas Fitz James (Fitz Gerald) Earl of Desmond [Ref: CP IV p248]

d.s.p.m [Ref: CP IV p248]

Pedigree of James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
                                                                /-----Thomas FITZ MAURICE
                                                       /-----John FITZ THOMAS
                                                      |         \-----Sabine
                                              /-----Morice FITZ JOHN
                                             |        |         /-----Thomas Fitz Anthony
                                             |         \-----Margery
                                     /-----Thomas FITZ MORICE
                                    |         \-----Maud De BARRY
                            /-----Morice FITZ THOMAS, Earl Of Desmond
                           |        |                           /-----Thomas De BERKELEY, Baron Of Berkeley
                           |        |                  /-----Maurice De BERKELEY, Baron Of Berkeley
                           |        |                 |         \-----Joan SOMERY
                           |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Richard Fitz Roy, Baron Of Chilham
                           |        |        |         \-----Isabel FITZ ROY
                           |        |        |                  \-----Rohese De DOVER
                           |         \-----Margaret BERKELEY
                           |                 |                  /-----William De FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
                           |                 |         /-----William De FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
                           |                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Chester, Lady Of Chartley
                           |                  \-----Joan De FERRERS
                           |                          |         /-----Roger De QUINCY, Earl Of Winchester
                           |                           \-----Margaret De QUINCEY
                           |                                    \-----Helen Of Galloway
                   /-----Gerald Fitz Morice, Earl Of Desmond
                  |        |                                    /-----Maurice FITZ THOMAS
                  |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ MAURICE
                  |        |                  /-----Maurice FITZ THOMAS, Lord Kerry
                  |        |         /-----Nicholas FITZ MAURICE, Lord Kerry
                  |        |        |        |         /-----William FITZ ELIE
                  |        |        |         \-----Ellen FITZ WILLIAM
                  |         \-----Aveline Fitz Nicholas
                  |                 |                           /-----Teige Cael-Uisce O'Brien
                  |                 |                  /-----Turlough King Of Thomond
                  |                 |         /-----Connor O'BRIEN, Prince Of Thomond
                  |                  \-----Slany O'BRIEN
          /-----James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
         |        |                                             /-----Theobald Le BOTELER
         |        |                                    /-----Theobald Le BOTELER
         |        |                                   |         \-----Margery De BURGH
         |        |                           /-----Edmund Le BOTELER
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
         |        |                          |         \-----Joan FITZ JOHN
         |        |                          |                  \-----Isabel BIGOD
         |        |                  /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Thomas FITZ MAURICE FITZ GERALD
         |        |                 |        |         /-----John FITZ THOMAS FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Kildare
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Rohesia De ST MICHAEL
         |        |                 |         \-----Joan FITZ JOHN
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander ROCHE, Baron Of Fermoy
         |        |                 |                  \-----Blanche ROCHE
         |        |         /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Humphrey VI De BOHUN
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Humphrey VII De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor De BRAIOSE
         |        |        |        |         /-----Humphrey VIII De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Ingleman FIENNES, K.B., Lord Of Wendover
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Maud De FIENNES
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel
         |        |        |         \-----Eleanor De BOHUN
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Henry III King Of England
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Edward I King Of England
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor Of Provence
         |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Fernando III The Saint King Of Castile And Leon
         |        |        |                           \-----Eleanor Of Castile
         |        |        |                                    \-----Joan De DAMMARTIN
         |         \-----Alianore Le BOTILLER
         |                 |                                    /-----Norman DARCY, Baron Of Nocton
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Philip DARCY, Baron Of Nocton
         |                 |                          |         \-----Agnes
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Roger DARCY
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Roger II BERTRAM, Baron Of Mitford
         |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel BERTRAM
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Agnes
         |                 |         /-----Sir John DARCY, Lord Darcy
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Gilbert D'ATON
         |                 |        |        |         /-----William D'ATON
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret VESCI
         |                 |        |         \-----Isabel D'ATON
         |                  \-----Elizabeth DARCY
         |                          |                           /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
         |                          |                  /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
         |                          |                 |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
         |                          |         /-----Richard De BURGH, Earl Of Ulster
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
         |                          |        |         \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
         |                          |        |                  \-----Isabel BIGOD
         |                           \-----Joan De BURGH
         |                                   |                  /-----Baldwin III Count Of Guines
         |                                   |         /-----Arnold III Count Of Guines
         |                                   |        |         \-----Mahaut Fiennes
         |                                    \-----Margaret Of Guines
         |                                            |         /-----Enguerrand III Lord Of Coucy
         |                                             \-----Alix Of Coucy
         |                                                      \-----Mary Of Montmirail
/-----Thomas FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
|        |         /-----Ulick Mac RICHARD BURK
|         \-----Mary Mac RICHARD BURK
James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
|                                                               /-----David De Barry
|                                                      /-----David De Barry, Lord Barry
|                                             /-----David BARRY, Lord Barry
|                                    /-----David BARRY, Lord Barry
|                                   |         \-----Maud De BOULLTRON
|                           /-----David BARRY, Lord Barry
|                  /-----John BARRY, Lord Barry
|         /-----William BARRY, Lord Barry
|        |        |                                             /-----John FITZ THOMAS
|        |        |                                    /-----Morice FITZ JOHN
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Margery
|        |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ MORICE
|        |        |                          |         \-----Maud De BARRY
|        |        |                  /-----Morice FITZ THOMAS, Earl Of Desmond
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Maurice De BERKELEY, Baron Of Berkeley
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel FITZ ROY
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret BERKELEY
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----William De FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Joan De FERRERS
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret De QUINCEY
|        |        |         /-----Gerald Fitz Morice, Earl Of Desmond
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ MAURICE
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Maurice FITZ THOMAS, Lord Kerry
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Nicholas FITZ MAURICE, Lord Kerry
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William FITZ ELIE
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Ellen FITZ WILLIAM
|        |        |        |         \-----Aveline Fitz Nicholas
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Turlough King Of Thomond
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Connor O'BRIEN, Prince Of Thomond
|        |        |        |                  \-----Slany O'BRIEN
|        |         \-----Ellice
|        |                 |                                    /-----Theobald Le BOTELER
|        |                 |                           /-----Edmund Le BOTELER
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Joan FITZ JOHN
|        |                 |                  /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----John FITZ THOMAS FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Kildare
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Joan FITZ JOHN
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Blanche ROCHE
|        |                 |         /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Humphrey VII De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Humphrey VIII De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Maud De FIENNES
|        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor De BOHUN
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Edward I King Of England
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Eleanor Of Castile
|        |                  \-----Alianore Le BOTILLER
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir Philip DARCY, Baron Of Nocton
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir Roger DARCY
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel BERTRAM
|        |                          |         /-----Sir John DARCY, Lord Darcy
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----William D'ATON
|        |                          |        |         \-----Isabel D'ATON
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth DARCY
|        |                                   |                  /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|        |                                   |         /-----Richard De BURGH, Earl Of Ulster
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|        |                                    \-----Joan De BURGH
|        |                                            |         /-----Arnold III Count Of Guines
|        |                                             \-----Margaret Of Guines
|        |                                                      \-----Alix Of Coucy
\-----Ellice BARRY
         |         /-----(Unk) ROCHE, Lord Roche
          \-----Ellen ROCHE

Descendants of James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond

1. James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond m. Margaret O'BRIEN

m. Margaret O'BRIEN father: Teige O'BRIEN, Prince Of Thomond

2+ Joan FITZ GERALD m. Maurice ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy

2nd generation

2. Joan FITZ GERALD m. Maurice ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy

m. Maurice ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy father: David ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy mother: Joan De BURGH

3+ Ellen ROCHE m. Maurice FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond

4+ David ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy m. Catherine MacCARTY

3rd generation

3. Ellen ROCHE m. Maurice FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond

m. Maurice FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond father: Thomas FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond mother: Ellice BARRY

5+ James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond m. Amy MAC-I-BRIEN-ARA

4. David ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy m. Catherine MacCARTY

m. Catherine MacCARTY father: Teige MacCARTY

6+ Maurice ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy m. Granny MacCARTY

4th generation

5. James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond m. Amy MAC-I-BRIEN-ARA

m. Amy MAC-I-BRIEN-ARA father: Turlogh MAC-I-BRIEN-ARA, Bishop Of Killiloe

7+ Joan FITZ GERALD m1. James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond m2. Sir Francis BRYAN m3. Gerald FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond

6. Maurice ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy m. Granny MacCARTY

m. Granny MacCARTY father: Cormac Mac Teige MacCARTY

8+ David ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy m1. Ellen BUTLER m2.

5th generation

7. Joan FITZ GERALD m1. James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond m2. Sir Francis BRYAN m3. Gerald FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond

m. James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond father: Sir Piers BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond mother: Margaret FITZGERALD

9+ Thomas BUTLER, Earl of Ormond m1. Elizabeth BERKELEY m2. Elizabeth SHEFFIELD m3. Helen BARRY

10+ Sir Edmund BUTLER m1. Eleanor EUSTACE m2.

11+ Sir John BUTLER m. Catharine McCARTY

m. Sir Francis BRYAN father: Sir Thomas BRYAN mother: Margaret BOURCHIER, Dame Bryan

m. Gerald FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond father: James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond mother: More O'CARROLL

8. David ROCHE, Lord Roche Of Fermoy m1. Ellen BUTLER m2.

m. Ellen BUTLER father: James BUTLER mother: Joan BUTLER

12+ Maurice ROCHE, Viscount Fermoy m1. Eleanor FITZ GERALD m2. Catherine FITZ GERALD

13+ Ellen ROCHE m. David BARRY, Viscount Buttevant