The Duke of Leinster (referring to Leinster and, unlike the Province, pronounced "Linster") is Ireland's premier peer. Leinster (Irish: Laighin) is the eastern province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. ...

Initially Earls of Kildare, the FitzGeralds came to Ireland with the Normans in the eleventh century, becoming as was said more Irish than the Irish themselves, a phrase which noted how various new waves of arrivals in Ireland adapted Irish culture, religious practices and the language of the native Irish, becoming exactly what the phrase implies. Two senior FitzGeralds, Garret Mór FitzGerald and his son, Garret Óg FitzGerald served as Lords Deputy of Ireland (the representative of the Lord of Ireland (the King of England) in Ireland). Earl of Kildare is an Irish peerage title. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Normans (adapted from the name Northmen or Norsemen) were a mixture of the indigenous Gauls of France and the Viking invaders under the leadership of Rollo (Gange Rolf). ... (10th century - 11th century - 12th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... More Irish than the Irish themselves was a phrase used in the Middle Ages to describe the phenomenon whereby foreigners who came to Ireland attached to invasion forces tended to be subsumed into Irish social and cultural society, adopted the Irish language, Irish culture, style of dress and a wholesale... Official standard of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (also known as the Viceroy or in the Middle Ages as the Lord Deputy) was the head of the Kingdom of Englands (before the Act of Union 1707) or Kingdom of Great Britains (after 1707... Ireland in the century prior to the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169 is probably best described as a national kingdom lacking a settled monarchy, the kingship being disputed by three regional dynasties. ... This is a list of British monarchs, that is, the monarchs on the thrones of some of the various kingdoms that have existed on, or incorporated, the island of Great Britain, namely: England (united with Wales from 1536) up to 1707; Scotland up to 1707; The Kingdom of Great Britain...

The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Leinster are: Marquess of Kildare (1761), Earl of Kildare (1316), Earl of Offaly (1747), Viscount Leinster, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham (1747), Baron Offaly (1620) and Baron Kildare, of Kildare in the County of Kildare (1870). The Viscounty of Leinster is in the Peerage of Great Britain, the Barony of Kildare in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and all other titles in the Peerage of Ireland. The courtesy title of the eldest son and heir of the Duke of Leinster is Marquess of Kildare. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. ... A courtesy title is a form of address in the British peerage system used for wives, children, and other close relatives of a peer. ...

The family was originally based in a large castle in Maynooth in County Kildare. In later centuries the family owned estates in Waterford with country residence being a Georgian house called Carton House which had replaced the castle in County Kildare. In Dublin, the Earl built a large townhouse residence on the southside of Dublin called Kildare House. When the Earl was awarded a dukedom and became Duke of Leinster, the house was renamed Leinster House. One of its occupants was Lord Edward FitzGerald, who became an icon for Irish nationalism through his involvement with the Irish Rebellion of 1798, which ultimately cost him his life. Leinster House was sold by the Leinsters in the early nineteenth century. After nearly a century as the headquarters of the Royal Dublin Society, which held its famed Spring Show and Horse Show in its grounds. In 1922, Oireachtas Éireann, the two chamber parliament of the new Irish Free State, rented Leinster House to be its temporary parliament house. In 1924 it bought the building for parliamentary use. It has remained the parliament house of the Irish Free State (now called the Republic of Ireland). Jump to: navigation, search The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ... Jump to: navigation, search Maynooth (Maigh Nuad in Irish) is a town located in County Kildare, Ireland. ... Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is a town in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. ... Waterford (Irish: Port Lairge) is, historically, the capital of County Waterford in Ireland, though today the city is administered separately from the county, the latter having its seat in Dungarvan. ... Jump to: navigation, search Carton House is one of Irelands greatest stately homes and one time ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster. ... Leinster House The former palace of the Duke of Leinster. ... The Lord Edward FitzGerald (15 October 1763 - 4 June 1798) was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Irish Rebellion of 1798 or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against the British establishment in Ireland. ... The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) was founded in 1731. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty...

The Dukes of Leinster had by the early 20th century lost all their property and wealth. Their Carton House seat was sold (though one of Ireland's most historic buildings with perfectly preserved 18th century grounds, it was controversially turned into a hotel and golf course in the late 1990s by the current owner in an act condemned by environmentalists), as later on was their other residence in Waterford.

Dukes of Leinster, First Creation (1691)

• Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster (1641-1719)

Events March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender October 3 - Treaty of Limerick which guaranteed civil rights to catholics was signed. ... Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster (30 June 1641 - 5 July 1719) was an Irish general, whose father was also a famous military officer. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats...

Dukes of Leinster, Second Creation (1766)

• James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster (1722-1773)
• William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster (1749-1804)
• Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791-1874)
• Charles William FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster (1819-1887)
• Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster (1851-1893)
• Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster (1887-1922)
• Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster (1892-1976)
• Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Duke of Leinster (1914-2004)
• Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster (b. 1948)

Heir Presumptive: The Lord John FitzGerald (b. 1952) (The Duke's brother) 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster (May 29, 1722) - (November 19, 1773) was an Irish nobleman and politician. ... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster (6 May 1892 - 8 March 1976) was Irelands premier peer of the realm. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...