The Duke of Leinster (referring to Leinster and, unlike the province, pronounced "Linster") is Ireland's premier peer. Statistics Area: 19,774. ...

Initially Earls of Kildare, the FitzGeralds came to Ireland in 1169, 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. ... Fitzgerald or FitzGerald is a Hiberno-Norman surname, meaning son of Gerald. It may refer to: People Barry Fitzgerald (1888–1961), Irish actor. ... Events Nur ad-Din invades Egypt, and his nephew Saladin becomes the sultan over the territory conquered by Nur ad-Din. ... 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... Gerald Gearoid Mór Fitzgerald KG, the 8th Earl of Kildare (?? – c 3 September 1513), known variously as Garret the Great or the Great Earl, was Irelands premier nobleman. ... Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1487–1534), also known as Gearóid Óg, was a figure in Irish History. ... Official standard of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (plural: Lords Lieutenant), also known as the Judiciar in the early mediaeval period and as the Lord Deputy as late as the 17th century, was the Kings representative and head of the Irish executive during the... Coat of arms1 Capital Dublin Language(s) Norman French, Irish, Welsh, English Government Monarchy Lord of Ireland  - 1171-1189 Henry II  - 1509-1541 Henry VIII Lord Lieutenant  - 1528-1529 Piers Butler  - 1540–1548 Anthony St Leger Legislature Parliament of Ireland  - Upper house Irish House of Lords  - Lower house Irish House... 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 (1761), 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. ... 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 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. For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference S604123 Statistics Province: Munster County: Area: 41. ... 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. ... Lord Edward FitzGerald (15 October 1763–4 June 1798) was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary. ... Combatants United Irishmen French First Republic Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Commanders Local leaders, General Humbert Cornwallis Lake Strength  ? Various, at peak mid-June c. ...

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, Oireachtas Éireann, the two chamber parliament of the new Irish Free State, rented Leinster House in 1922 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 the Republic of Ireland). The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) was founded in 1731 by members of the Dublin Philosophical Society in their Trinity College Dublin rooms as the Dublin Society. ... Territory of the Irish Free State Capital Dublin Language(s) Irish, English Government Constitutional monarchy Monarch  - 1922–1936 George V  - 1936–1936 George VI President of the Executive Council  - 1922–1932 W.T. Cosgrave  - 1932–1937 Eamon de Valera Legislature Oireachtas  - Upper house Seanad Éireann  - Lower house Dáil Éireann...

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. The family now live in a smaller property in Ramsden, Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...

A controversial claim by the supposed descendants of the 5th Duke (largely debunked by Michael Estorick in 1981) was made and failed with the Lord Chancellor accepting the claim made by the 9th Duke of Leinster.[1]. The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and prior to the Union the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states. ...

Dukes of Leinster, First Creation (1691)

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

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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)

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Coat of arms

Arms of the Dukes of Leinster.

The coat of arms of the Dukes of Leinster derives from the legend that John FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare, as a baby in Woodstock Castle, was trapped in a fire when a monkey rescued him. The FitzGeralds then adopted a monkey as their crest (and later supporters) and occasionally use the additional motto Non immemor beneficii (Not forgetful of a helping hand). [2] Image File history File links Duke_of_Leinster_coa. ... Image File history File links Duke_of_Leinster_coa. ...

• Arms: Argent a saltire gules.
• Crest: A monkey statant proper environed about the middle with a plain collar and chained or.
• Supporters: Two monkeys, environed and chained as in the crest.
• Motto: Crom a boo (Croom to victory).

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Further reading

• Estorick, Michael. Heirs & Graces: the Claim to the Dukedom of Leinster. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1981.

 Fitzgerald, Alan John, Barons,Rebels & Romantics: the Fitzgeralds First Thousand Years. 1stBooks Library, 2004 

See also

• Baron Lecale
• Baron Rayleigh

Charles James FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale, PC (30 June 1756–18 February 1810), known as Lord Charles FitzGerald between 1761 and 1800, was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. ... The title Baron Rayleigh was created in 1821 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• An Online Gotha - Leinster