Cause of death drowning Name John 4th Resting place Youghal Died March 4, 1399 | Tenure 1398-1399 Titles Earl of Desmond Nationality Hiberno-Norman | |
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Predecessor Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald Spouse(s) Mary Bourke or Joan of Fermoy Parents Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond Successor Thomas FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond Children Thomas FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond Grandparents Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond Great-grandparents Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond | ||
John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond (died 1398) was the son of Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond. He married and had one son, Thomas, who succeeded him as Earl of Desmond.
Alfred Webb states of the 4th Earl of Desmond: "In 1398 he disappeared, and is fabled to live beneath the waters of Lough Gur, near Kilmallock, on whose banks he appears once every seven years."
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