Family
He was the son of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and Alison FitzEustace, daughter of Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester. He married firstly Elizabeth Zouche, daughter of Sir John Zouche, and Elizabeth St .John, a cousin of the King, in 1503 with whom he had Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare and Lady Ellis FitzGerald. He married secondly Lady Elizabeth Grey, also a cousin of the King though more distant, and had a further six children: Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln, Edward FitzGerald, Mary FitzGerald, Cecily FitzGerald, and Catherine FitzGerald.
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