James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond
James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond( d. 1462), called' the Usurper', was the youngest son of Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond, and Lady Eleanor, daughter of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond.
James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond
James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond (1459–1487) was the son of Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond and his wife, Ellice de Barry, daughter of William Barry, 8th Baron Barry, and Ellen de la Roche.
Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond
Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond( d. 1358)( Maurice Óg) was the son of Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond, and his first wife, Catherine de Burgh.
( Some sources list her as Margaret.)
The 2nd Earl married Beatrice de Stafford, daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret Audley, but died without any male issue, and was therefore succeeded in the Earldom of Desmond by his half- brother Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond.
FitzGerald's widow married
Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros around a year after FitzGerald's death.
John FitzGerald, de facto 12th Earl of Desmond
John FitzGerald, de facto 12th Earl of Desmond( died December 1536) was the brother of Thomas FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Desmond.
Upon his brother's death in 1534, John disputed the title to the earldom of his brother's grandson, James FitzGerald, de jure 12th Earl of Desmond.
According to the" Annals of the Four Masters", John FitzThomas FitzGerald was believed to have instigated the murder of his older brother, James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond in 1487, and had been expelled by his brother Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond.
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Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond
Thomas FitzJames FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond (died 1467/68), called 'Thomas of Drogheda', and also known as the Great Earl, was the son of James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond and Mary de Burgh.
He was Lord Deputy of Ireland for the Duke of Clarence from 1463 to his death, and in 1464 founded the College of Youghal.
His plan to found a University at Drogheda failed due to his judicial assassination.
Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond
Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond( died 1520) was the brother of James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond.
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde, 3rd Earl of Ossory, Viscount Thurles( c. 153122 November 1614), was an Irish peer and the son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald daughter and heiress- general of James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond.
He was Lord Treasurer of Ireland and a very prominent personage during the latter part of the 16th century.
Thomas FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond
Thomas FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond( c. 1386 – 1420), was the only son of John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond.
Upon John's death in 1399, Thomas succeeded to the earldom of Desmond, which lay in Munster, in the southwest of Ireland.
In 1418, Thomas was dispossessed of his lands and deprived of his earldom by his paternal uncle, James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond, after Thomas had concluded a marriage far below his station to Catherine MacCormac of Abbeyfeale; Catherine was the daughter one of Thomas's dependants, William MacCormac, known as" the Monk of Feale."
A marriage between a man of Norman blood and a woman of Gaelic ancestry was in violation of the Statutes of Kilkenny.
This ill- fated romance was the subject of the air" Desmond's Song" by the Irish poet Thomas Moore.
After the loss of his earldom, Thomas withdrew to France, where he" died at Rouen, 10th August 1420, and was buried at Paris' with great and mighty show, where the two kings of England and France were present.'"
James FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond
James FitzGerald( c. 1570 – November 1601), an Irish nobleman, was the successor of Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond.
He assumed the title of Earl of Desmond, which had been suppressed in 1582 after the Desmond Rebellions.
He spent much of his life in captivity, and was temporarily, but unsuccessfully, restored to the earldom in 1600 – 01 by the English in an attempt to pacify Munster during the Nine Years War.
He thus became the 1st Earl of Desmond, but soon returned to England, where he died in obscurity.
John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond
John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond( died 1399) was the son of Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond.
He married and had one son, Thomas, who succeeded him as Earl of Desmond.
According to Burke, John FitzGerald married Joan Roche, the daughter of Lord Fermoy.
In March 1399 FitzGerald drowned at Ardfinnan on the River Suir, and was buried at Youghal.
He was succeeded by his son Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond.

Question: Who is the paternal grandfather of James Fitzgerald, 8Th Earl Of Desmond?
Answer: James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond