House of Kildare

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The House of Kildare is a prominent Irish noble dynasty historically centered on the Earls and later Dukes of Leinster, long influential in Ireland’s aristocratic and political life.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
House of Kildare canonical 15
Butlers of Ormond 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish noble house ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ
aristocraticRank ducal house ⓘ
associatedEvent Kildare Rebellion ⓘ
associatedFigure Silken Thomas ⓘ
associatedTitle Duke of Leinster ⓘ
Earl of Kildare ⓘ
branchOf FitzGeralds of Desmond and Kildare ⓘ
linked to: FitzGerald family
coatOfArms three or more covered cups on a field ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
culturalIdentity Old English in Ireland ⓘ
currentHeadTitle Duke of Leinster ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Cambro-Norman ⓘ
linked to: Cambro-Normans
foundingFamily FitzGerald dynasty ⓘ
linked to: FitzGerald family
governanceRole power-brokers between English administration and Gaelic Ireland ⓘ
heldOffice Lord Deputy of Ireland ⓘ
hereditaryTitleHolder Premier Duke in the peerage of Ireland ⓘ
historicalAllegiance English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
historicalCenter County Kildare ⓘ
historicalImportance one of the most powerful noble families in Ireland ⓘ
landholdingsRegion Dublin ⓘ
Kildare ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
Meath ⓘ
linked to: County Meath
languageOfOrigin Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Normand
laterPeerage peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
laterReligion Anglicanism ⓘ
maritalAlliances English aristocracy ⓘ
Irish nobility ⓘ
nobleFamilyOf FitzGerald family ⓘ
notable19thCenturyHead Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster ⓘ
notableMember Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare ⓘ
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare ⓘ
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare ⓘ
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster ⓘ
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare ⓘ
notableSeat Carton House ⓘ
Maynooth Castle ⓘ
politicalInfluencePeriod Tudor period ⓘ
early modern Ireland ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
politicalRole leading Anglo-Irish magnates ⓘ
region Leinster ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roleInIreland quasi-viceregal authority in late medieval Ireland ⓘ
socialStatus peerage of Ireland ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke of Leinster → associatedHouse → House of Kildare ⓘ
FitzGerald → hasFamilyBranch → House of Kildare ⓘ
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster → memberOf → House of Kildare ⓘ
subject linked to: James FitzGerald
Baron Offaly → heldByNobleHouse → House of Kildare ⓘ
Garret Mór FitzGerald → memberOf → House of Kildare ⓘ
Kildare Rebellion → faction → House of Kildare ⓘ
Silken Thomas → memberOfNobleFamily → House of Kildare ⓘ
Butler family → notableBranch → Butlers of Ormond ⓘ
linked to: House of Kildare