Hodges, Smith & Co., Dublin 1858; "La leggenda dei tre Valdesani conquistatori dell'Irlanda", V. Uzielli, Firenze 1906. Fitzgerald won a close election for the House in 1918, but his opponent Peter F. Tague contested the race. He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917; the son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. John Francis 'Honey Fitz' Fitzgerald, grandfather to JFK [citation needed] Gerald was the youngest son of another Norman adventurer, Walter fitz Otho, William the Conqueror's Constable for the strategic military fortress of Windsor Castle, as well as the King's Keeper of the Forests of Berkshire. The world took notice of John F. Kennedy's family history during his 1963 visit to Ireland. Nest's son by her second marriage, Robert FitzStephen, was another participant, as was William de Hay, husband of one of Gerald's and Nest's granddaughters. Onboard were his wife, and his sister-in-law Lauren Bessette. They have been peers of Ireland since at least the 13th century, and are described in the Annals of the Four Masters as having become "more Irish than the Irish themselves" or Gaels, due to assimilation with the native Gaelic aristocratic and popular culture. aged 87years old, Birth, death: Dowling Family Tree - Tim Dowling - rootsweb, 2001-2015 - - electronic - I40653. Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (died 1537), known as "Silken Thomas," led an unsuccessful insurrection in Ireland, while Lord Edward FitzGerald (17631798), the fifth son of the first duke of Leinster, was a leading figure in the 1798 Irish Rebellion against King George III of the House of Hanover. Joseph Kennedy continued to make huge profits through the reorganization and refinancing of several Hollywood studios and by securing exclusive distribution rights for Scotch whiskey after Prohibition was repealed. Walter's positions and most of his lands were inherited by Gerald's older brothers, Robert, Maurice, and William, the oldest, ancestor of the earls of Plymouth, while Gerald inherited the estate of Moulsford, now in Oxfordshire, near to Wallingford, where his father owned a fortified house adjacent to those of other powerful Norman authorities. Indeed, although an accomplished poet in Norman French,[12] Gerald was instrumental in the move by the Fitzmaurices and Fitzgeralds of Desmond toward greater use of the Irish language.[11]. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sr. (1917-1963) Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (1929-1994) Rose Marie Kennedy (1918-2005) . His funeral was one of the largest in the city's history. between 20 January 1961 and 22 November 1963 : Elected - 35th President of the United States, Burial - Arlington National Cem., Arlington, VA, List of all individuals in the family tree, {{ 'gw_downgraded_access_back_to_max'|translate }}, Born 29May1917 - Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA, Deceased 22November1963 - Dallas, Dallas Co., TX, ", became successful in the saloon business, eventually entering politics. The surname FitzGerald is a patronymic of the Norman form, fitz meaning "son". . [30], Fitzgerald/FitzGerald is the 692nd most frequent surname in the United Kingdom. The youngest girl drowned with her best friend while Josie was supposed to be caring for them, an event that would mark her and her two surviving sisters for the rest of their lives. Born in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, Rose Fitzgerald was the eldest child of John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and his wife, who was also his second cousin, Mary Josephine Hannon.