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Rahinnane Castle, residence of the Knights from c. 1500 to c. 1650
Knight of Kerry (Irish: Ridire Chiarraí[1]), also called The Green Knight, is one of three Hiberno-Norman hereditary knighthoods, all of which existed in Ireland since feudal times. The other two were The White Knight (surname fixed as Fitzgibbon), being dormant since the 19th century, and the Knight of Glin (The Black Knight), dormant since 2011. All three belong to the FitzMaurice/FitzGerald Dynasty commonly known as the Geraldines being created by the Earls of Desmond for their kinsmen.
Sir Maurice Buidhe FitzJohn, 1st Knight of Kerry, was the illegitimate son of John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond (d. 1261 Battle of Callann), son of Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello, son of Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan, son of the Princess Nest ferch Rhys of Deheubarth and Gerald de Windsor.
^"'Tá 600 bliain ann ach is deas liom a chlos go bhfuil Ridire sa pharóiste arís againn'".
KnightofKerry (Irish: Ridire Chiarraí), also called The Green Knight, is one of three Hiberno-Norman hereditary knighthoods, all of which existed in...
knighthoods are the Knightof Glin (also called the Black Knight), and the KnightofKerry (also called the Green Knight). Black knight Chivalry Damsel in...
Baronet of Valencia, 24th KnightofKerry (born 24 June 1940) is a Conservative Party politician in the UK and former Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington...
County Kerry (Irish: Contae Chiarraí) is a county on the southwest coast of Ireland, within the province of Munster and the Southern Region. It is bordered...
Fitzgerald, 19th KnightofKerry. The FitzGerald Baronetcy, of Geraldine Place in St Finn Barr in the County of Cork, was created in the Baronetage of the United...
KnightofKerry (1774–1849), Irish landowner and Whig MP for Kerry and Tralee Maurice Fitzgerald, 20th KnightofKerry (1844–1916), KnightofKerry Maurice...
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from...
option of using the surname is selected. List of baronetcies KnightofKerryKnight, from Old English cniht ("boy" or "servant"), a cognate of the German...
of Kerry. He is also a Knightof Malta, and President of the Irish Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Knightof Glin (Black Knight) –...
1786), Irish eccentric Sir George FitzGerald, 23rd KnightofKerry (1917–2001), baronet, hereditary knight and British soldier This disambiguation page lists...
the Earl of Chester, or the Irish hereditary KnightofKerry which was created by the Earl of Desmond. Through acts like the Quia Emptores of 1290 these...
residence of the KnightofKerry. The KnightofKerry lived there until Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The castle was built on the site of an old ringfort...
George Fitzgerald, the 19th KnightofKerry (1808–1880), planted these gardens and stocked them with a unique collection of rare and tender plants from...
The High Sheriff ofKerry was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Kerry, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was...
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