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Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond, Countess of Ossory (born circa 1473-died 9 August 1542)〔Kathy Lynn Emerson, ''A Who's Who of Tudor Women'', sourced from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry: Butler (née Fitzgerald), Margaret, retrieved 21 April 2010〕 was an Irish noblewoman and a member of the powerful and celebrated FitzGerald dynasty also known as "The Geraldines". She married Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, by whom she had four sons and five daughters. In 1501,〔A History of St. Mary’s Church. Text by Imelda Kehoe. Published by the Gowran Development Association 1992〕 she rebuilt Gowran Castle. In 1502, she also decorated St. Mary's Collegiate Church Gowran where her husband Sir Piers Butler's ancestors are buried including, Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and Lord Deputy of Ireland, his son James Butler, First Earl of Ormonde, his grandson also James Butler second Earl of Ormonde his great grandson James Butler, third Earl of Ormonde. James Butler, third Earl of Ormonde built the first castle in Gowran in 1385 and made it his main residence. He bought Kilkenny Castle in 1391. She was a patron of schools and craftsmen and also played an active role in legal affairs pertaining to the Ormond estates.〔Emerson〕 She is sometimes styled the Great Countess of Ormond〔libraryireland.com, ''Countess of Ormond'', from ''A Compendium of Irish Biography, 1878''〕 or by her Irish name of ''Mairgread Gerroid''. The Reverend James Graves in his ''History of the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny'' described her as having been "unquestionably one of the most remarkable women of her age and country".〔libraryireland.com, retrieved 21 April 2010〕 ==Family== Lady Margaret was born in Ireland, the daughter of Gerard FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and his first wife Alison FitzEustace, daughter of Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester.〔Note:Historians and genealogists are uncertain as to the identity of Alison FitzEustace's mother. Rowland FitzEustace married three times; it is most likely that her mother was either the first wife, Elizabeth Brune or his second wife, Joan/Genet Bellew, whom he married in about 1463. The dates make it highly unlikely that his third wife, Margaret Dartas/Maud D'Artois could have mothered Alison. Burke's Peerage states that Joan/Genet Bellew was Alison's mother. Cokayne's ''The Complete Peerage'', Vol.VII, pp.229–232 also favours Joan as having been her mother, but adds in a footnote that "According to some accounts, Alison is said to have been da. of Lord Portlester by Margaret, da. and coh. of Jenico D'Artois of Ardglass and Strangford, co. Down".〕 She had a brother Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, three sisters, Lady Eleanor Fitzgerald (ca. 1482-after 1541), Lady Alice, and Lady Eustacia; and five half-brothers from her father's later marriage to Elizabeth St. John following the death of her mother on 22 November 1495. Her father was the premier nobleman in Ireland and he also served as Lord Deputy of Ireland during the reigns of English kings Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, Henry VII, and Henry VIII. One of her nephews was Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare, known in Irish history as "Silken Thomas"; and one of her nieces was Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln, the celebrated "Fair Geraldine", by her brother Gerald's second wife, Lady Elizabeth Grey. Margaret was also known by her Irish name of ''Mairgread Gerroid'', or else playfully as ''Magheen'' or ''Little Margaret'', due to her tall stature.〔libraryireland.com, ''The Geraldines: The House of Desmond and The House of Kildare'', taken from ''A History of Ireland'', by Eleanor Hull, retrieved 23 April 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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