Gerald de Windsor ( Gerald FitzWalter) was the first Castellan of Pembroke Castle in Wales, and became the male progenitor of the FitzMaurice and FitzGerald Dynasty ("fitz", from the Anglo-Norman fils indicating "sons of" Gerald).
They achieved power through the conquest of large swathes of Irish territory by the sons and grandsons of Gerald de Windsor (c. The dynasty has also been referred to as the Geraldines and Ireland's largest landowners. 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. The FitzGerald dynasty is a noble and aristocratic dynasty of Cambro-Norman and Anglo-Norman origin. Arms of FitzGerald: Argent a saltire gulesĬarton House, was the ancestral seat for over 700 years of the Dukes of Leinster
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