Marriage Mabel Browne, Countess of Kildare
kilkea castle, principal residence of mabel browne , gerald fitzgerald appears today
on 28 may 1554, when eighteen years old, mabel married brother of stepmother, gerald fitzgerald, 11th earl of kildare, known wizard earl, whom had met @ court of king edward vi. according historian mary anne everett green in royal , illustrious ladies, pair met @ masked ball , mabel fell in love him. fitzgerald given sobriquet on account of interest in alchemy. married in chapel royal during reign of queen mary i, held browne family in high esteem.
mabel gentlewoman of queen mary s privy chamber, , in february, same year of marriage mabel, fitzgerald had helped suppress rebellion of sir thomas wyatt. mabel went live husband @ kilkea castle, kildare, in ireland, country spend of life. fitzgerald , mabel had 5 children.
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^ kathy lynn emerson, s of tudor women, retrieved 4-10-10
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