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Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond, was born circa 1386 to John FitzGerald (c1360-1399) and died 10 August 1420 Rouen of unspecified causes. He married Catherine MacCormac .
His mother was Mary Bourke or Joan of Fermoy.
Norman Ireland, showing the Earldom of Desmond in the southwest
The younger brother of John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond, James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond was uncle to the 4th Earl's only son Thomas FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond, whom he was able to deprive of his earldom and dispossess in 1418 for marrying far below his station. The marriage between a man of Norman ancestry and a woman of Gaelic blood was in violation of the Statutes of Kilkenny. James FitzGerald took a leading role in forcing his nephew into exile in France where he died at Rouen two years later.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Maurice FitzGerald | |||
| John Claragh (?-1452) | |||