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Earl of Desmond

Often confused with the later creation of 1675 (attaching it as a secondary title to the Earl of Denbigh in the Peerage of England, the original earldom of Desmond was an ancient Irish title held by a branch of the great Anglo-Norman family, the FitzGeralds.\nDesmond

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