# Lord Edward FitzGerald

> Lord Edward FitzGerald was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary proponent of Irish independence from Britain. He abandoned his prospects as a distinguished veteran of British service in the American War of Independence, and as an Irish Parliamentarian, to embrace the cause in Ireland of Catholic-Protestant reconciliation and of a sovereign republic. Unable to reconcile with Ireland's Protestant Ascendancy or with the Kingdom's English-appointed administration, he sought inspiration in the American Revolution and in revolutionary France where, in 1792, he met and befriended Thomas Paine. From 1796 he became a leading proponent within the Society of United Irishmen of a French-assisted insurrection. On the eve of the intended uprising in May 1798, he was fatally wounded in the course of arrest.

*Irish nationalist (1763-1798)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1763-10-15
- **Died:** 1798-06-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 11.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Edward FitzGerald (revolutionär)](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_FitzGerald_(revolution%C3%A4r))
- [لورد إدوارد فيتزجيرالد](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF)
- [Lord Edward FitzGerald](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Edward_FitzGerald)
- [Lord Edward FitzGerald](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Edward_FitzGerald)
- [Arglwydd Edward FitzGerald](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arglwydd_Edward_FitzGerald)
- [Lord Edward Fitzgerald](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Edward_Fitzgerald)
- [Edward Fitzgerald (Politiker)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzgerald_(Politiker))
- [Lord Edward FitzGerald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Edward_FitzGerald)
- [Edward FitzGerald (1763-1798)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_FitzGerald_(1763-1798))
- [Edward Fitzgerald (vallankumouksellinen)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzgerald_(vallankumouksellinen))
- [Edward FitzGerald (homme politique)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_FitzGerald_(homme_politique))
- [An Tiarna Éadbhard Mac Gearailt](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Tiarna_%C3%89adbhard_Mac_Gearailt)
- [Edward FitzGerald (lord)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_FitzGerald_(lord))
- [Фицджеральд, Эдвард (лорд)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2605222)

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