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Earl of Kildare


 

Earl of Kildare is an Irish peerage title. The tenth Earl was attained and his honours were forfeit in 1537. In 1554, the individual who would have been the earl but for the attainder was created Earl of Kildare; he was restored to the original earldom in 1569. The second earldom became extinct in 1599. The twentieth Earl was created Marquess of Kildare in 1761, and Duke of Leinster in 1766.

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