Gerald fitz Maurice

Bef 1150 - Bef 1204  (< 54 years)

• Name	Gerald fitz Maurice
  Birth	Bef 1150	of Offaly, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1150  [2, 3]
  Death	Bef 15 Jan 1204  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I1859	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Maurice fitz Gerald,   b. Abt 1100   d. 1 Sep 1176, Wexford, Ireland (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Alice   d. Aft 1170
  Family ID	F6458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eve de Bermingham   d. Abt 1225
  Children	+ 1. Maurice fitz Gerald,   b. Abt 1190, of Offaly, Ireland d. 1257, Youghal, Cork, Ireland (Age ~ 67 years)
  Family ID	F4091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2018

  
  

• Notes

  From the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Fitzgerald, Gerald fitz Maurice (d. 1204), magnate, was a son of Maurice Fitzgerald (d. 1176). He accompanied his father to Ireland and he and his brother Alexander were with him when the Norman garrison in Dublin was besieged in 1171 by Ruaidri " Conchobair, king of Connacht and claimant to the high-kingship. John, son of Henry II, as lord of Ireland confirmed to fitz Maurice c. 1185 - 9 the half cantred of Uí Fáeláin which included Uí Máel Rubae, Rathmore, Maynooth, Laraghbryan, Taghadoe, and Straffan (in Kildare), which had been granted to him by his brother William (d. c. 1199); and also lands in Uí Glaisin in the kingdom of Cork which had devolved to him as heir of his brother Alexander, who had been enfeoffed by Robert fitz Stephen. At some time between 1194 and 1204 Philip of Worcester made to fitz Maurice grants of land in what are now counties Limerick and Tipperary. Gerald fitz Maurice married Eva (d. c. 1225), daughter and heir of Robert of Bermingham, who had been granted Uí Failge (Offaly) by Richard fitz Gilbert, earl of Pembroke and lord of Striguil (known as Strongbow), and succeeded to the lordship of Offaly in right of his wife. He died before 15 January 1204, when Meiler fitz Henry, justiciar, was ordered to give wardship of his heir, custody of his castles, and lands (including the castles of Lea and Geashill in Uí Failge) to William (I) Marshal as lord of Leinster. He was to be succeeded by his son, Maurice Fitzgerald (d. 1257), who had come of age by 1215. His widow, Eva, married Geoffrey fitz Robert (d. 1211), lord of Kells, and Geoffrey de Marisco, justiciar. Gerald fitz Maurice Fitzgerald was ancestor of the earls of Kildare, later dukes of Leinster.

  
  

• Sources

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