Maurice fitz Gerald b. Abt 1190 of Offaly, Ireland d. 1257 Youghal, Cork, Ireland: NH genealogy

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Abt 1190 - 1257 (67 years)

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Name	Maurice fitz Gerald [1]
Birth	Abt 1190	of Offaly, Ireland [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Alternate birth	Abt 1194	of Offaly, Ireland [4]
Death	1257	Youghal, Cork, Ireland [2, 3, 4, 5]
Burial	Youghal, Cork, Ireland [2, 3, 5]
Person ID	I6	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others \| Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK
Last Modified	20 Apr 2018

Father	Gerald fitz Maurice, b. Bef 1150, of Offaly, Ireland d. Bef 15 Jan 1204 (Age < 54 years)
Mother	Eve de Bermingham d. Abt 1225
Family ID	F4091	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Juliane

Children

+	1. Maurice fitz Maurice, b. Abt 1238 d. Bef 2 Sep 1277 (Age < 39 years)

Family ID F6195 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Jul 2026

Notes

Justiciar of Ireland.

"He was knighted in July 1217. As Maurice FitzGerald, lord of Lea, the younger, he was one of the formal witnesses to a covenant of dower made in the great church of Naas in Mar. 1227. In Oct. 1229 he was summoned to London, to accompany the King's expedition to Poitou and Gascony. He was appointed Justiciar of Ireland 2 (or 4) Sep. 1232. His good fame was damaged in 1234 by the report that it was he who (ultimately -- because the wounded Earl was in his care) contrived the death of Richard (Marshal), Earl of Pembroke. In Feb. 1234/5 the King wrote criticising FitzGerald's proceedings in office. He was several times summoned to England as Justiciar, to give counsel upon the affairs of Ireland. In 1245 he laid the foundations of Sligo Castle; and on 4 Nov. of that year was superseded in office by the appointment of John FitzGeoffrey. The King appears afterwards to have regretted the loss of a councillor saved by distance from partisanship on the sore question of his foreign favourites. In 1250 FitzGerald was a commissioner of the Treasury, and of the Council. In Jan. and Feb. 1250/1 he was at Court in England. In Jan. 1253/4 he received an urgent summons from the King. He is said to have m. Juliane. He d. in 1257, at the monastery of Youghal, which he had founded, and was bur. there." [Complete Peerage]

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