Maurice fitz Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1286)

Also known as Muiris Mael.

Justiciar of Ireland

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1286, by November.

This date is given by Frame (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1257), justiciar, baron of Offaly.

This relationship is given by Frame (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (7:200).

Mother: Juliana.

This relationship is given by Frame (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (7:200).

Spouse: Matilda, daughter of Gerald de Prendergast.

This relationship is given by Frame (ODNB).

Spouse: Emeline, daughter of Stephen Longespée.

This relationship is given by Frame (ODNB).

Children (by Matilda):

(possibly) Patrick (died 1277). [Frame notes that there is no confirmation of his existence.]

Juliana married Thomas de Clare.

Amabilia.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Maurice FitzMaurice” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Frame, Robin. “Fitzgerald, Maurice fitz Maurice (d. 1286)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2005).

Frame, Robin. “Clare, Thomas de (1244x7-1287)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2005).

Phillips, Chris. “Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage.”