Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1257)

2nd baron of Offaly

Justiciar of Ireland

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1257.

Place of Death: the Franciscan friary at Youghal, Cork.

The date and place are given by Smith (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:16).

Place of Burial: the Franciscan friary at Youghal, Cork.

The place is given by the Complete Peerage (10:16).

Relationships

Father: Gerald fitz Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1204).

This relationship is given by Smith (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:14).

Mother: Eva, daughter of Robert of Bermingham.

This relationship is given by Smith (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:14).

Spouse: Juliana.

This relationship is given by Smith (ODNB). The Complete Peerage (10:15) states “[h]e is said to have m. Juliane.”

Children:

Gerald fitz Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1242/3 in Poitou).

David fitz Maurice Fitzgeraldn (died before 1249).

Maurice fitz Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1286) married (1) Matilda, daughter of Gerald de Prendergast about 1258; married (2) Emeline, daughter of Stephen Longespée.

Thomas fitz Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1271).

References

Cawley, Charles. “Maurice FitzGerald” 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).

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

Smith, B. “Fitzgerald, Maurice (c. 1194-1257)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2011).