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).