Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan

• Preferred Name: Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: MJFP-PY2
  
• Military+Service: 1169 in Wexford, Ireland at LATI: N2.4876 LONG: E6.5867
  
• Death: 1 SEP 1177 in Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland at LATI: N2.3333 LONG: E6.45
  
• AFN: with note: Description: 9SNJ-07 Prior research.
  
• Military+Service: 1169 in Dublin, Ireland at LATI: N3.3443 LONG: E6.2665
  
• Military+Service: 1136 in Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales at LATI: N1.7329 LONG: E3.9611 with note: Description: fought under Robert Fitz Martin Lord Llanstephan fought, along with his older brother William, and half-brother Robert FitzStephen, constable of Cardigan, under Robert FitzMartin at the Battle of Crug Mawr in Wales in 1136.
  
• Birth: 1100 in Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales at LATI: N1.6972 LONG: E4.8222 with note: Find A Grave
  
• Burial: SEP 1177 in Wexfield, Kildare, Ireland at LATI: N3.2295 LONG: E6.8633 with note: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/FitzGerald-5685
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Wikipedia
  
  Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Maynooth, Naas, and Llanstephan (born: almost certainly not at Windsor Castle, more likely Carew in Wales c.1105 – September c.1176 Wexford, Ireland). He was a medieval Anglo-Norman baron and a major figure in the Norman Invasion of Ireland.
  A Welsh Marcher Lord, Lord Llanstephan fought, along with his older brother William, and half-brother Robert FitzStephen, constable of Cardigan, under Robert FitzMartin at the Battle of Crug Mawr in Wales in 1136.
  
  Llansteffan Castle overlooks the River Tywi estuary where it enters Carmarthen Bay. It was captured by Maredudd ap Gruffydd in 1146 against the forces of Maurice FitzGerald and his brother William, Lord of Emlyn who were the leading Norman settlers of the region. The castle was retaken by the Normans in 1158.
  
  Diarmait Mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurrough), the deposed King of Leinster who had been exiled by the High King of Ireland, sought Cambro-Norman assistance to regain his throne. Lord Llanstephan participated in the resulting 1169 Norman invasion of Ireland. He assisted his younger half-brother Robert Fitz-Stephen in the Siege of Wexford (1169). His nephew Raymond was Strongbow's second-in-command and had the chief share both in the capture of Waterford and in the successful assault on Dublin in 1171. Lord Lanstephan and his son's the Fitzmaurices also fought in this battle.
  
  Marriage and issue
  Maurice FitzGerald (Lord Llanstephan) is rumoured to have married Alice, a daughter of Arnulf de Montgomery. But there is no actual evidence that she could exist. It has been asserted by eminent authorities that Arnulf left, by his wife, Lafracoth, a daughter, Alice, and that she was later the wife of Maurice FitzGerald, son of Gerald of Windsor. By Maurice, one of the first conquerors of Ireland, who died in 1176, she was the mother of Gerald (died 1205), who laid the fortunes of the FitzGeralds of Kildare. (Even Curtis - referenced below - says he can't find a source for Alice and, on the whole, she seems a) unlikely to have existed and b) impossible for Maurice to have met.) Alice herself was living in 1171, and was then in Ireland with her husband and sons.
  Maurice FitzGerald, by his wife Alice, had the following children:
  1. Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord O'Connello (d. c.1213)
  2. Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly (b. c. 1150, d. before 15 Jan 1204)
  3. Alexander Fitzmaurice
  4. William Fitzmaurice, Lord of Naas (d. c.1199)
  5. Maurice Fitzmaurice, Lord of Kiltrany
  6. Robert Fitzmaurice
  7. Nest FitzMaurice (m. Hervey de Montmorenci, Constable of England)
  
  Lord Llanstephan's second eldest son, Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice (the 1st Lord of Offaly) was the progenitor of the FitzGerald Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster.
  
  The original Earldom of Desmond in the province of Munster was based on landholdings belonging to the descendants of Maurice's eldest son Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello. Thomas's son John FitzMaurice FitzThomas, who was killed in the Battle of Callann, became the first Baron Desmond. Others from this line include the Knights of Glin and Knights of Kerry.
  
  Ancestry
  Maurice FitzGerald was the second son of Gerald FitzWalter known as Gerald de Windsor, Constable of Pembroke Castle by his wife, Nest ferch Rhys, Princess of Deheubarth and a member of the Welsh royal House of Dinefwr.
  
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  Where The Record Is Found (Citation)
  Chandler, Victoria (1989), "The last of the Montgomerys: Roger the Poitevin and Arnulf", Historical Research, 62 (147): 1–14, doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.1989.tb01075.x.
  Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1890), Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (D to F), vol. 3 (1st ed.), London: George Bell & Sons, p. 358, retrieved 27 December 2011
  Curtis, Edmund (1921), "Murchertach O'Brien, high king of Ireland, and his Norman son-in-law, Arnulf de Mont-Gomery, circa 1100", The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 6, 11 (2): 116–124, JSTOR 25513221.
  Fitzgerald, Charles William (1858), The earls of Kildare, and their ancestors (2nd ed.), Hodges, Smith, & Company.
  Graves, James (1869), "No. 2. the earls of Desmond", The Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 3, 1 (2): 459–498, JSTOR 25497799.
  Paul, James Balfour, ed. (1906), The Scots peerage, vol. 3, David Douglas. et.al.
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  Describe The Record (Notes)
  Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Maynooth, Naas, and Llanstephan[1] (born: almost certainly not at Windsor Castle, more likely Carew in Wales c.1105 – September c.1176 Wexford, Ireland. He was a medieval Anglo-Norman baron and a major figure in the Norman Invasion of Ireland.[2]
  
  Wars in Wales and Ireland
  
  Llanstephan Castle
  A Welsh Marcher Lord, Lord Llanstephan had fought alongside his older brother William FitzGerald, and half-brother Robert FitzStephen, constable of Cardigan, under Robert FitzMartin at the Battle of Crug Mawr in Wales in 1136.
  
  Llansteffan Castle overlooks the River Tywi estuary where it enters Carmarthen Bay. It was captured by Maredudd ap Gruffydd in 1146 against the forces of Maurice FitzGerald and his brother William, Lord of Emlyn who were the leading Norman settlers of the region. The castle was retaken by the Normans in 1158.[3]
  
  Diarmait Mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurrough), the deposed King of Leinster who had been exiled by the High King of Ireland, sought Cambro-Norman assistance to regain his throne. Lord Llanstephan participated in the resulting 1169 Norman invasion of Ireland. He assisted his younger half-brother Robert Fitz-Stephen in the Siege of Wexford (1169). His nephew Raymond was Strongbow's second-in-command and had the chief share both in the capture of Waterford and in the successful assault on Dublin in 1171. Lord Lanstephan and his son's the FitzMaurices also fought in this battle.[2]
  
  Marriage and issue
  Maurice FitzGerald, Lord Llanstephan is known to have married Alice de Montgomery, a daughter of Arnulf de Montgomery.[4] It has been asserted by eminent authorities that Arnulf left, by his wife, Lafracoth, a daughter, Alice, and that she was later the wife of Maurice FitzGerald, son of Gerald FitzWalter (Gerald of Windsor). By Maurice, one of the first conquerors of Ireland, who died in 1176, she was the mother of Gerald (died 1205), who laid the fortunes of the FitzGeralds of Kildare. (Even Curtis - referenced below - says he can't find a source for Alice and, on the whole, she seems a)unlikely to have existed and b)impossible for Maurice to have met.) Alice herself was living in 1171, and was then in Ireland with her husband and sons.[5] Maurice FitzGerald, by his wife Alice, had the following children:
  
  Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello (d.1213)
  Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly (b.1150, d.1204)
  William FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Naas (d.1199)
  Maurice FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Kiltrany
  Alexander FitzMaurice
  Robert FitzMaurice
  Nesta FitzMaurice (m.Hervey de Montmorenci, Constable of England)
  Lord Llanstephan's second eldest son Gerald FitzMaurice, the 1st Lord of Offaly was the progenitor of the FitzGerald and FitzMaurice Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster.
  
  The original Earldom of Desmond in the province of Munster was based on landholdings belonging to the descendants of Maurice's eldest son Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello. Thomas's son John FitzMaurice FitzThomas, who was killed in the Battle of Callann, became the 1st Baron Desmond. Others from this line include the Knights of Glin and Knights of Kerry.
  
  Maurice FitzGerald de Windsor
  Maurice FITZ GERALD de Windsor, Lord of Llanstephen (child of Gerald Fitz Walter de Windsor, born 1100 at Windsor; married Alice de Montgomery daughter of Arnulf de Montgomery and Lafracoth Ua Briain;
  
  The Geraldines: Invaders of Ireland
  By Mike Winder
  
  Maurice FitzGerald de Windsor was reared in turbulent times. He was born in the year 1100, the second son of Gerald de Windsor, the brave Constable of Pembroke Castle, and the beautif
  
  The Windsors: Forerunners of the Adairs
  By Mike Winder
  
  One may wonder where the Adair family was at the time of the Norman Conquest of Britain nearly one thousand years ago. Unfortunately, most last names do not go back that far, includin
  
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  MAURICE FitzGerald, son of GERALD FitzWalter & his wife Nesta of Wales (-Wexford 1 Sep 1176). The Exp
  
  === Name Prefix: Keeper of Dublin Ance ===
  Name Prefix: Keeper of Dublin Ancestral File Number: 9NH7-HR
  
  === *son of Gerald of Windsor & Nesta of Wal ===
  *son of Gerald of Windsor & Nesta of Wales. Maurice was Lord of Lanstephen, Wales, and Steward of St. David's (and brother of David Fitz Gerald, Bishop of St. David's). He landed in Wexford, 09-01-1176. He m. Alice de Montgomery.
  
  === Dictionary of Welsh Biography ===
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  FITZGERALD , MAURICE (d. 1176), one of the conquerors of Ireland.
  Son of Gerald de Windsor, chief follower of Arnulf Montgomery and castellan of Pembroke Castle (1093- post 1116), by his wife Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr. Maurice and WILLIAM, two of the sons of Gerald and Nest, and lords respectively of Llanstephan and Emlyn, came into prominence as leaders of the Anglo-Norman settlers in West Wales against the great revolt of the native princes in 1136. In 1146 they were at the head of the unsuccessful attempt to recover Llanstephan Castle from the Welsh. Later in his career Maurice Fitzgerald took part, with his half-brother Robert Fitzstephen, in the conquest of Ireland. In 1169 he landed in Wexford with his followers and led the English contingent against Dublin. He finally settled in the cantref of Kildare which earl Richard granted to him for his services. It is said that his wife (living in 1171) was Alice, granddaughter of Roger de Montgomery. Maurice, who was a brave and modest man of few words, d. at Wexford c. 1 Sept. 1176. William d. 1174.
  
  Sources:
  Oxford Dictionary of National Biography;
  A History of Wales: from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest , 423, 473, 502;
  A History of Carmarthenshire , i (ed. J. E. Lloyd ), 142.
  
  Author:
  Dr Bertie George Charles, Ph.D., (1908-2000), Aberystwyth
  Published date: 1959
  
  === R. G. FitzGerald-Uniacke, "Some Old County Cork Families," Journal of the Cork Historical Archaeological Society 3, (1894): 211-212. ===
  IV. MAURICE FITZGERALD, his eldest son, was one of the conquerors of Ireland. He landed at Wexford in the summer of 1169, "having in his company (which he brought) ten gentlemen of service, thirtie horsemen, and archers and footmen about one hundred."(5) He was afterwards made lord of Naas and Wicklow, and obtained from Strongbow a grant of the barony of Offaly, and the territory of Offelan, in which were Maynooth and Naas. He married Alice, daughter of Arnulph de Montgomery, by Lafracoth, his wife, daughter of Murtough O'Brien, king of Munster. By this marriage Maurice FitzGerald had five(6) sons and one daughter:-- (1) Gerald FitzMaurice, his eldest son, lord justice of Ireland; in 1205 he sat in parliament as Baron of Offaly, and died the same year; ancestors of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster. (2) William FitzMaurice, Baron of Naas; married Maud de Pont Arche, and died 1326, s.p.m. (3) Thomas FitzMaurice, whose line we follow. (4) Alexander FitzMaurice held the lands of Compton in England, of William de Windsor; died s.p. (5) Maurice FitzMaurice, Baron of Kiltrany, in the county of Kilkenny, held five knights' fees int he manor of Morice Castell, in Othoyghfynglas. He granted the rectory and glebe of Kiltrany to the monastery of Kells, in 1218,(7) which grant was confirmed by his son, William FitzMaurice; ancestor of the FitzGeralds, Barons of Kiltrany, afterwards styled Barons of Burnchurch. (1) Nesta, married in 1175 to Hervey de Montemarisco.
  
  Maurice FitzGerald died at Wexford, 1st September, 1177, and was buried in the abbey of Grey Friars, without the walls of that town. We read that his death "was not without much sorrow of all his friends, and much harm and loss to the English interest in Ireland. He was a man witty and manfull; a truer man nor stedfaster, for constancy, fidelity, and love, left he none in Ireland."(8)
  
  (5) Holinshed's Chronicles of Ireland.
  (6) Burke's Extinct Peerage (1883), mentions seven sons--William, Gerald, Thomas, Alexander, Redmond, Walter, and Hugh.
  (7) E. Regist. Chart. Mon. B. M. de Kenlis in Ossoria. [MSS., Trin. Coll., Dublin).
  (8) Lodge.
  
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  === Lord of Lanstephen, Wales, Steward of St ===
  Lord of Lanstephen, Wales, Steward of St. Davids, landed in Wexford 1 Sep 1176,
  
  === Lord of Lanstephen, Wales; Steward of St ===
  Lord of Lanstephen, Wales; Steward of St. Davids; Known as theInvader of Ireland. He went to Ireland based on the 1167 promise ofDermot MacMurrough to give Wexford to him and to his half-brotherRobert FitzStephen, if they would help him to regain his kingdom. Helanded at Wexford in 1169 with two ships of armed followers and widedDermot in recovering Dublin. (Complete Peerage, Vol X:11-12)
  
  === 1. AR 178-3. MWG. FITZMAURICE 6. 2. Of W ===
  1. AR 178-3. MWG. FITZMAURICE 6. 2. Of Windsor. Lord of Lanstephen, Wales. Steward of ST.Davids (brother of David Fitz Geroald, Bishop kof St. Davids). Landed in Wexford, 1 Sep. 1176. 3. He was one of the first and principal invaders of Ireland, where he landed in 1169.
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.137, 143; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.34, 43; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.18, 43; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.144;
  
  === He was Baron of Naas and Wicklow by the ===
  He was Baron of Naas and Wicklow by the gift of Strongbow, accompanie d his half brother Robert FitzStephen to Ireland. Maurice had half a cantred i n Offaly, and dying at Waterford about the calends of December, was buried in t he Grey Friars at Wexford.
  
  === In A.D. 1168, Dermot MacMorrogh, King o ===
  In A.D. 1168, Dermot MacMorrogh, King of Leinster, driven from his territory by Roderick O'Conor, High King if Ireland, sought assistance from the Norman-Welsh and succeeded in enlisting in his cause Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke (called Strongbow). Having reached St. David's, on his way back to Ireland, Dermot was hospitably received by David fitzGerald (son of Gerald of Windsor), Bishop of the diocese. According to Burke's Peerage, the Bishop persuaded his brother, Maurice fitzGerald, and his half-brother, Robert fitzStephen to assist MacMorrough with their forces. Sometime after achieving success in that campaign, Strongbow granted to Maurice fitzGerald, known as "The Invader of Ireland", the middle cantred of Offelan, in which Naas was situated. Offelan was a district quite distinct from Offaly. Maurice married Alice de Montgomery and had six sons: 1. William fitzMaurice, Baron of Naas. Confirmed in his lands in Offelan in 1185. 2. Gerald fitzMaurice, 1st Baron of Offaly, ancestor of the Dukes of Leinster. 3. Thomas fitzMaurice, Lord of Connello, Co. Limerick. d. A.D. 1213. Ancestor of the FitzGeralds, the Earls of Desmond, the White Knight, the Knight of Glin, the Knight of Kerry, the FitzMaurice Lords of Kerry, etc. 4. Maurice fitzMaurice of Kiltrany (now Burntchurch), Co. Kilkenny. Ancestor of the Barons of Burntchurch. 5. Alexander fitzMaurice, d.s.p. 6. Robert fitzMaurice. Burke's Peerage (1970)
  
  === Leslie Stephen, ed., "Dictionary of National Biography," Vol. 19 (New York: Macmillan & Co., 1888). ===
  FITZGERALD, MAURICE (d. 1176), English conqueror of Ireland, was the son Nesta, daughter of Rhys the Great, king of South Wales (Exp. Hib. p. 229). He was thus half-brother to Robert Fitzstephen [q. v.] and Meiler Fitzhenry [q. v.], and brother of David II [q. v.], bishop of St. David's (ib. ; Girald. Itin. Cambr. p. 130 ; Earls of Kildare, p. 3). His father Gerald, according to later genealogists, was grandson of Walter Fitzother, who figures in 'Domesday' as a tenant at Windsor and elsewhere, and lord of manors in Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Middlesex, and Buckinghamshire. In the early years of the twelfth century his father was steward of Pembroke Castle. He was probably dead by 1136, in which year the Welsh annals show that Nesta's second husband, Stephen, and the 'sons of Gerald' were fighting against the Welsh prince, Owen (Domesday, 30 a 1, 36 a 1, 61 b 1, 130 a 1, 151 a 1 ; Ann. Cambr. pp. 30, 34, 40).
  
  In 1168, when Dermot, king of Leinster, was in South Wales seeking for aid to re-establish himself in his kingdom, Rhys ap Griffith had just released his three-year prisoner, Robert Fitzstephen, on condition that he should help him against Henry II. Robert's half-brother, Maurice Fitzgerald, now petitioned that he might carry his kinsman to Ireland instead; for Dermot had promised to give the two knights Wexford and the two adjoining 'cantreds' in return for their services (Exp. Hib. p. 229 ; Ann. Cambr. p. 50). Robert crossed at once (May 1169), but Maurice did not land till some months later, when he reached Wexford with 140 followers. Here Dermot came to meet him, and led him to his royal city of Ferns. In the expedition against Dublin, Maurice commanded the English contingent, while Robert Fitzstephen stayed behind to fortify the rock of Carrick, near Wexford (Exp. Hib. pp. 229, 233, 245 ; Regan, p. 56 ; cf. Ann. Cambr. p. 52 ; Annals of the Four Masters, sub 1169, 1170 ; Annals of Boyle, p. 28). Dermot had already fulfilled his promise as regards Wexford, and when the Earl of Clare did not come according to his engagement, he offered his daughter, with the succession to the kingdom, to Robert or Maurice, an offer which both declined on the plea that they were already married (Exp. Hib. p. 246). Earl Richard at last landed at Waterford, 24 Aug. 1170. The town was taken next day, Maurice and Robert arriving with Dermot in time to save the lives of the nobler captives (ib. p. 255).
  
  Next year Maurice was present at the great siege of Dublin. His anxiety for the safety of his half-brother Robert, whom the Irish of Wexford were besieging in the turf fort of Carrick, led him to propose the famous sally from the city, when some ninety Norman knights routed King Roderic's army of thirty thousand men. Though the English started southwards on the day after the victory, they were too late to relieve Robert Fitzstephen, who had surrendered on receiving false news as to the fall of Dublin (ib. p. 266, &c.)
  
  Henry II's arrival seems to have brought the temporary downfall of the Geraldines. The men of Wexford attempted to curry favour with the king by giving him their prisoner ; and, though Robert was soon set free, he and Maurice were seemingly deprived of Wexford and the neighbouring cantreds (ib. p. 278). Henry kept Wexford in his own hands, entrusting it to William Fitzaldhelm before he left the country, but now, or a little later, Earl Richard gave Maurice 'the middle cantred of Ophelan,' i.e. the district about Naas in Kildare (ib. pp. 286, 314; Regan, pp. 146-7). On leaving Dublin, Henry charged the two brothers, at the head of twenty knights, to support the new governor of this city, Hugh de Lacy; and it must have been shortly after this that Maurice, forewarned by his nephew's dream, saved his leader's life from the ambush set for his destruction at his interview with O'Rourke, the 'rex monoculus' of Meath (Exp. Hib. pp. 286, 292-4).
  
  The remainder of Maurice's life is obscure. During the great rebellion of the young princes (1173-4) Henry had to withdraw the greater part of his own retainers from Ireland; but there seems to be no evidence that Maurice accompanied his half-brother Robert to the king's assistance in England and Normandy. When Earl Richard was restored to power, an attempt was made to consolidate the English interests by a system of intermarriage. It was now that Maurice's daughter Nesta wedded Hervey of Mountmaurice, the great enemy of the Irish Geraldines; while Maurice's son took Earl Richard's daughter, Alina, to wife. This alliance procured a grant of Wicklow Castle and the restoration of Naas, which had seemingly been confiscated, but which was henceforward held as a fief of the earl. The rest of Ophelan in North Kildare was divided between Maurice's kinsmen, Robert Fitzstephen and Meiler Fitzhenry (ib. p. 314; Regan, pp. 146-7).
  
  Some three years later, Maurice Fitzgerald died at Wexford (c. 1 Sept. 1176), 'not leaving a better man in Ireland.' The death of Earl Richard and the appointment of William Fitzaldhelm as governor caused the momentary downfall of the Geraldines, who soon forced Maurice's sons to give up Wicklow Castle in exchange for Ferns (Exp. Hib. pp. 336-7).
  
  Giraldus Cambrensis has described Maurice's personal appearance and his character. His face was somewhat highly coloured but comely, his height moderate, 'neither too short nor too tall,' and his body well proportioned. In bravery no one surpassed him, and as a soldier he struck the happy mean between rashness and over-caution. He was sober, modest, and chaste, trustworthy, staunch, and faithful; 'a man not, it is true, free from every fault, but not guilty of any rank offence.' He was little given to talk, but when he did speak it was to the point. It would seem that when he crossed over to Ireland he was fairly advanced in life, since the same author applies to him the epithets 'venerabilis et venerandus' (ib. p. 297). He was buried in the Grey Friars monastery outside Wexford, where, in Hooker's days (1586), his ruined monument was still to be seen 'wanting some good and worthy man to restore so worthy a monument of so worthy a knight' (Holinshed, vi. 198).
  
  Maurice Fitzgerald left several sons and a daughter, Nesta. His wife is said to have been Alice, granddaughter of Roger de Montgomery, who led the centre of the Norman army at Hastings (Earls of Kildare, p. 10). She was living in 1171, as Giraldus tells us that she and some of Maurice's children were with Fitzstephen when the Irish were laying siege to Carrick (Exp. Hib. p. 266). Of his sons two, Gerald (d. 1204) [q. v.] and Alexander, greatly distinguished themselves in the sally from Dublin (ib. pp. 268-9). Alexander seems to have left no issue (Nat. MSS. of Ireland, pp. 125-6), and Gerald, 'a man small of stature, but of no mean valour and integrity,' succeeded to his father's estates, and became, through his heir, Maurice Fitzgerald II [q. v.], the ancestor of the Fitzgeralds of OfFaly and Kildare (Exp. Hib. p. 354). Nesta married Hervey of Mountmaurice; William, another son, must have died before, or not long after his father, as he can hardly be the William Fitzmaurice who died about 1247 a.d. (Sweetman, i. No. 2903, cf. Nos. 89, 94). The Irish genealogists, however, make him succeed his father in Naas, but die without a son. They also assign Maurice another son, Thomas the Great, who, marrying Eleanor, daughter of Sir William Morrie, acquired extensive property in Munster, and became the ancestor of the earls of Desmond, the White Knight, the Knight of Kerry, &c. (Earls of Kildare, p. 10). A Thomas Fitzmaurice (d. 1210-1215) appears not unfrequently in the Irish rolls (Sweetman, i. Nos. 406, 529; cf. Earls of Kildare, p. 10, where his death is assigned to 1213) [see Fitzthomas, Maurice, first Earl of Desmond].
  
  [Giraldus Cambrensis, Expugnatio Hibernica, ed. Dimock (Rolls Series, vol. v.); Anglo-Norman poem on the Conquest of Ireland, ed. Thomas Wright, London, 1841, cited as Regan; Annales Cambriæ, ed. Williams ab Ithel (Rolls Series); Annals of the Four Masters, ed. O'Donovan; The Earls of Kildare and their Ancestors, by the Marquis of Kildare (Dublin, 1858), represents the popular genealogy, &c., of the Geraldine family at the time the book was written. See also Sir William Bethel's Pedigree of the Fitzgeralds, printed in the Journal of the Hist. and Archæolog. Society of Ireland for 1868-9 (3rd ser. vol. i.); Holinshed, ed. 1808; Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland, ed. Sweetman, vol. i.; Sweetman's Cal. of Documents, vol. i.; Annals of Boyle, ap O'Conor, vol. ii.; Nat. MSS. of Ireland, ed. Gilbert.]
  
  === Maurice FitzGerald built the castle and ===
  Maurice FitzGerald built the castle and monestary of Sligo and 1257. He was buried in Youghal. He married Juliana de Cogan, daughter of Sir John de Cogan and his wife, Marie de Pendergast, daughter of Sir Gerald de Pendergast. He was the second Baron of Offaly, who succeeded his father by the mandatory letter of King Henry III dated 26 Nov. 1216, and was put in possession of his father's lands; 1229 constituted Lord Justice of Ireland 2 Sept. 1232; in 1216, he introduced into Ireland the Order of the Franciscans; in 1229 that of the Dominicans; two years after he built the Franciscan Abbey of Youghal; He was a distinguished soldier.
  
  === M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 18 ===
  M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 18
  
  === Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly, ===
  Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly, called "an Brathair" (the friar); b c1190; knighted 1217; Justiciar of Ireland 1232-45; took part in the subjugation of Connaught 1235, where he acquired manors and built castles in Sligo, Banada and Ardcree, Co Sligo, at Lough Mask, Co Mayo and Ardrahan and Kilcolgan, Co Galway; Commissioner of Treasury and Council of Ireland 1250; founded the Franciscan Friary at Youghal and Dominican Friary at Sligo and took vows as a friar before his death; married allegedly Juliane, and died 1257. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  MAURICE FITZGERALD, son and heir, born circa 1190. He was knighted in July 1217. As Maurice FitzGerald, lord of Lea, the younger, he was oneof the formal witnesses to a covenant of dower made in the great church of Naas in March 1227. In October 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) September 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 February 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 November 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 [IRL]. In January and February 1250/1 he was at Court in England. In January 1253/4 he received an urgent summons from the King. He is said to have married Juliane. He died in 1257, at the monastery of Youghal, which he had founded, and was buried there.
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  Maurice II FitzGerald, Baron of Offaly (1194?-1257), justiciar of Ireland; was born about 1194. His father, Gerald (d 1204), through whom he was grandson of the great Irish 'conquistador,' Maurice FitzGerald, died towards the end of 1203. His mother is said to have been 'Catherine, daughter of Hamo de Valois, lord justice of Ireland in 1197'. Though ordered seisin of his father's lands on 5 July 1215, he had not entered into full posession on 19 July 1215, by which time he was already a knight. In December 1226 he was engaged in a lawsuit with the Irish justiciar, Geoffry de Mariscis. In 1232 he was himself appointed to this office (2 Sept), in succession to Richard Burke, the head of the great house, which for over a century was to be the most powerful rival of the Fitzgeralds.
  
  There were the days of popular discontent against Peter des Roches and the foreign favourites. Maurice, though a vassal of the Marshal, laid wast the earl's Irish lands at the instigation of the king or his councillors. The earl crossed the Channel, induced, so ran the scandal of the day, by forged letters to with Maurice had attached the royal seal. The justiciar, at a conference held on the Curragh of Kildare, offered such terms that the earl preferred battle, though he had but fifteen knights against a hundred and fifty. A desperate attempt on the justiciar's life failed. Earl Richard was defeated, and carried to his own castle at Kildare, then in Maurice's hands (1 April 1234). He died a fortnight later of his wounds aggravated, says Roger of Wendover, by a physician hired for this purpose by Maurice the justiciar, who was summoned to England to defend his honour. The Archbishop of Canterbury became surety for his safety (24 July), but a reconciliation at Marlborough (21 Sept 1234) with the new Earl Gilbert was only apparent. Next year the feud was further embittered by the murder, attributed to Earl Gilbert, of Henry Clement, who represented the accused Irish nobles in London. The two barons were not reconciled till the summer of 1240, when Maurice Fitzgerald, hearing the the earl had made his peace with the king, came to London offering to prove his innocence by the judgment of his peers. At Henry's intercession, Gilbert Marshal reluctantly accepted this declaration. Maurice engaged to found a monastery for the soul of the dead man, and in acquittance of his vow is said to have founded the Dominican abbey at Sligo. Matthew Paris's words, when chronicling his death, show that his innocence was never believed.
  
  Roderic O'Conor (d 1198), king of Connaught, had been succeeded by his brother, Cathal Crobdher (d 28 May 1224). On Cathal's death the succession was disputed between the sons of Roderic O'Conor, Turlough and Aedh, and those of Cathal, Aedh, and Felim. After various changes of fortune, in which Richard de Burgh, made justiciar of Ireland 13 Feb 1228, played a great part, Aedh O'Conor was placed on the thron in 1232. Before the end of 1233 he was displaced by Felim, who destroyed the castles built by Richard de Burgh. IN 1235 Maurice and Richard led an arm to ravage Connaught, but turned aside to attack Donnchadh O'Brian, prince of Munster. Felim was driven off to O'Domhnaill, while Maurice the justiciar was mustering the spoil at Ardcarna, launching his fleet on the eastern Atlantic, and storming the rock of Loch Ce. The expedition closed when Felim made peace with the justiciar, and was granted the five 'king's cantreds.' Next year Maurice banished Felim again, and supplanted him by his cousin, Brian O'Conor. A great victory at Druimraithe restored Felim to the throne; he once more received the 'king's cantreds' (1237).
  
  In 1238 Maurice was warring in Ulster. With Hugh de Lacy he deposed Domhnall MacLochlainn (d 1241) from his lordship over the Cenel Eoghain, and Cenel-Conaill in favour of Brian, son of Aedh O'Neill. Domhnall recovered his office next year and maintained it, despite the justiciar's efforts, till his death in 1241. Meanwhile Felim, who had long been suffering from the depredations of the DeBurghs, appealed to Henry III for protection. AT London (1240) his request was granted, and he returned with orders that Maurice should see that he had justice. Next year Maurice and Felim forced Maelsechlainn O'Domhnaill and the Cenel-Conaill to give hostages. In 1246 he was again in Tir-Conaill, half of which he now gave to Cormac O'Conor. Maelsechlainn renewed his hostages for the other half, but on All Saint's day took his revenge by burning the town near Maurice's castle of Sligo. In 1247 he led an army as far a Sligo and Assaroe (on the Erne), and his retreat was cut off by Maelsechlainn, with the Cenel-Conaill and Cenel-Eoghain (3 July). Maurice, by a skilful manoeuvre, won a great victoy, in which Maelsechlainn was slain.
  
  During the years of his office Maurice had been largely occupied in the attempt to supply Henry III with funds. His salary as justiciar was 500 l a year; but he seems to have left office in debt. In 1233 he was ordered to seize Miloc Castle from Richard de Burgh, and distrain for this noble's debts to the king (February 1234), and was afterwards empowered to take further measures. In May 1237 he was bidden to let the earl's friends buy their pardon. The marriage of Henry's sister, Isabella, to the emperor Frederic II brought with it fresh demands, and Maurice was expected to wring a scutage of two mardks and a thritieth from his Irish subjects. He was granted safe-conducts to England in May and July 1234, as well as in 1237 and 1242. He seems to have actually been in England late in 1234 or early in 1235, and perhaps in 1244. He was ordered to provide men, money, provisions, and galleys for the Gascon expeiditon of 1242. In January 1245 he was bidden to build four wooden towers for the expedition against Wales. Accompanied by Felim he took a part in this war, in which he seems to have incurred the king's displeasure by putting some of his Irish followers to death in Anglesey, In 1237 the king sent over a commissioner to audit his accounts, and on 4 Nove 1245 he resigned his office to John Fitzgeoffrey, the son of a previous justiciar. Matters were finally compromised by the infliction of a fine of four hundred marks (2 July 1248). This fine Maurice was at first permitted to pay off by instalments; later the payments were respiteed (29 April 1250), and finally (10 June 1251) in a great measure remitted (September 1252). In August 1248 Maurice had gone to Gascony on the king's service. In December 1253 he was again summoned to Gascony to take part in the meditated war with the king of Castile. A later brief seems, howeer, to show that the new justiciar crossed the sea.
  
  Meanwhile, though no longer justiciar, he had been equally active in Ireland. In 1248 he expelled Roderic O'Canannan from Tir-Conaill. Next year he invaed Connaught to avenge the death of Gerald MacFeorais, and a little later led an expedition from Munster and Connaught to meet another under the justiciar at Elphin. The united armies deposed Felim O'Conor, setting up his nephew Turlough in his place. Felim was restored by Brian O'Neill and the Cenel-Eoghain in 1250. In the same year, probably in return for Brian's interference in Connaught, Maurice invaded the land of the Cenel-Eoghain, but failed to reduce its lord. In 1253 he made another futile attack upon Brian O'Neill and the Cenel-Eogain, and two years later he crossed over 'to meet the king of the Saxons' at about the same time as Felim's envoys. The 'Four Masters' represents him as in 1257 accompanying the new lord justice against Godfrey O'Domhnaill, and distinguished himself in a single combat with Godfrey. Matthew Paris, however, seems to put Maurice's death in the beginning of 1257, whereas the "Irish Annals" date Godfrey's death, which was due to wounds received in this expedition, in 1258. The State Papers show con
  
  === Given Name: Maurice , Constable Of Pemb ===
  Given Name: Maurice , Constable Of Pembroke Wales Surname: Fitzgerald [RECTOR1.FTW] [spurgeon.FTW] [brown1.FTW] From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Maurice FitzGerald (d 1176), an English ===
  Maurice FitzGerald (d 1176), an English conqueror of Ireland, was the son of Nesta, daughter of Rhys tht great, king of South Wales, and thus half-brother to Robert Fitzstephen, uncle of Meiler Fitzhenry, and brother of David II, bishop of St David's. His father Gerald, according to later gnealogists, was grandson of Walter Fitzother, who figures in "Domesday' as a tenant at Windsor and elsewhere, and lord of manors in Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Middlesex, and Buckinghamshire. In the early years of the twelfth century his father was steward of Pembroke Castle. He was probably dead by 1136, in which year the Welsh annals show that Nesta's second husband, Stephen, and the 'sons of Gerald' were fighting against the Welsh prince, Owen.
  
  In 1168, when Dermot, king of Leinster, was in South Wales seeking for aid to reestablish himself in his kingdom, Rhys ap Griffith had just released his three-year prisoner, Robert Fitzstephen, on condition that he should help him against Henry II, Robert's half-brother, Maurice Fitzgerald, now petitioned that he might carry his kinsman to Ireland instead; for Dermot had promised to give the two knights Wexford and the two adgoining 'cantreds' in return for their services. Robert crossed at once (May 1169) but Maurice did not land till some months later, when he reached Wexfod with 140 followers. Here Dermot came to meet him, and led him to his royal city of Ferns. In the expedition against Dublin, Maurice commanded the English contingent, while Robert Fitzstephen stayed behind to fortify the rock of Carrick, near Wexford. Dermot had already fulfilled his promise as regards Wexford, and when the Earl of Clare did not come according to his engagement, he offered his daughter, with the succession to the kingdom, to Robert or Maurice, an offer which both declined on the plea that they were already married. Earl Richard at last landed at Waterford, 24 Aug 1170. The town was atken next day, Maurice and Robert arriving with Dermot in time to save the lives of the nobler captives.
  
  Next year Maurice was present at the great siege of Dublin. His anxiety for the safety of his half-brother Robert, whom the Irish of Wexford were besiegeing in the turf fort of Carrick, led him to propose the famous sally from the city, when some ninety Norman knights routed King Roderic's army of thirty thousand men. Though the English started southwards on the day after the victory, they were too late to relieve Robert Fitzstephen, who had surrendered on receiving false news as to the fall of Dublin.
  
  Henry II's arrival seems to have brought the temporary downfall of the Geraldines. The men of Wexford attempted to curry favour with the king by giving him their prisoner; and, though Robert was soon set free, he and Maurice were seemingly deprived of Wexford and the neighbouring cantreds. Henry kept Wexford in his own hands, entrusting it to William Fitzaldhelm before he left the country, but now, or a little later, Earl Richard gave Maurice 'the middle cantred of Ophelan,' i.e. the district about Naas in Kildare. On leaving Dublin, Henry charged the two brother, at the head of twenty knights, to support the new governor of this city, Hugh de Lacy; and it must have been shortly after this that Maurice, forewarned by his nephew's dream, saved his leader's life from the ambush set for his destruction at his interview with O'Rourke, the 'rex monoculus' of Meath.
  
  The remainder of Maurice's life is obscure. During the great rebellion of the young princes (1173-4) Henry had to withdraw the greater part of his own retainers from Ireland; but there seems to be no evidence that Maruice accompanied his half-brother Robert to the king's assistance in England and Normandy. When Earl Richard was restored to power, an attempt was made to consolidate the English interests by a system of inter-marriage. It was now that Maurice's daughter, Nesta wedded Hervy of Montmaurice, the great enemy of the Irish Geraldines; while Maurice's son took Earl Richard's daughter, Alina to wife. This alliace procured a grant of Wicklow Castle and the restoration of Naas, which had seemingly been confiscated, but which was henceforward held as a fief of the earl. The rest of Ophelan in North Kildare was divided between Maurice's kinsmen. Robert Fitzstephen and Meiler Fitzhenry.
  
  Some three years later, Maurice Fitzgerald died at Wexford (c 1 Sept 1176) 'not leaving a better man in Ireland.' The death of Earl Richard and the appointment of William Fitzaldhelm as governor caused the momentary downfall of the Geraldines, who soon forced Maurice's sons to give up Wicklow Castle in exchange for Ferns.
  
  Giraldus Cambrensis has described Maurice's personal appearance and his character. He face was somewhat highly coloured but comely, his height moderate, 'neither too short nor too tall,' and his body well proportioned. In bravery no one surpassed him, and as a soldier he struck the happy mean between rashness and over-caution. He was sober, modest, and chaste, trustworthy, staunch, and faithful, 'a man not, it is true, free from every fault, but not guilty of any rank offence,' He was little given to talk, but when he did speak it was to the point. It would seem that when he crossed over to Ireland he was fairly advanced in life, since the same author applies to him the epithets 'venerabilis et vernerandus.' He was buried in the Grey Friars monastery outside Wexford, where, in Hooker's days (1586), his ruined monument was still to be seen 'wanting some good and worthy man to restore so worthy a monument of so worthy a knight.'
  
  Maurice Fitzgerald left several sons and a daughter Nesta. His wife is said to have been Alice, granddaughter of Roger de Montgomery, who led the centre of the Norman army at Hastings. She was living in 1171, as Giraldus tells us that she and some of Maurice's children were with Fitzstephen when the Irish were laying siege to Carrick. Of his sons two, Gerald (d 1204) and Alexander, greatly distinguished themselves in the sally from Dublin. Alexander seems to have left no issue, and Gerald, 'a man small of stature, but of no mean valour and integrity,' succeeded to his father's estates, and becmare, through his heir, Maurice Fitzgerald II, the ancestor of the Fitzgeralds of Offaly and Kildare. Nesta married Hervey of Mountmaurice; William, another son, must have died before, or not long after his father, as he can hardly be the William Fitzmaurice who died about 1247. The Irish genealogists, however, make him succeed his father in Naas, but die without a son. They also assign Maurice another son, Thomas the Great, who, marrying Eleanor, daughter of Sir William Morris, acquired extensive property in Munster, and became the ancestor of the earls of Desmond, the White Knight, the Knight of Kerry, &c. A Thomas Fitzmaurice (d 1210-1215) appears not unfrequently in the Irish rolls. [Dictionary of National Biography VII:135-6]
  
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  Maurice FitzGerald (d 1176), one of the conquerors of Ireland; son of Gerald de Windsor, chief follower of Arnulf Montgomery and castelian of Pembroke Castle (1093 - post 1116), by his wife Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr. Maurice and William, two of the sons of Gerald and Nest, and lords respecively of Llanstephan and Emlyn, came into prominence as leaders of the Anglo-Norman settlers in West Wales against the great revolt of the native princes in 1136. In 1146 they were at the head of the unsuccessful attemp to recover Llanstephan Castle from the Welsh. Later in his career Maurice FitzGerald took part, with his half-brother Robert Fitzstephen, in the conquest of Ireland. In 1169 he landed in Wexford with his followers and led the English contingent against Dublin. He finally settled in the cantred of Kildare which earl Richard granted to him for his services. It is said that his wife (living in 1171) was Alice, granddaughter of Roger de Montgomery. Maurice, who was a brave and modest man of few words, d. at Wexford c 1 Sept 1176. (William d 1174) [Dictionary of Welsh Biography p264]
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  Maurice Fitz Gerald; feudal Lord of Llanstephan, Wales, by inheritance; in 1167 Dermot MacMurrogh, King of Leinster, who had been deprived of his kingdom by Roderick O'Connor, King of Connaught and High King of Ireland, pledged Wexford to Maurice and his half brother Robert Fitz Stephen if they would help restore him; Maurice accordingly went to Ireland in 1169 and not only secured Wexford but, in concert with Dermot, took Dublin, from which Roderick failed to dislodge him in 1171, by which time Dermot had died; Henry II subsequently went to Ireland and made Maurice Jt Keeper of Dublin, granting him also the middle cantred (akin to a hundred, or subdivision of a county) of Ophelan in Co Kildare (approximately that part of the county centered on Naas) and that of Co Wicklow between Bray and Arklow. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  Lord of Lanstephen, Wales; His brother, Bishop David, granted him the Stewardship of St. Davids hereditarily. Under Stephen [between 1136 and 1146] the sons of Gerald were hard pressed by the Welsh in their effort to dislodge the Norman interlopers from the lands they had seized. The occasion of Maurice's going to Ireland, where he and his descendants were to flourish so exceedingly, was the promise, in 1167, of Dermot MacMurrough, the dispossessed King of Leinster, to give Wexford to him and to his half-brother, Robert FitzStephen, if they would help him to regain the kingdom--a promise which he duly honoured. Preceded by FitzStephen, and accompanied by his nephew Raymond, Maurice landed at Wexford in 1169 with two ships of armed followers, and with the aid of his Norman allies Dermot recovered Dublin. The coming over of Henry II, and the political dispositions which he made, fettered the progress of the Geraldines; although at his departure [Easter 1172] the King left Maurice one of the three keepers of
  
  === !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
  !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition L 178-5. Lord of Lea, Justiciar of Ireland, Sep 1232-1245. 2nd Baron Offaly, Knighted Jul 1217.Commissioner of the Treasury & Councillor 1250.
  
  === Knighted July 1217 by Henry III. Lord of ===
  Knighted July 1217 by Henry III. Lord of Lea; Justiciar of Ireland Sept 1232-1245.
  
  === *son of Gerald FitzMaurice & ?. Maurice ===
  *son of Gerald FitzMaurice & ?. Maurice was 2nd Baron Offaly, knighted in July, 1217, Lord of Lea, Justiciar of Ireland (September, 1232 - 1245), Commissioner of the Treasury and councilor, 1250.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Went to Ireland in 1168 with his followe ===
  Went to Ireland in 1168 with his followers to assist Dermond MacMurrow, King of Leinster, in wars with his subjects.
  
  === Maurice Fitz GERALD obtained possession ===
  Maurice Fitz GERALD obtained possession in 1216 of Maytooth & other of
  the Lordships of his father, He received a Grand of the Castle of Crom.
  He was the Lord Justice from 1229-45. He introduced into Ireland the
  Order of Franciscans in 1215 & of Dominicans in 1216, founding the Abbey
  of Youghal in 1232 The Abbey of Sligo in 1236, He built the Castles of
  Armagh & Sligo. He d a Monk at the Youghal Monastery 20 May 1357.
  He was also Justiciar of Ireland, and Commissioner of the Treasury.

• m. ABT 1145 in Pembrokeshire, Wales

1. Nesta FitzMaurice of Windsor, b. ABT 1146 in Prendergast, Pembrokeshire, Wales     d. 15 JAN 1204
2. Gerald Fitz Maurice 1st Baron of Offaly, b. ABT 1148 in Carmarthenshire, Wales     d. 15 JAN 1204 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland
3. Thomas FitzMaurice Lord of Connello, b. ABT 1150 in County Wexford, Ireland     d. 1213 in Dungarvan Castle, Waterford, Ireland
4. William FitzMaurice Baron of Naas, b. ABT 1150 in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland     d. BEF SEP 1199 in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland

1. Title: Find a Grave -Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan
   Author: Burial per http://www.libraryireland.com/biography/MauriceFitzGerald.php
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77183243/maurice-fitzgerald;
   Note: Lord of Lanstephan (Llansteffan) Son of Gerald FitzWalter de Windsor, Constable of Pembroke Castle and Nest ferch Rhys. Grandson of Walter FitzOtho, Rhys Tewdwr, King of Deheubarth. Born 1100 or 1108. Maurice married Alice de Montgomery, the daughter of Arnulph de Montgomery. They had the following children: * William FitzMaurice * Thomas FitzMaurice * Alexander FitzMaurice * Walter FitzMaurice * Redmond FitzMaurice * Hugh FitzMaurice * Nesta FitzMaurice * Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly Other records show two wives, both unknown, and William was the son of the first wife. Maurice was a Norman who fought with Robert FitzMartin at the Battle of Crug Mawr in 1136, and was a major player in the Norman invasion of Ireland, fighting along side his half brother, Robert Fitz-Stephen, in the Siege of Wexford in 1169. The original Earldom of Desmond in the province of Munster was based on land holdings belonging to the descendants of his son Thomas Fitz Maurice. Thomas's son, John FitzGerald, who was killed in the Battle of Callan, became the first Baron Desmond, the ancestor of the Knight of Kerry. His son, Sir Gerald Fitz Maurice, became the ancestor of the Earls of Kildare and modern Dukes of Leinster.
   
2. Title: Wikipedia, "Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan"
   Author: Chandler, Victoria (1989), "The last of the Montgomerys: Roger the Poitevin and Arnulf", Historical Research, 62 (147): 1–14, doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.1989.tb01075.x. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1890), Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (D to F), vol. 3 (1st ed.), London: George Bell & Sons, p. 358, retrieved 27 December 2011 Curtis, Edmund (1921), "Murchertach O'Brien, high king of Ireland, and his Norman son-in-law, Arnulf de Mont-Gomery, circa 1100", The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 6, 11 (2): 116–124, JSTOR 25513221. Fitzgerald, Charles William (1858), The earls of Kildare, and their ancestors (2nd ed.), Hodges, Smith, & Company. Graves, James (1869), "No. 2. the earls of Desmond", The Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 3, 1 (2): 459–498, JSTOR 25497799. Paul, James Balfour, ed. (1906), The Scots peerage, vol. 3, David Douglas. et.al.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_FitzGerald,_Lord_of_Lanstephan;
   Note: Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Maynooth, Naas, and Llanstephan[1] (born: almost certainly not at Windsor Castle, more likely Carew in Wales c.1105 – September c.1176 Wexford, Ireland. He was a medieval Anglo-Norman baron and a major figure in the Norman Invasion of Ireland.[2] Wars in Wales and Ireland Llanstephan Castle A Welsh Marcher Lord, Lord Llanstephan had fought alongside his older brother William FitzGerald, and half-brother Robert FitzStephen, constable of Cardigan, under Robert FitzMartin at the Battle of Crug Mawr in Wales in 1136. Llansteffan Castle overlooks the River Tywi estuary where it enters Carmarthen Bay. It was captured by Maredudd ap Gruffydd in 1146 against the forces of Maurice FitzGerald and his brother William, Lord of Emlyn who were the leading Norman settlers of the region. The castle was retaken by the Normans in 1158.[3] Diarmait Mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurrough), the deposed King of Leinster who had been exiled by the High King of Ireland, sought Cambro-Norman assistance to regain his throne. Lord Llanstephan participated in the resulting 1169 Norman invasion of Ireland. He assisted his younger half-brother Robert Fitz-Stephen in the Siege of Wexford (1169). His nephew Raymond was Strongbow's second-in-command and had the chief share both in the capture of Waterford and in the successful assault on Dublin in 1171. Lord Lanstephan and his son's the FitzMaurices also fought in this battle.[2] Marriage and issue Maurice FitzGerald, Lord Llanstephan is known to have married Alice de Montgomery, a daughter of Arnulf de Montgomery.[4] It has been asserted by eminent authorities that Arnulf left, by his wife, Lafracoth, a daughter, Alice, and that she was later the wife of Maurice FitzGerald, son of Gerald FitzWalter (Gerald of Windsor). By Maurice, one of the first conquerors of Ireland, who died in 1176, she was the mother of Gerald (died 1205), who laid the fortunes of the FitzGeralds of Kildare. (Even Curtis - referenced below - says he can't find a source for Alice and, on the whole, she seems a)unlikely to have existed and b)impossible for Maurice to have met.) Alice herself was living in 1171, and was then in Ireland with her husband and sons.[5] Maurice FitzGerald, by his wife Alice, had the following children: Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello (d.1213) Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly (b.1150, d.1204) William FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Naas (d.1199) Maurice FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Kiltrany Alexander FitzMaurice Robert FitzMaurice Nesta FitzMaurice (m.Hervey de Montmorenci, Constable of England) Lord Llanstephan's second eldest son Gerald FitzMaurice, the 1st Lord of Offaly was the progenitor of the FitzGerald and FitzMaurice Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster. The original Earldom of Desmond in the province of Munster was based on landholdings belonging to the descendants of Maurice's eldest son Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello. Thomas's son John FitzMaurice FitzThomas, who was killed in the Battle of Callann, became the 1st Baron Desmond. Others from this line include the Knights of Glin and Knights of Kerry.
   
3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/engunttz.htm#MauriceFitzGeralddied1176A;
   Note: Chapter 4. EARLS of KILDARE (WINDSOR) The primary sources which confirm the parentage and marriages of this family have not yet been identified, unless otherwise stated below. MAURICE FitzGerald, son of GERALD FitzWalter & his wife Nesta of Wales (-Wexford 1 Sep 1176). The Expugnatio Hibernica names "David Menevensi episcopo et Mauricio Giraldi filio" as brothers of "Robertus filius Stephani"[533]. The Expugnatio Hibernica records the arrival in Ireland of "Mauricius Giraldi filius…uterinus…Stephanidæ frater" and his expedition to Dublin [in 1169][534]. The Annales Cambriæ record the death in 1177 of "Mauricius filius Geraldi"[535]. The Expugnatio Hibernica records the death "apud Weisefordiam…circa kal Sep" of "Mauricius Giraldi filius" [in 1176][536]. m firstly ---. m secondly ---. Maurice & his first wife had one child: 1. WILLIAM FitzMaurice (-[1199]). The Expugnatio Hibernica names "Mauricio filio Guillelmo comes" when recording his marriage[537]. Baron of Naas. m (1174) ALINE de Clare, illegitimate daughter of RICHARD de Clare "Strongbow" Earl of Pembroke. The Expugnatio Hibernica records the marriage between "Mauricio filio Guillelmo comes" and "Alinam filiam suam [Richardi]"[538]. William & his wife had one child: a) WILLIAM FitzWilliam (-before Aug 1227). Baron of Naas. He was ancestor of the BARONS of NAAS. m as her second husband, MATILDA [Eva] de Pont de l'Arche, widow of PHILIP de Briouse, daughter of --- (-after 1 Sep 1227). "William baron of Naas and Eva his wife" paid a fine for "having dower in the manor of Grene, which pertains to Eva of the free tenement formerly of Phillip de Braose, her former husband, in Ireland", dated 12 Sep 1220[539]. A charter dated 1 Sep 1227 records that "Matilda who was the wife of the Baron of Nas represents that the justiciary…has disseised her of her dower out of…those of Philip de Breouse her first husband" and the king´s order to restore the property to her[540]. William & his wife had two children: i) DAVID FitzWilliam . "David Fitz William Baron of Naas" gave land to "Maurice Fitz William his brother" by charter dated 25 Sep 1234[541]. ii) MAURICE FitzWilliam . "David Fitz William Baron of Naas" gave land to "Maurice Fitz William his brother" by charter dated 25 Sep 1234[542]. Maurice & his second wife had seven children: 2. GERALD FitzMaurice ([1150]-1203). The Expugnatio Hibernica names "duo Mauricii filii, Giraldus et Alexander"[543]. Baron of Offaly. - see below. 3. ALEXANDER . The Expugnatio Hibernica names "duo Mauricii filii, Giraldus et Alexander"[544]. 4. THOMAS FitzMaurice (-1213). Lord Connello. m SABINE, daughter of ---. Thomas & his wife had two children: a) JOHN FitzThomas (-killed in battle Callan 1261). - EARLS of DESMOND. b) MAURICE FitzThomas ([1197]-before 1253). Ancestor of the LORDS KERRY. 5. DAVID FitzMaurice (-killed in battle 1195). The Annales Cambriæ record that "David filium Mauricii et Tankardum monachum" were killed by "Mailgum filius Res" in 1195[545]. 6. MAURICE FitzMaurice . Ancestor of the FitzGerald family, feudal barons of Burnchurch, co. Kilkenny[546]. 7. ROBERT FitzMaurice (-after 1194). Ancestor of the Barons of Kerry and Lixnaw, the Earls of Kerry, Earls of Shelburne, and Marquesses of Lansdowne[547]. The Red Book of the Exchequer, listing scutage payments in [1194/95], names "Robertus filius Maur" paying "c s, v milites" in Gloucestershire[548]. 8. NESTA . The Expugnatio Hibernica records the marriage between "Herveius" and "Reimundi consobrinam, Mauricii Giraldidæ filiam, Nestam"[549]. m HERVE de Montmorency, son of [BOUCHARD [III] Seigneur] de Montmorency & his [third wife] Adelisa de Clermont (-after 1172).
   
4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maurice "the Invader" de Windsor FitzGerald -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222795
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maurice "the Invader" de Windsor FitzGerald -
   Author: OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc.
   Note: death: 1 September 1177; Welford, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom birth: 1100; Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2401660770
   
6. Title: Dictionary of Irish Biography
   Author: Sources Giraldus, Expugnatio; Song of Dermot; Otway-Ruthven, Med. Ire.; NHI, ii; Marie Therese Flanagan, Irish society, Anglo-Norman settlers and Angevin kingship (1987)
   Publication: Name: https://www.dib.ie/biography/fitz-gerald-maurice-a3119;
   Note: Fitz Gerald, Maurice (c.1110–1176), second son of Gerald of Windsor, castellan of Pembroke , and his wife Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth, Wales, was one of the early leaders of the Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland and was ancestor both of the earls of Kildare and of the earls of Desmond. Fitz Gerald was not a young man when he came to Ireland in 1169, having played a prominent role in the defence of the English conquests in Wales from as early as 1136, when he appears as one of the leaders of an English expedition to put down a revolt. He was swayed by the offers made by Diarmait Mac Murchada (qv), king of Leinster, and in 1169 persuaded Rhys ap Gruffydd to release his half-brother Robert Fitz Stephen (qv) so that they could go to Ireland. Fitz Stephen landed in Ireland in May 1169 and Fitz Gerald followed shortly after with reinforcements. The brothers were jointly granted the city of Wexford by Mac Murchada, and Fitz Gerald took part in Mac Murchada's campaign against Domnall Mac Gilla Pátraic (qv), king of Osraige, in Laois and the subsequent campaign to secure the submission of Dublin in 1169. He was not present when Richard de Clare (Strongbow) (qv), earl of Strigoil, and Raymond fitz William (qv) captured Waterford, but he arrived soon afterwards and accepted Strongbow's leadership, left Waterford with Strongbow and Mac Murchada, and took part in the battle that captured Dublin from the Ostmen. Fitz Gerald was one of the emissaries sent by Strongbow to placate Henry II (qv) after the death of Mac Murchada in May 1171, but he returned in time to be caught in the siege of Dublin by Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (qv), king of Connacht; he was one of the leaders of a surprise attack that routed Ua Conchobair's army and lifted the siege. Fitz Gerald lost his grant of Wexford when the king took the city into his own hands, but he was later granted a cantred of land in Uí Fáeláin (Kildare) by the king, and custody of Wicklow castle by Strongbow. He was assigned to the garrison of Hugh de Lacy (qv) in Dublin by the king, seems to have remained in Ireland during the wars of 1173–4, and took part in the series of marriage alliances that attempted to bind the Anglo-Normans in Ireland together. His eldest son, William, married Strongbow's daughter Aline, while his own daughter, Nesta, married Hervey de Montmorency (qv). There are no records of fitz Gerald's marriages, but he had at least six sons and a daughter; Gerald of Wales (qv) mentions that he brought a wife and children to Ireland. He died in September 1176 and was buried in Wexford.
   
7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maurice "the Invader" de Windsor FitzGerald -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244051500
   
8. Title: Library of Ireland- Maurice Fitzgerald -in memories
   Publication: Name: https://www.libraryireland.com/biography/MauriceFitzGerald.php;
   
9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maurice FitzJohn FITZGERALD -
   Author: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Page number: X:14-16
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741118
   
10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maurice "the Invader" de Windsor FitzGerald - birth: 1100; Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Author: 160010.GED, Not Given
    Note: birth: 1100; Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Source Media Type: Other death: 1 September 1177; Welford, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Source Media Type: Other Source Media Type: Other
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222791
    
11. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maurice FitzJohn FITZGERALD -
    Author: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, Page number: 1679
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742367
    
12. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maurice FitzGerald - birth: 1100; Windsor, Berkshire, England
    Author: Ancestral File
    Note: birth: 1100; Windsor, Berkshire, England death: 1 September 1177; Welford, Berkshire, England burial: ; Welford, Berkshire, England birth: 1100; Windsor, Berkshire, England death: 1 September 1177; Welford, Berkshire, England burial: ; Welford, Berkshire, England
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244588949
    
13. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maurice FitzJohn FITZGERALD -
    Author: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Ed {1999}, Page number: 144-3
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741136
    
14. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maurice "the Invader" de Windsor FitzGerald -
    Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
    
15. Title: Maurice FitzGerald, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2K-5PKD : 7 August 2020), Maurice FitzGerald, ; Burial, Wexford, , County Wexford, Ireland, Wexford Friary; citing record ID 77183243, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2K-5PKD;