Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald 3rd Lord of Offaly

• Preferred Name: Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald 3rd Lord of Offaly^[1]
  
• Alternate Name: Maurice Fitz Maurice
  
• Alternate Name: Maurice Fitz Maurice
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Justiciar of Ireland with note: copied from merge
  
• FSID: 93HW-J56
  
• Death: 10 NOV 1286 in Ross, County Clare, Ireland at LATI: N2.8993 LONG: E8.6328
  
• Birth: 1218 in County Wexford, Ireland at LATI: N2.4876 LONG: E6.5867
  
• Burial: in Wexford, , County Wexford, Ireland at LATI: N2.3333 LONG: E6.45
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald (1238 – 2 September 1277) was an Irish magnate born in Ireland; a soldier, and Justiciar of Ireland from 1272 to 1273. His family would come to epitomize the ideal of cultural synthesis in Ireland, becoming More Irish than the Irish themselves, fusing Gaelic and Norman customs in Irish identity. "But others say that he never enjoyed that lordship himself, but passed it the son and grandson of his eldest brother Gerald."
  
  Career
  He was born in 1238 in Wexford, Ireland, the second son of Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly and Juliana de Grenville. He had three brothers, Gerald fitz Maurice II (died 1243), Thomas fitz Maurice (died 1271), and David fitz Maurice (died without issue). Maurice was known by the nickname of Maurice Mael (from an old word meaning "devotee" in Irish). He was granted his father's lands in Connacht in exchange for quitclaiming the barony of Offaly sometime before 20 May 1257, when his father Maurice FitzGerald II died at Youghal Monastery.
  
  Before his father died, Maurice was custos of Offaly, but after the 2nd Lord of Offaly died, the countess of Lincoln, Margaret de Quincy, sued him for custody of Offaly.
  
  Terrible feuds raged in his time between the Geraldines and the DeBurghs. Maurice FitzMaurice and his nephew John, son of his brother Thomas, captured the justiciar, Richard de la Rochelle, Theobald Butler IV, and John de Cogan I (whose son was married to Maurice FitzGerald III's sister, Juliana). The capture of the three magnates led to a private war in Ireland, with the Geraldines on one side and Walter de Burgh and Geoffrey de Geneville on the other. However, the Second Barons' War in England forced them to come to a temporary peace while they battled Montfortians in the English Midlands in 1266.
  
  In May 1265, Maurice FitzMaurice was among the chief magnates in Ireland summoned to inform King Henry III of England and his son Prince Edward about conditions in the country, and again in June 1265. These were the result of the private war between the Geraldines and Walter de Burgh, lord of Connacht (who was later made the 1st earl of Ulster). Maurice was appointed Justiciar of Ireland on 23 June 1272 following the accidental death of his predecessor, James de Audley on 11 June of that year; his father had served in the same capacity from 1232 to 1245. Maurice himself held the post until September 1273, when he was succeeded by Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, Seigneur de Vaucouleurs.
  
  He held four knight's fees in both Lea and Geashill from Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer who had inherited them from his wife, Maud de Braose.
  
  In 1276, he led a force of men from Connacht against the Irish of County Wicklow. Maurice's contingent joined the main army of English settlers jointly commanded by his son-in-law, Thomas de Clare, Lord of Inchiquin and Youghal who had been made Lord of Thomond earlier that same year, and Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, Maurice's successor as Justiciar of Ireland. The English under Thomas de Clare and Geoffrey de Geneville attacked the Irish at Glenmalure, but were defeated and suffered heavy losses.
  
  Marriages and issue
  Shortly before 28 October 1259, he married his first wife, Maud de Prendergast, daughter of Sir Gerald de Prendergast of Beauvoir and Matilda de Burgh, daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh.
  
  Together he and Maud had two daughters:
  1. Juliana FitzMaurice (d. 24 September 1300), married firstly, Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond, by whom she had four children; she married secondly Nicholas Avenel, and thirdly, Adam de Cretynges.
  2. Amabel FitzMaurice, married but died childless.
  
  Maurice was Maud's third husband. She died on an unknown date.
  
  In 1273, Maurice married his second wife, Emmeline Longespee (1252–1291), daughter of Stephen Longespée and Emmeline de Ridelsford.
  He and Emeline had no issue.
  
  Maurice died 2 September 1277, at Ross, County Wexford. Emmeline Longespee then fought until her death to claim her dower against her daughter, Juliana, her step-daughter, Amabilia, and John FitzGerald, who would be created 1st Earl of Kildare on 14 May 1316. John was the son of his brother Thomas by Rohesia de St. Michael. John sued or physically took lands from the bailiffs of Emmeline, Juliana, and Amabilia.
  
  There is some confusion as to whether Gerald Fitzmaurice FitzGerald was the first or second son of Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly. Most, like M. Hickson, of the RSAI say he was the eldest. Lord Walter FitzGerald says he was the second. In any event, he predeceased his father in 1243. His son, Maurice FitzGerald, drowned in the Irish Channel in July 1268. His son was Gerald FitzMaurice III (born in 1263). Gerald's marriage was sold to Geoffrey de Geneville, who matched Gerald with his own daughter, Joan, but he died childless on 29 August 1287.
  
  Maurice Fitzmaurice FitzGerald 3rd Earl of Offaly was succeeded by nephew John, son of his younger brother Thomas Fitzmaurice FitzGerald.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_FitzGerald,_3rd_Lord_of_Offaly
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#GeraldFitzMauricedied1203B as of 7/24/2016
  
  THOMAS FitzMaurice (-Ballyloughmask, co. Mayo 1271).
  
  m ---. The name of Thomas´s wife is not know
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#JohnFitzThomasKildaredied1316A as of 7/24/2016
  
  MAURICE FitzMaurice (-1286). The Annals of Ulster record in 1286 the death of "Maurice Fitz Gera
  
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  Biography
  Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord Offaly
  
  Maurice fitz Maurice was born about 1238.
  
  Maurice fitz Maurice fitz Gerald was recorded as Muiris Mael (Maurice the Bald) by the Annals of Connacht. He
  
  Memorial
  
  Maud (Prendergast) FitzMaurice was a member of aristocracy in the British Isles.
  Biography
  Matilda was the daughter of Gerald de Prendergast.[1]
  
  Matilda was espoused to David son of Maurice who die
  
  === Lord of Offaly in Ireland, Justiciar. Co ===
  Lord of Offaly in Ireland, Justiciar. Complete Peerage vol 3 p 291 Lord justice of Ireland
  
  === MISC: Enfeoffed in Banada Sligo by Mau ===
  MISC: Enfeoffed in Banada Sligo by Maurice FITZ MAURICE !GENERAL:Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To Ne w England Between 1623 And 1650 _PAREN: Y, Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To N ew England Between 1623 And 1650 _PAREN: Y, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Genealogical Publishing C o. Inc., 1992
  
  === == Biography == ===
  == Biography ==
  Lived at Banada, County Sligo Ireland.
  
  == Sources ==
  
  
  * http://www.thepeerage.com/p15141.htm#i151407* http://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-FitzMaurice-FitzGerald/6000000003828171629
  
  === !Maurice Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald, d. 12 ===
  !Maurice Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald, d. 1286, Lord of Offaly in Ireland, Justiciar; m. Prob. 1266 Emmeline de Longespee, b. ca. 1250, d. 1291, dau. of Stephen Longespee and Emmeline De Ridelisford. Ref: (CP VII 200; X 16 note c).
  
  === He is believed to have founded the Trin ===
  He is believed to have founded the Trinitarian Abbey at Adare, Co. Li merick. Through his marriage, he acquired the manors of Athy and Woodstock.
  
  === ! ! !Plantagenet Ancestry book Pedigrees ===
  ! ! !Plantagenet Ancestry book Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants Page 132 LDS Family History Library
  
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  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal ===
  
  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, one source
  says he died 1260.
  
  === BURKE'S PEERAGES (GS NUMBER 942 D22BUG) ===
  BURKE'S PEERAGES (GS NUMBER 942 D22BUG) P.545;
  
  === under age in 1285 ===
  under age in 1285
  
  === !Weis. 178A-6. Thomas Fitz Maurice Fit ===
  !Weis. 178A-6. Thomas Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald was enfeoffed in Banada, co. Sligo by Maurice Fitz Maurice (brother). Enfeoffed--invested with a fee or fief. Apparently, land belonging to the brother Maurice which he passed to him in return for vassalage.
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.34, 38, 43; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.96, 98, 137; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICALL SOCIETY;
  
  === NOTES: Baron of Geashill, Silgo, Tircon ===
  NOTES: Baron of Geashill, Silgo, Tirconnel & Kerry in Ireland
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 3/2009:
  
  Thomas fitz Maurice1
  M, #151407, d. 1271
  Thomas fitz Maurice|d. 1271|p15141.htm#i151407|Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly|d. 1257|p411.htm#i4109|Juliane (?)||p15482.htm#i154817|Gerald fitz Maurice, 1st Baron of Offaly|d. 1203|p15487.htm#i154864|Eve de Bermingham|d. c 1226|p15487.htm#i154868|||||||
  Last Edited=4 Jan 2009
  Thomas fitz Maurice was the son of Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly and Juliane (?) .2 He died in 1271.1
  Child of Thomas fitz Maurice
  John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare + d. 12 Sep 13161
  Citations
  [S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VII, page 218. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  [S6 ] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 200.
  
  === SURNAME: Also shown as Fitz- Gerald ===
  
  SURNAME: Also shown as Fitz- Gerald
  
  BIRTH: Also shown as Born Banada, County Sligo, Ireland.
  
  BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1225
  
  DEATH: Also shown as Died 26 May 1260
  
  === He was Justiciar in Ireland and Lord Off ===
  He was Justiciar in Ireland and Lord Offaly in Ireland.
  
  === Justiciar of Ireland. ===
  Justiciar of Ireland.
  
  === Maurice FitzGerald (2nd son, Gerald the ===
  Maurice FitzGerald (2nd son, Gerald the eldest born c1220), called "Mael" ("The Bald"); Justiciar of Ireland 1272; succeeded to his father's lands in Co Cork, Tyrconnell, Fermanagh, and Connaught; married 1st Maud, daughter and coheir of Gerald de Prendergast and widow of Maurice de Rocheford and had a daughter (Amabel, married Andrew Avenel, dsp); married 2nd Emeline, daughter of Stephen de Longespee and granddaughter of Walter de Ridelisford, who brought him the Manors of Kilkea and Castledermot, and died Ross, Co Wexford, by 10 Nov 1286, leaving a daughter (Juliane, married 1st Thomas de Clare and had issue, married 2nd Nicholas Avenel). [Burke's Peerage]
  Ancestral File Number: 9NH6-17
  
  === note ===
  pg 151, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists etc" by Frederick Lewis Weiss, 6th Edition
  
  pg 119, " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" by Sir Bernard Burke, published 1883
  
  Please tell me about ANY errors, as this data base is constantly improving. If the name you want is not in this data base, I don't have it.

1. Juliana FitzMaurice, b. ABT 1263 in Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland     d. 24 SEP 1300 in Thomond, Co Clare, Ireland

• m. ABT 1266

1. Title: Wikipedia
   Author: The Complete Peerage, Volume II, p. 200Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Ireland
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_FitzGerald,_3rd_Lord_of_Offaly;