Please see Darrell Wolcott: Osbwrn Wyddel of Cors Gedol; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id203.html. (Steven Ferry, August 30, 2020.)

Name: Gerald FitzMaurice Fitzgerald

Birth: ABT 1150 in Windsor, Berkshire, England

Death: 15 JAN 1202/03 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland

Note: Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 1st Baron of Offaly (not a peerage of Parliament but a designation of the ancestors of the Earls of Kildare); c1150; took part in the conquest of Limerick c1197 and acquired Croom in that Co (hence the wording of the family motto);

married c1193 Eve (married 2nd Geoffrey FitzRobert (d 1211) and 3rd by Feb 1217/8 Geoffrey de Marisco/Mareis, Justiciar of Ireland, and died by Dec 1226), thought to have been daughter of Robert de Bermingham, by which marriage he acquired the territorial Barony of Offaly (an entity wholly distinct from Ophelan aforementioned), though Offaly was in his wife's 3rd husband Geoffrey de Marisco's hands following her death (it was forfeited by Geoffrey in 1234, however, and passed to Gerald's heir); Gerald died 1245. [Burke's Peerage]

Father: Maurice "The Invader" Fitzgerald Of Windsor b: ABT 1100 in Castle Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales Mother: Alice de Montgomery b: ABT 1115 in Munster, Ireland

Marriage 1 Eve de Bermingham b: ABT 1172 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland

Children

Maurice Fitzgerald b: ABT 1190 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland

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Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerald FitzMaurice

• Born c. 1150
• Title 1st Lord of Offaly
• Tenure c. 1193 – 1204
• Nationality Cambro-Norman
• Locality Ireland
• Successor Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly
• Spouse(s) Eve de Bermingham
• Parents Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan

Gerald FitzMaurice, jure uxoris 1st Lord of Offaly (c. 1150 – 15 January 1204) was a Cambro-Norman nobleman who settled in Ireland, with his father, Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan, founding the notable FitzGerald dynasty who were to play important roles in Irish history. By right of his wife, the heiress Eve de Bermingham, Gerald was granted the barony of Offaly, thus becoming the first Lord. He is the ancestor of the Kildare branch of the dynasty.

Family

Gerald was born in Wales in about 1150, the second eldest son of Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan and an unknown second wife. Gerald had one sister, Nesta, who was named after their celebrated grandmother, Princess Nest ferch Rhys, and five brothers, including his eldest, William FitzMaurice, 1st Baron of Naas.

Career

Gerald's father was the leader of the first landing of Normans who arrived in Ireland in 1169 to assist the exiled Irish King of Leinster Dermot MacMurrough regain his kingdom. Both Gerald and his father were at the Siege of Dublin in 1171.[1] Upon the death of their father, on 1 September 1176, Gerald's elder brother William granted him half the cantred of Ophelan with centres at Maynooth and Rathmore. He was confirmed in them by Prince John in 1185. In 1197, he took part in the conquest of Limerick acquiring Croom, County Limerick.[2]

Marriage and issue

Sometime around 1193, he married as her first husband, Eve de Bermingham (died between June 1223 and December 1226), daughter of Sir Robert de Bermingham. In marriage, he received the barony of Offaly, becoming the first FitzGerald Lord of Offaly. Together Gerald and Eve had one son:

• Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly, Justiciar of Ireland (1194- 20 May 1257), married Juliana N.N., by whom he had four sons.

Following Gerald's death on 15 January 1204, Eve would go on to marry two more times. Her second husband was Geoffrey FitzRobert, and her third, whom she married sometime after 1211, was Geoffrey de Marisco, Justiciar of Ireland.

References

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Jump up ^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1890). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (D to F) 3 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 358. Retrieved 27 December 2011. Jump up ^ Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, Volume 2, p.2297

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Gerald fitz Maurice, 1st Baron of Offaly1

M, #154864, d. 1203

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    Gerald fitz Maurice, 1st Baron of Offaly was the son of Maurice fitz Gerald, Baron of Naas and Alice de Montgomery.1 He married Eve de Bermingham. He died in 1203.1

Gerald fitz Maurice, 1st Baron of Offaly gained the title of 1st Baron of Offaly.1
Child of Gerald fitz Maurice, 1st Baron of Offaly and Eve de Bermingham

Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly+ d. 12571

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 200. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

• Gerald Fitzmaurice

born 1150? Windsor, Berkshire, England

died before 15 January 1203

father:

• Maurice "Invader of Ireland" Fitzgerald

born 1100 Windsor, Berkshire, England

died 1 September 1177 Abbey Grey Friar, Welford, Berkshire, England

buried Abbey Grey Friar, Welford, Berkshire, England

mother:

• Alice de Montgomery

born after 1100 Pembrokeshire, Wales

siblings:

unknown

spouse:

• Eva de Bermingham

born about 1150

died before December 1226

children:

• Maurice Fitzgerald

born before 1190 Ireland

died 20 May 1257 Youghal Monastery, Ireland

buried Youghal Monastery, Ireland

biographical and/or anecdotal:

notes or source:

LDS

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Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

His son Sir Gerald FitzMaurice (c1152 -c1203) married the daughter of Robert de Birmingham. Their son was Sir Maurice FitzGerald, Justiciar of Ireland, Lord of Offaly, (1190 - 1257, died at Youghal. His son was Sir Maurice FitzMaurice Fitz Gerald, Justiciar of Ireland, Lord of Offaly, (c1239, Wexford - 1286, Ross,Ireland)