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

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MAURICE FitzGerald (-1257). Baron of Offaly. The Annals of Ulster record in 1257 the death of "Maurice Fitz Gerald”, a later entry recording him as “Maurice Fitz Gerald, Justiciary of Ireland for a time, dissolver of the Gaidhil and of the churches of Ireland”[552]. m JULIANA, daughter of ---. Maurice & his wife had four children:

a) GERALD FitzMaurice ([1220]-1243). m ---. The name of Gerald´s wife is not known. Gerald & his wife had two children:

i) MAURICE FitzGerald (-1268). Baron of Offaly. m firstly ---. m secondly as her first husband, AGNES de Valence Dame de Danfalize, daughter of GUILLAUME de Lusignan "de Valence" Seigneur de Valence Lord of Pembroke & his wife Joan Munchensy (-after 7 Oct 1277). An order dated 10 Apr 1275 relates to payments to "Agnes de Valence the K´s cousin" out of the estate of "Maurice Fitz Gerald her late husband"[553]. She married secondly Hugh Balliol Baron of Bywell, and thirdly Jean d'Avesnes Seigneur de Beaumont. A writ after the death of "Hugh de Balliolo", dated "10 Apr 55 Hen III", assigns her dower to "Agnes de Valentia, the king´s niece, late the wife of the said Hugh"[554]. The Chronicle of Baudouin d´Avesnes records that "Ioannes", son of "domino Balduino de Avesnes domino de Bellomonte" and his wife, married "Agnete filia domini Guillelmi de Valentia fratris regis Angliæ Henrici ex parte matris"[555]. An order dated 7 Oct 1277 relates to attorneys appointed by "John de Aveynes and Agnes his wife" relating to affairs in Ireland[556]. Maurice & his [first/second] wife had one child:

(a) GERALD FitzMaurice (-1287). Baron of Offaly. [Betrothed/m] (after 16 Jan 1283) --- de Joinville, daughter of GEOFFROY de Joinville Seigneur de Vaucouleurs, Justiciar of Ireland & his wife Matilda de Lacy. An order dated 16 Jan 1283 records "recognizance by Geofferey de Geneville, Matilda his wife and Peter their eldest son" to "William de Valence" for the commission of lands of “Maurice FitzGerald in Ireland, deceased” and for the marriage of “Gerald son and heir of the said Maurice, under age, and in custody of the said William”[557]. The Complete Peerage, assuming that Gerald’s marriage was arranged with the daughter of Geoffroy de Joinville as a result of this agreement and that the marriage took place, and calls her “as is commonly stated, Joan”[558]. No primary source is cited which confirms that this information is correct. Geoffroy de Joinville is recorded elsewhere with a daughter named “Jeanne” who married Johann [I] Graf von Salm. Unless this was Jeanne’s second marriage, it is likely that the daughter who was betrothed to or married Gerald FitzMaurice bore another name.

ii) JULIANA (-after 1309). m JOHN de Cogan (1243-1275).

b) DAVID FitzMaurice (-before 1249). Pope Alexander IV ordered the bishop of Cloyne “not to molest Maurice son of Maurice, who has appealed to the Pope, on the ground that he married Matilda, daughter of Gerald de Prendergast, she having been espoused to his late brother David who died before she was seven years old”, dated 28 Oct 1259[559]. David´s priority in the betrothal to Matilda suggests that he was probably Maurice´s older brother. Betrothed ([1249]) to MATILDA de Prendergast, widow of MAURICE de Rocheford, daughter of GERALD de Prendergast & his second wife --- de Burgh (23 Mar 1242-), who later married David´s brother Maurice.

c) MAURICE FitzMaurice (-1286). The Annals of Ulster record in 1286 the death of "Maurice Fitz Gerald the Bald”[560]. m firstly (before 28 Oct 1259) as her second husband, MATILDA de Prendergast, widow of MAURICE de Rocheford, daughter of GERALD de Prendergast & his second wife --- de Burgh (23 Mar 1242-). Inquisitions following the death of "Gerald de Prendeg" record that he married firstly "the sister of Theobald Butler”, by whom he had “one daughter surviving whom John de Cogan married and of her begat one son aged 8 at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin 35 Hen III”, and secondly “a daughter of Richard de Burgo” by whom he had “one daughter who will be 10 at the feast of St Patrick in Lent 36 Hen III”[561]. The date of her marriage is confirmed by the order dated 28 Oct 1259 under which Pope Alexander IV instructed the bishop of Cloyne “not to molest Maurice son of Maurice, who has appealed to the Pope, on the ground that he married Matilda, daughter of Gerald de Prendergast, she having been espoused to his late brother David who died before she was seven years old”[562]. m secondly EMMELINE de Longespee, daughter of STEPHEN Longuespee [Seneschal of Gascony, Justiciar of Ireland] & his wife Emmeline de Rydeleford ([1251/52]-19 May 1331). The Book of Lacock names “Elam de la Souch…Emelinam” as the children of “Stephanus Lungespee” and his wife “Emelinam comitissam de Ulton”, adding that Emmeline married “Mauritio filio Mauritii”[563]. A writ dated 20 Jul "4 Edw I", following the death of "Emelina countess of Ulster" names "Emelina the wife of Maurice son of Maurice and daughter of the said countess aged 24 and more and Alan son of Roger la Zouche who had to wife Ela elder daughter of the said countess aged 8 are her heirs”[564]. Inquisitions made after a writ dated 10 Apr "14 Edw II", after the death of "Thomas son of Richard de Clare", record land in Ireland "Kinsale...which Emeline late the wife of Maurice son of Maurice holds in dower”[565]. A writ dated 23 May "5 Edw III", following the death of "Emelina Longespe or de Lungespe", names "Robert de Holond and Maud his wife” and “the said Maud aged 40 years is her next heir”, while a second writ dated 3 Jan “6 Edw III” and inquisitions dated 9 Mar “7 Edw III” state that Emmeline died “on Whitsunday 5 Edward III” and that “Maud sometime the wife of Robert de Houlond...and Helen her sister both aged 40 years and more are next heirs of the said Emelina”[566]. Maurice & his first wife had [two] children:

i) [AMABEL . The Complete Peerage shows “Amabel d. s.p.” as another daughter of Maurice FitzMaurice in a table which cites no sources[567]. The table does not show her alleged marriage. Burke´s Peerage shows “Amabel m. Andrew Avenel, dsp” as the daughter of Maurice FitzMaurice and his first wife, without any indication of the source on which the information is based[568]. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not been identified. m ANDREW Avenell, son of ---.]
ii) JULIANA . Her parentage and two marriages are confirmed by documents attached to a writ dated 28 Jul 1292, relating to claims made by "Thomas de Clare and Maurice Fitz Maurice" against "the vill of Youghal", which include (1) an agreement dated 18 Feb 1275 relating to lands granted by Thomas to Maurice, remainder to Thomas and “the heirs of his body begotten of Juliana his wife”, (2) a writ dated 6 Apr 1292 recording that “Adam de Cretinge and Juliana his wife” had shown that “Maurice Fitz Maurice” had “enfeoffed Thomas the Clare formerly Juliana´s husband and Juliana herself” of certain property, and (3) an inquisition taken 12 Aug 1292 which found that “Thomas de Clare and Juliana his wife were jointly enfeoffed by Maurice Fitz Maurice, Juliana´s father”[569]. The identity of Juliana´s mother is confirmed by the inquisitions following the death of her stepmother Emmeline de Longespee (see above) which recorded that the heirs of the deceased were descendants of her sister, not descendants of Juliana and her husband Thomas de Clare. m firstly ([1274/12 Feb 1275]) THOMAS de Clare Lord of Thomond, son of RICHARD de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hertford & his wife Matilda de Lacy (-29 Aug 1287). m secondly (before 6 Apr 1292) as his second wife, ADAM de Creting, son of ---. [A writ dated 8 Feb "24 Edw I", following the death of "Adam de Creting alias de Cretinge", names "John his son aged 17 [...aged 19...aged 20] is his next heir”, and inquisitions dated 30 Jun “27 Edw I”, following a writ dated 24 Sep “26 Edw I”, records “Rumford in Haveryngge [Essex]. The said Adam and Nichola his wife were enfeoffed jointly of the manor”[570]. The inquisitions include no reference to land in Ireland and it is assumed that these two writs followed the death of a different Adam de Creting.]

d) THOMAS FitzMaurice (-Ballyloughmask, co. Mayo 1271). m ---. The name of Thomas´s wife is not known. Thomas & his wife had one child:

i) JOHN FitzThomas (-Laraghbryan, near Maynooth 12 Sep 1316, bur Kildare, Church of the Friars Minor). Baron of Offaly. He was created Earl of Kildare in 1316. m BLANCHE Roche, daughter of JOHN Roche Baron of Fermoy & his wife --- (-after Feb 1330). John & his wife had three children:

1. GERALD (-1303).
2. THOMAS (-5 Apr 1328, bur Kildare, Church of the Friars Minor). He succeeded his father as Earl of Kildare. m (Greencastle 16 Aug 1312) as her first husband, JOAN de Burgh, daughter of RICHARD de Burgh Earl of Ulster & his wife Margaret de Burgh of Lanvalley (-23 Apr 1350). She married secondly (Maynooth 3 Jul 1329) as his second wife, Sir John Darcy Lord Darcy. Thomas & his wife had three children:

a) JOHN (-1323).
b) RICHARD ([1318/19]-7 Jul 1331). He succeeded his father as Earl of Kildare.
c) MAURICE (-1390, bur Dublin Holy Trinity). He succeeded his brother in 1331 as Earl of Kildare. m (1347) ELIZABETH Burghersh, daughter of BARTHOLOMEW Burghersh Lord Burghersh & his wife Elizabeth de Verdon. Maurice & his wife had two children:

i) GERALD (-1432). He succeeded his father as Earl of Kildare. m firstly ([1381]) MARGARET Rochefort, daughter of Sir JOHN Rochefort & his wife ---. m secondly (before 18 Nov 1397) AGNES Darcy, daughter of --- (-29 Sep 1439). Gerald & his second wife had one child:

(a) ELIZABETH (-6 Aug 1452). m firstly Sir JOHN Grey Lord Grey (of Codnor), son of Sir RICHARD Grey Lord Grey & his wife Elizabeth Basset (1396 or before-14 Sep 1430). m secondly (1432) as his second wife, JAMES Butler Earl of Ormond, son of JAMES Butler Earl of Ormond & his wife Anne de Welles ([1392]-Ardee 23 Aug 1452, bur St Mary´s Abbey, near Dublin).
Gerald had one illegitimate child by an unknown mistress:
(b) RICHARD . m (1405) JOAN FitzEustace of Castelmartyn.

ii) JOHN . He succeeded his brother as Earl of Kildare. m ---. The name of John´s wife is not known. John & his wife had one child:

(a) JOHN "Cam/crooked" . m ---. The name of John´s wife is not known. John & his wife had one child:

(1) THOMAS (-25 Mar 1477, bur [Dublin, All Hallows]). He succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Kildare. m JOAN FitzGerald, daughter of JAMES FitzGerald Earl of Desmond & his wife Mary Burle (-1486, Adare Monastery). Ancestors of the later Earls of Kildare.

3. JOAN . m (1302) EDMUND Butler, daughter of THEOBALD Butler & his wife Joan FitzGeoffrey (-1321). Chief Governor of Ireland (Justiciar) [1314/15]-1317.

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Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly
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Justiciar of Ireland

Born 1194
Ireland

Died 20 May 1257 (aged 63) Youghal Monastery, Ireland

Spouse(s) Juliana de Grenville

Issue

• Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald
• Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly
• David FitzMaurice FitzGerald
• Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald

Father Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly

Mother Eve de Bermingham

Maurice Fitzmaurice FitzGerald I, 2nd Lord of Offaly (1194 – 20 May 1257) was a Norman-Irish peer, soldier, and Justiciar of Ireland from 1232 to 1245. He mustered many armies against the Irish, and due to his harsh methods as Justiciar, he received criticism from King Henry III of England. He was succeeded as Lord of Offaly by his son, Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly.

Career

He was born in Ireland in 1194, the son of Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly and Eve de Bermingham (died between June 1223/December 1226). He succeeded to the title of Lord of Offaly on 15 January 1204, and was invested as a knight in July 1217, at the age of 23. In 1224 he founded South Abbey, Youghal, the proto-friary of the Irish Province of the Observant Franciscans,[1] dedicated to St. Nicholas. Maurice was summoned to London to accompany King Henry III of England to Poitou and Gascony in October 1229. He was appointed Justiciar of Ireland in September 1232 and held the post until 1245. His reputation was marred by rumours that he had contrived the death of Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke in 1234.[2] FitzGerald met Marshal at the Battle of the Curragh on 1 April, where Marshal was wounded and died shortly after. It was rumoured that Marshal had been betrayed.[3] FitzGerald then proceeded to London, where he took an oath before Henry III, that he innocent of any participation in Marshal's death. He later founded the Dominican Abbey at Sligo, to house a community of monks to say prayers for Earl Marshal's soul.[4]

In February 1235, the King criticised him for his proceedings in office, and described him as "little pleasant, nay, beyond measure harsh in executing the King's mandates".[2] The same year, he took part in the subjugation of Connacht. In the years 1241 and 1242, and later in 1246, 1247, and 1248 he mustered armies against the Irish. In 1247, Maurice invaded Tír Chonaill, and fought the combined forces of Cineál Chonaill and Cineál Eoghain at the Battle of Ballyshannon. According to various Irish annals, three eminent lords fell in battle against him: Maol Seachlainn Ó Domhnaill, King of Tír Chonaill, An Giolla Muinealach Ó Baoighill, and Mac Somhairle, King of Argyll (a man seemingly identical to Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill).[5]

In 1245, Maurice was dismissed from his post as Justiciar as a result of tardiness in sending the King assistance in the latter's military campaigns in Wales. His successor was John FitzGeoffrey. That same year he laid the foundations for Sligo Castle. In 1250, he held both the office of Member of the Council of Ireland, and Commissioner of the Treasury. He also founded the Franciscan Friary at Youghal; hence his nickname of an Brathair, which is Irish for The Friar.[6] He was at the English royal court in January 1252, and received an urgent summons from King Henry in January 1254.

Marriage and issue

He married Juliana de Grenville (Genealogists had previously named her as Juliana de Cogan, but this was an error since this was the name of his granddaughter through his oldest son Gerald), and by her, they had four sons:

• Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald (died 1243), married a woman whose name is not recorded by whom he had a son, Maurice Roe FitzGerald (drowned July 1268 returning from England when his ship was last in the Irish Sea),[7] and a daughter, Juliana (died after 1309), wife of Sir John de Cogan, by whom she had issue.
• Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly (1238- before 10 November 1286), married firstly, Maud de Prendergast, by whom he had two daughters; he married secondly, Emmeline Longespee.
• David FitzMaurice FitzGerald, died childless
• Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald (died 1271 Lough Mask), married Rohesia de St. Michael, by whom he had issue including John FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare, 4th Lord of Offaly

Death

In 1257, Maurice and his Norman army engaged the forces led by Gofraidh Ó Domhnaill (Godfrey O'Donnell), King of Tír Chonaill at the Battle of Credan, in the north of what is now County Sligo. The two men fought each other in single combat and both were gravely wounded. Maurice died of his injuries at Youghal Monastery, wearing the habit of the Franciscans, on 20 May 1257, aged 63 years. In the Annals of the Four Masters, 1257 his death is described thus: "Maurice FitzGerald for some time Lord Justice of Ireland and the destroyer of the Irish, died." (In Irish this reads as: "Muiris macGerailt lustis Ereann re h-edh diosccaoilteach Gaoidheal d'écc".)

Upon his death, the properties of Lea, Rathangan, and Geashill passed to his grandson Maurice, son of Gerald Fitzmaurice, who died in 1243.[8]

He was succeeded as Lord of Offaly by his son, Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly, rather than the rightful successor, his grandson, Maurice, son of his eldest son, Gerald. "But others say that he never enjoyed that lordship himself, but passed it the son and grandson of his eldest brother Gerald."[9]

Notes

1. Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands, Ireland, Earls of Kildare.
2. Lewis, Samuel (1837). A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: Lewis.
3. Cokayne, G. E. The Complete Peerage.
4. Power, D. J. (2004). "Marshal, Richard, sixth earl of Pembroke (d. 1234)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18124. Retrieved 1 April 2010. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
5. Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography, 1878 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
6. Woolf, A (2007). "A Dead Man at Ballyshannon". In Duffy, S. The World of the Galloglass: Kings, Warlords and Warriors in Ireland and Scotland, 1200–1600. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 77–85. ISBN 978-1-85182-946-0 – via Google Books.
7. "Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly". The Peerage.
8. Connellan, Owen. The Annals of Ireland [from A.D. 1171 to A.D. 1616, Dublin. Brian Geraghty, 1846, p. 86 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
9. FitzGerald, Walter. "Lea Castle", Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society and Surrounding Districts, Vol. 4, County Kildare Archaeological Society, 1905, p. 327 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
10. Hickson, M. "Miscellanea", Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1894, p. 188 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Maurice FitzGerald, Justiciar of Ireland was born in 1190 at Ireland.

He was the son of Gerald fitz Maurice, 1st Baron of Offaly and Eve de Bermingham.

Maurice FitzGerald, Justiciar of Ireland was was knighted in July 1217.3 Annals of the Four Masters 1224: "A monastery was erected by Maurice Fitzgerald, from whom the Fitzgeralds of Kildare and Desmond are descended, at Youghal, in the diocese of Cloyne, in Munster, for Franciscan friary. / Mainistir do thógbháil la Muiris Mac Gerailt (ó t-tátt Geraltaigh Cille Dara, & Gearaltaigh Desmumhan) i n-Eóchaill i n-eapscoboitteacht Cluana isin Mumhain do bhraithribh S. Froinsiais." ( (an unknown value)).4 He was one of the formal witnesses to a covenant of dower made in the great church of Naas in March 1227.3 He was summoned to London to accompany the King's expedition to Poitou and Gascony in October 1229.3 He was appointed Justiciar of Ireland on 2 September 1232 at or 4 Sep.3 He saw his good reputation damaged 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 1234.3 He is criticized by the King for his proceedings in office, described as "little pleasant, nay, beyond measure harsh, in executing the King's mandates," in February 1234/35.5 Annals of the Four Masters 1241: "The Lord Justice, namely, Maurice Fitzgerald, mustered a great army with which he marched into Moynai in the county of Roscommon, and plundered Fiachra O'Flynn and Donough Mac Dermot; a small party of O'Conor's people overtook them, and slew Nar Mac Gillakelly, and many others. / Sluagh mór do dhénamh lásan Iustis, .i. Muiris Mac Gearailt i Maig Naé go ro airccset Fiachra Ua Flainn, & Donnchadh Mac Diarmada, & ruccsat uathadh do mhuintir Ui Conchobhair forra, & ro marbhadh leó Nár Mac Giolla Cheallaigh & sochaidhe ele." ( (an unknown value)).6 Annals of the Four Masters 1242: "A great army was led by the Lord Justice and all the English of Ireland, with Felim, the son of Cathal Crovderg O'Conor, into Tirconnell, in pursuit of Teige O'Conor, who had fled to Kinel-Connell. The army encamped at Drumhome, and they destroyed much on this expedition, but Teige was not abandoned to them. Teige O'Conor was afterwards taken by Cuconnaught O'Reilly, at the request of Felim, son of Cathal Crovderg. / Sluaigheadh mór lasan Iustis & lá Gallaibh Ereann archena, & lá Fedlimidh mac Cathail Croibdeirg h-i Cenel c-Conaill i n-diaidh Taidhg Uí Chonchobhair do-chóidh d'ionnsoighidh Cenél c-Conaill. Ro gabhsad na slóigh-sin longport i n-Druim Thuama, & ro mhillset a lán don chuairt-sin gén gur tregeadh Tadhg dhóibh. Tadhg Ua Conchobhair do ghabhail iar t-táin lá Coin Connacht Ua Raghallaigh tria forchongra Fheidhlimidh mic Cathail Chroibhdheirg." ( (an unknown value)).7 Annals of the Four Masters 1245: "The castle of Sligo was erected by Maurice Fitzgerald, Lord Justice of Ireland, and by the Sil-Murray; for Felim O'Conor was ordered to erect it at his own expense, and to convey the stones, lime, and houses of Trinity Hospital thither, after the Lord Justice had granted that place to Clarus Mac Mailin, in honour of the Holy Trinity. / Caislén Sliccigh do dhénomh lámac Muiris Mic Gearailt, iustís na h-Ereann, & re Siol Muiredhaigh uair ro forcongradh for Fedhlim a dhenamh ar a phinging fein, & clocha, & aél, & tighe spitel na Trinóide do tharraing chuicce iar t-tabhairt an ionaidh chédna lasan Iustis do Chlarus Mac Mailin i n-onóir na naomh Trinóide." ( (an unknown value)).8 He laid the foundations of Sligo Castle in 1245.9 He was superceded in the office of Justiciar, for tardiness in sending the King assistance in his campaigns in Wales, by the appointment of John FitzGeoffrey on 4 November 1245.9 Annals of the Four Masters 1246: "John Fitz-Geoffry came to Ireland as Lord Justice, and Maurice Fitzgerald was deprived. / Ioain Mac Iagfri do thocht i n-a iustís i n-Erinn & Muiris Mac Gerailt do aithrighadh." ( (an unknown value)).10 Annals of the Four Masters 1246: "Maurice Fitzgerald marched with an army into Tirconnell: he gave the half of Tirconnell to Cormac, son of Dermot, who was son of Roderic O'Conor, and obtained hostages from O'Donnell for the other half. These hostages he left in the castle of Sligo. / Sluaighedh do dhenamh do Muiris Mac Gerailt i t-Tir Conaill & é do thabhairt leithe Thire Conaill do Corbmac mac Diarmada mic Ruaidhri Uí Concobhair, & braighde Uí Dhomhnaill do ghabhail ar an leith oile. Na braighde do fhaccbhail i c-caislén Sliccighe." ( (an unknown value)).11 Annals of the Four Masters 1247: "Melaghlin O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, Kinel-Moen, Inishowen, and Fermanagh, was slain by Maurice Fitzgerald. / Maoil Seachlainn ó Domhnaill ticcherna Thire Conaill, Cenél Moáin, Insi h-Eoghain & Fher Manach do mharbhadh la Muiriss Mac Gerailt." ( (an unknown value)).12 He married Juliane de Cogan, daughter of John de Cogan, in 1247.13 Annals of the Four Masters 1248: "An army was led by Maurice Fitzgerald into Tirconnell, where he engaged in conflicts and committed great depredations and plunders. He banished Rory O'Canannan into Tyrone, and left the lordship of Kinel-Connell to Godfrey, the son of Donnell O'Donnell. / Sluaigheadh la Muiris Mac Geroilt i t-Tir Conaill. Creacha aidhble, urtha, & airccne do denamh lais. Ruaidhri Ua Canannáin do ionnarbadh dho i c-Cenél Eoghain & ticchernus Cenél c-Conaill do fhaccbhail ag Gofraidh mac Domhnaill Uí Domhnaill." ( (an unknown value)).14 Maurice FitzGerald, Justiciar of Ireland was a commissioner of the Treasury, and of the Council in 1250.9 He was at court before January 1252 at England.9 He received an urgent summons from the King in January 1253/54.9 Annals of Inisfallen 1257: "Maurice, son of Gerald, died."15 Annals of Monte Fernando 1257: "Ob. Mauricius filius Geraldi."16 Annals of the Four Masters 1257: "Maurice Fitzgerald, for some time Lord Justice of Ireland, and the destroyer of the Irish, died. / Muiris mac Gerailt Iustis Ereann re h-edh díosccaoilteach Gaoidheal d'écc." ( (an unknown value)).17 Annales Hiberniae 1257: "Obiit Mauricius Geraldi."18 He died on 20 May 1257 at Youghal Monastery, Ireland, at age 67 years.

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Event(s)

Birth:   1190   Offaly,Ireland  

Death: 20 May 1257 Youghal Monaster,Ireland
Burial: Youghal Monaster,Ireland
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Mother: Eva de Bermingham Disc #71 Pin #462562
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Spouse:  Juliana de Cogan     Disc #71     Pin #462552  

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Name: Maurice Fitzgerald 1

Sex: M

Birth: ABT 1190 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland 1

Death: 20 MAY 1257 in Youghal Monastery, Ireland 1

Note:

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][JohnFaye (8 Jun 05).FTW]

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]

Father: Gerald FitzMaurice Fitzgerald b: ABT 1150 in Windsor, Berkshire, England

Mother: Eve De Bermingham b: ABT 1172 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland

Marriage 1 Juliane De Cogan b: ABT 1223 in England

Children

Maurice Fitzgerald b: ABT 1238 in Wexford, Ireland

Thomas Fitzgerald b: ABT 1240 in Banada, Sligo, Ireland
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Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly1

M, #4109, d. 1257

Last Edited=4 Jan 2009

    Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly is the son of Gerald fitz Maurice, 1st Baron of Offaly and Eve de Bermingham.1 He married Juliane (?). He died in 1257.1

Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron of Offaly in 1203.1
Children of Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly and Juliane (?)

Sir Maurice fitz Maurice+ d. 1286

Thomas fitz Maurice+ d. 12711

Gerald fitz Maurice+ d. 12431

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.

• Maurice Fitzgerald

born before 1190 Ireland

died 20 May 1257 Youghal Monastery, Ireland

buried Youghal Monastery, Ireland

father:

• Gerald Fitzmaurice

born 1150? Windsor, Berkshire, England

died before 15 January 1203

mother:

• Eva de Bermingham

born about 1150

died before December 1226

siblings:

unknown

spouse:

• Juliana (Johanna?) de Cogan

born 1190 Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales

children:

• Gerald Fitzmaurice born about 1215 Adare, Limerick, Ireland

died 1243 Gascony, France

Thomas Fitzmaurice born about 1229 Banada Castle, Sligo, Ireland died 1271 Lough Mask, Ireland

biographical and/or anecdotal:

notes or source:

LDS

ancestry.com

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Baron of Offaly

Justiciar of Ireland 1232-1245

Lord of Lea

Commissioner of the Treasury & Councillor

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Shortly before his death he retired to the Franciscan Abbey of Yougham, which he had founded. He introduced the Franciscans and Dominicans in Ireland.

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NOTE:1257 Maurice Fitzgerald is wounded by Godfrey O’Donnell, he died a short time later, leaving his estate to be divided between his two daughters, Amabil and Juliana. Eventually the estate went to John Fitzthomas Fitzgerald, Baron of Offaly. He was an absentee landlord, subletting portion of his territory.

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 FitzGerald, Maurice, 2nd Baron Offaly, son of preceding, must have been very young at his father's death, as it was not until 1216 that he was put in possession of Maynooth and the other paternal estates, by a mandatory letter of Henry III. In 1215 he introduced into Ireland the order of the Franciscans, and in 1216 the Dominicans. He was appointed Lord-Justice both in 1229 and 1245. In 1232 he built the Franciscan Abbey of Youghal. In 1234, at a conference on the Curragh between Richard, Earl Marshal, the Baron of Offaly, and others, the former was murdered; whereupon FitzGerald proceeded to London, and took an oath before Henry III. that he was innocent of all participation in the deed. In 1234 the King issued a writ directing FitzGerald to proclaim free trade between Ireland and England.

In 1236 he founded the Dominican Abbey at Sligo as the abode of a community of monks to say prayers for the Earl Marshal's soul, and the same year built the Castle of Armagh, and in 1242 that of Sligo. In 1235 he marched at the head of a large force into Connaught, and reduced the province to submission. In 1245 he and Felim O'Conor of Connaught were admonished for tardiness in joining the King in an expedition into Wales. After this, among other rights, the Irish Barons claimed exemption from attending the sovereign beyond the realm. In 1246 FitzGerald subdued Tyrconnel, and in 1248 marched into Tyrone, and forced O'Neill to give hostages; but in 1257 he was defeated by Godfrey O'Donnell at the Rosses, near Sligo. Soon after this he retired to the Franciscan monastery at Youghal, assumed the habit of the order, and died the same year. He had married a daughter of John de Cogan.

Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly was born circa 1190. He was the son of Gerald fitz Maurice, 1st Baron of Offaly and Eve de Bermingham.1 He married Juliane (?). He died in 1257.

    Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly also went by the nick-name of Maurice 'an Brâthair' (or in English, the Friar). He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron of Offaly [feudal barony] in 1203. He was invested as a Knight in 1217. He held the office of Justiciar of Ireland between 1232 and 1245.2 In 1235 he took part in the subjugation of Connaught. He held the office of Member of the Council of Ireland in 1250. He held the office of Commissioner of the Treasury in 1250. He founded the Franciscan Friary at Youghal and the Domincan Friary at Sligo.

Children of Maurice fitz Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly and Juliane (?)

1.Sir Maurice fitz Maurice+ d. b 10 Nov 1286

2.Thomas fitz Maurice+1 d. 1271

3.David fitz Maurice2

4.Gerald fitz Maurice+1 b. c 1220, d. 1243

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