Maurice FitzGerald , 2nd Baron of Offaly 
Maurice was born about 1190 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland (Justiciar of Ireland). Maurice's father was Gerald FitzMaurice , 1st Baron of Offaly and his mother was Eve de Birmingham , Heiress of Offaly. His paternal grandparents were Maurice FitzGerald , Keeper of Dublin and Alice de Montgomery; his maternal grandfather was Robert de Birmingham , Baron of Offaly. He had a half-brother named Sir Maurice. He died in 1257 in As a Friar at Franciscan Friary at Youghal, Ireland.General Notes
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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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1012 in Tuscanny, Italy d.~ 1057 in Stanwell, Staines, Middlesex, England
- b.1037 in Stanwell, Staines, Middlesex, England d.> 1100 in Domesday Tenant in Buckingham, Hampshire, Middlesex & Surrey
- b.1070 in Windsor, Berkshire, England d.< 1136
- b.~ 1041 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland
- b.~ 1100 in Castle Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.01 Sep 1176 in Wexford, Kildare, Ireland
- b.~ 1000 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.~ 1035 in Deheubarth, Wales d.1093 in Killed fighting Norman English in Brycheiniog, Wales
- b.1073 in Deheubarth, Wales
- b.1026 in Powys, Wales d.1069
- b.~ 1051 in Powys, Wales
- b.~ 1150 in Windsor, Berkshire, England d.1245 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland
- b.~ 0985 in St Germain Montgomery, Normandy, France d.> 1040 in Exiled to Paris, Seine, France
- b.1022 in St Germain Montgomery, Normandy, France d.27 Jul 1094 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 1000 in France d.> 1067
- b.1048 in Pembroke, Dyfed, Wales d.~ 1126 in France (exiled in 1102)
- b.1000 in Belleme, Sarthe, Maine/Pays de le Loire, France d.1070 in Alencon, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.1026 in Alencon, Eure, Normandy, France d.02 Dec 1079 in Bures Castle, Eure, Normandy, France (murdered)
- b.0985 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Maine/Pays de la Loire, France
- b.1115 in Munster, Ireland
- b.1009 in Clare, Munster, Ireland d.14 Jul 1086
- b.~ 1030 in Munster, Ireland d.1119 in Lismore, Waterford, Ireland
- b.~ 1000 in Ireland d.1098 in Glendaloch, Ireland
- b.1076 in Munster, Ireland
- b.~ 1050 in Ireland d.1098
- b.~ 1190 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland (Justiciar of Ireland) d.1257 in As a Friar at Franciscan Friary at Youghal, Ireland
- b.1124 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland
- b.1165 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland d.<Dec 1226
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They had two sons named Maurice "Mael" and Thomas.
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Children
Maurice "Mael" FitzMaurice , Lord of Offaly
Maurice "Mael" was born about 1238 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland. He died before November 10th, 1286 in Ross, Wexford, Ireland.
Thomas FitzGerald , Sir
Thomas was born in 1240 in Banada, Sligo, Ireland. He died at the age of 31 in 1271 in Ballyloughmask, Mayo, Ireland.
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