Maurice Fitz Gerald Lord of Offaly, Judiciar of Ireland

  General Notes:

~Weis' Ancestral Roots . . ., 8th Edition, 178:6, gives Emmeline as the probable wife of Sir Maurice Fitz Maurice, but Douglas Ricahardson has shown that Emmeline was the second wife of of Sir Maurice, and his first wife was Maud de Prendergast. Sir Maurice Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald, was lord of Offaly in Ireland, Justiciar, and died 1286. He was the son of Sir Marice Fitz Gerald, Knight and Juliane. ¹⁶⁰

~ Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. VII, "The Geraldine" pedigree chart, p. 200, Maurice f. Maurice, Justiciar, died 1286, was the father of Julian who married Thomas de Clare and Amabel who d. s.p. His parents are shown as Maurice f. Gerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly; Justiciar; died 1257, and Juliane. Also mentioned Vol. X, p. 16 footnote (c),
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  Information about this person:

• From Gen-Medieval Archives: Juliane fitz Maurice, Wife of Thomas de Clare . ¹⁹³
From: Douglas Richardson <royalancestryNOroSPAM@msn.com.invalid>
Subject: Re: Juliane Fitz Maurice, wife of Thomas de Clare
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 07:54:38 -0800

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AHNENTAFEL OF JULIANE FITZ MAURICE (concentrating on her
maternal ancestry):

1. JULIANE FITZ MAURICE, married Thomas de Clare, Knt.

2. MAURICE FITZ MAURICE, Knt., of Connaught, and, in right of his wife, of Corbyn and the cantred of Corran, co. Cork, Tobernea, co. Limerick and Killegny, co. Wexford, Justiciar of Ireland, was born about 1238, died 1286. He married (lst) Maud de Prendergast (No. 3 below); (2nd) in or before 1276, Emmeline Longespeee, daughter and co-heiress of Stephen Longespee, Justiciar of Ireland.

3. MAUD DE PRENDERGAST, born about 1242 (aged ten in March 1252). She was married (lst) to David Fitz Maurice (who d.s.p. before St. Patrick's Day, 1249); (2nd) Maurice de Rochford (who died before May, 1258); and (3rd) Maurice Fitz Maurice, Knt. (No. 2 above).

6. GERALD DE PRENDEGAST, of Beauvoir, Ballacha in Orrery, and Corbyn, co. Cork, Tobernea, co. Limerick, and Crosspatrick and Killegny, co. Wexford, was born say 1200. He married (lst) Maud, daughter of Theobald Walter by his wife, Maud le Vavasour; married (2nd) in or before 1240, _____ de Burgh (No. 7 below). He died in 1251.

7. _____ DE BURGH.

12. PHILIP DE PRENDERGAST, of Schyrmal and Kynalo, co. Wexford and, in right of his wife, of the Duffrey, co. Leinster, born say 1170. He married Maud de Quincy (No. 13 below). He was probably the builder of Enniscorthy Castle, co. Leinster. He died in 1229.

13. MAUD DE QUINCY, born late in 1172 or early 1173.

Maurice married Matilda de Prendergast, daughter of Gerald de Prendergast Lord of Enniscorthy and Maud de Burgh, in 1266. (Matilda de Prendergast was born on 17 Mar 1242 in Beauvoir, Cork, Ireland ⁹⁹⁰.)