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Sir Maurice FitzGerald, Justiciar of Ireland

Male 1190 - 1257  (67 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Maurice FitzGerald, Justiciar of Ireland was born in 1190 in Ireland; died on 20 May 1257 in Youghal Monaster, Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Knighted: Jul 1217
    • Offices Held: From Sep 1232 to 1245
    • Offices Held: 1250

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was also the 2ed Baron Offaly and Baron Lea.

    Offices Held:
    He was the Justiciar of Ireland.

    Offices Held:
    He was appointed the Commissioner of the Treasury and the Councillor.

    Maurice married Johanna or Juliana de Cogan on 1247 to 1248. Johanna (daughter of John de Cogan and Marie de Prindergast) was born in 1190 in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Maurice "Mael" FitzGerald, Lord Justice of Ireland  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1238 in Wexford, Wexford County, Ireland; died on 2 Sep 1277 in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Maurice "Mael" FitzGerald, Lord Justice of Ireland Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maurice1) was born in 1238 in Wexford, Wexford County, Ireland; died on 2 Sep 1277 in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was the 3rd Lord of Offaly in Ireland.
    • Land/House: say 1255; 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.
    • Offices Held: From 1272 to 1273; 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.
    • Military: 1276; 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.
    • Last Full Review: 9 Jun 2020

    Notes:

    Name:

    Maurice married Maud de Prendergast, Lady Offaly before 28 Oct 1259. Maud (daughter of Gerald de Prendergast and Matilda de Burgh) was born on 17 Mar 1242 in Ireland; died before 1273. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Juliane FitzMaurice  Descendancy chart to this point died on 24 Sep 1300.
    2. 4. Annabel FitzMaurice  Descendancy chart to this point

    Maurice married Emeline de Longespée about 1266. Emeline (daughter of Stephen de Longespée and Emmeline de Riddlesford) was born about 1250; died in 1291 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Juliane FitzMaurice Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maurice2, 1.Maurice1) died on 24 Sep 1300.

    Juliane married Sir Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond in 1275. Thomas (son of Sir Richard de Clare, Earl of Clare, Hertford, and Gloucester and Maud de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln) was born about 1245; died in 1287/88 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Gilbert de Clare, Lord Thomond  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1281; died in 1308.
    2. 6. Richard de Clare, Lord Thomond  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 1281; died in 1318.
    3. 7. Maud de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point died on 1 Feb 1324/25.
    4. 8. Margaret de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1280 - 1286 in Ireland; died in 1365.
    5. 9. Richard de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Nicholas Avenel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Adam de Cretynges. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  Annabel FitzMaurice Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maurice2, 1.Maurice1)

    Notes:

    Name:
    Amabel FitzMaurice, married but died childless.



Generation: 4

  1. 5.  Gilbert de Clare, Lord Thomond Descendancy chart to this point (3.Juliane3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Maurice1) was born in 1281; died in 1308.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 1299; He became Lord Thomond
    • Married: say 1301; Isabella ______. She died in 1322.


  2. 6.  Richard de Clare, Lord Thomond Descendancy chart to this point (3.Juliane3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Maurice1) was born after 1281; died in 1318.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: say 1301; Joanna ______. She died in 1322.
    • Title(s): 1308; He became Lord Thomond on the death of his brother, Gilbert.


  3. 7.  Maud de Clare Descendancy chart to this point (3.Juliane3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Maurice1) died on 1 Feb 1324/25.

    Maud married Sir Robert de Clifford, Lord Clifford on 13 Nov 1295. Robert (son of Roger de Clifford and Isabel de Vipount, Lady of Appleby) was born on 1 Apr 1274 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England; died on 24 Jun 1314 in Stirling, Scotland; was buried in Shap Abbey, Cumbria, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Idonea de Clifford  Descendancy chart to this point died on 24 Aug 1365 in England; was buried in Beverley, Yorkshire, England.
    2. 11. Robert de Clifford, Lord Clifford and Sheriff of Westmorland  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Nov 1305; died on 20 May 1344.
    3. 12. Margaret de Clifford  Descendancy chart to this point died on 8 Aug 1382.

    Maud married Robert de Welles, Baron de Welles on 11 Nov 1315. Robert (son of Adam de Welles, Baron de Welles and Joan Engaine) was born on 1 Jan 1296 in Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, England ; was christened in Holy Trinity Church, Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, England ; died in by 29 Aug 1320. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 8.  Margaret de Clare Descendancy chart to this point (3.Juliane3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Maurice1) was born on 1280 - 1286 in Ireland; died in 1365.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    She was heress to her nephew, Thomas de Clare, so of Richard de Clare, second son of Thomas and Juliane. She was therefore sister to Richard, second son and to Thomas, first son.

    Margaret married Gilbert de Umfraville in 1289. Gilbert died before 1307. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Margaret married Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Lord Baddlesmere in by 1308. Bartholomew (son of Guncelin de Badlesmere and Joan FitzBernard) was born in 1275 in Chilham, Kent, England; died on 14 Apr 1322 in Canterbury, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Margaret de Badlesmere  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Margery de Badlesmere  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1306 in Badlesmere, Kent, England; died on 18 Oct 1363.
    3. 15. Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton  Descendancy chart to this point died on 8 Jun 1356; was buried in Blackfriars, London, England.
    4. 16. Maud de Badlesmere  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 17. Giles de Badlesmere  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 9.  Richard de Clare Descendancy chart to this point (3.Juliane3, 2.Maurice2, 1.Maurice1)


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