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Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly

(1150 - 15 Jan 1204)

According to Wikipedia:

Gerald FitzMaurice, jure uxoris 1st Lord of Offaly (c.?1150 - 15 January 1204) was a Cambro-Norman nobleman who took part with his father, Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan, in the Norman Invasion of Ireland (1169-71).

Together with his five brothers and one sister Nesta they founded the notable FitzGerald/FitzMaurice Dynasty which was to play an important role 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 and Leinster branch of the dynasty.

Confusingly, his father Maurice was granted the lordship of Offelan in north County Kildare in 1175 by Strongbow.[1]

Family
Gerald FitzMaurice was born in Wales in about 1150, the second eldest son of Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan by his wife, Alice (daughter of Arnulf de Montgomery).[2] Gerald