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Birth:          1150 Wales
Death:          15 Jan 1204 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_FitzMaurice,_1st_Lord_of_Offaly
Gerald FitzMaurice, jure uxoris 1st Lord of Offaly (c.?1150 – 15 January 1204) was a 
Cambro-Norman nobleman who settled in Ireland, with his father, Maurice FitzGerald, 
Lord of Lanstephan, founding the notable FitzGerald dynasty who were to play 
important roles 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 branch of the dynasty.

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

Gerald was born in Wales in about 1150, the second eldest son of Maurice FitzGerald, 
Lord of Lanstephan and an unknown second wife. Gerald had one sister, Nesta, who 
was named after their celebrated grandmother, Princess Nest ferch Rhys, and five 
brothers, including his eldest, William FitzMaurice, 1st Baron of Naas.

Career[edit]

Gerald's father was the leader of the first landing of Normans who arrived in Ireland in 
1169 to assist the exiled Irish King of Leinster Dermot MacMurrough regain his 
kingdom. Both Gerald and his father were at the Siege of Dublin in 1171.[2] Upon the 
death of their father, on 1 September 1176, Gerald's elder brother William granted him 
half the cantred of Ophelan with centres at Maynooth and Rathmore. He was 
confirmed in them by Prince John in 1185. In 1197, he took part in the conquest of 
Limerick acquiring Croom, County Limerick.[3]

Marriage and issue[edit]

Sometime around 1193, he married as her first husband, Eve de Bermingham (died 
between June 1223 and December 1226), daughter of Sir Robert de Bermingham. In 
marriage, he received the barony of Offaly, becoming the first FitzGerald Lord of 
Offaly. Together Gerald and Eve had one son:
Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly, Justiciar of Ireland (1194- 20 May 1257), 
married Juliana N.N., by whom he had four sons.

Following Gerald's death on 15 January 1204, Eve would go on to marry two more 
times. Her second husband was Geoffrey FitzRobert, and her third, whom she married 
sometime after 1211, was Geoffrey de Marisco, Justiciar of Ireland.

Parents
FITZ GERALD Maurice (1100 - 1 Sep 1177)
DE MONTGOMERY Alice (1100 - )

Siblings
FITZ MAURICE Gerald (1150 - 15 Jan 1204)

Marriage To DE BERMINGHAM Eva (ABT 1150 - BEF Dec 1226)
    m. ABT 1193 

Notes

Parents
DE BERMINGHAM Robert (BEF 1124 - )
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Children by DE BERMINGHAM Eva ABT 1150 - BEF Dec 1226
FITZ GERALD Maurice (1194 - 20 May 1257)

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