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Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Maynooth, Naas, and Llanstephan[1] (born: Castle Carew c.1105 - September c.1176 Wexford, Ireland. He was a medieval Anglo-Norman baron and a major figure in the Norman Invasion of Ireland.[2] Wars in Wales and Ireland A Welsh Marcher Lord, Lanstephan fought under Robert FitzMartin at the Battle of Crug Mawr in Wales 1136. Diarmait Mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurrough), the deposed King of Leinster, who had been exiled by the High King of Ireland, sought Cambro-Norman assistance to regain his throne. Lanstephan participated in the resulting 1169 Norman invasion of Ireland. He assisted his younger half-brother Robert Fitz-Stephen in the Siege of Wexford (1169). His nephew, Raymond, was Strongbow's second in command and had the chief share both in the capture of Waterford and in the successful assault on Dublin in 1171. Lanstephan and his son also fought in this battle.[2] Ancestry FitzGerald was the second son of Gerald de Windsor, Constable of Pembroke Castle by his wife, Nest ferch Rhys, Princess of Deheubarth and a member of the Welsh royal House of Dinefwr. Marriage and Issue FitzGerald and his elder brother William of Carew married two sisters. They were the daughters of Arnulf de Montgomery by his wife Lavacroth, the daughter of the Irish king Muircheartach Ua Briain. FitzGerald married Alice de Montgomery, while William married Marie de Montgomery. FitzGerald's children by his wife were: Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly (b. c. 1150, d. before 15 Jan 1204) Alexander William, Lord of Naas (d. c.1199) Maurice, Lord of Kiltrany Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald (d. c.1213) Robert Nest (m. Hervey de Montmorenci, Constable of England) Through his oldest son, Sir Gerald, FitzGerald was the ancestor of the FitzGerald Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster. The original Earldom of Desmond in the province of Munster was based on land holdings belonging to the descendants of Maurice's son Thomas FitzMaurice FitzGerald, Lord of O'Connelloe. Thomas's son John FitzGerald, who was killed in the Battle of Callann, became the first Baron Desmond. Of this line are also the Knights of Glin and Knights of Kerry. References ^ Fitz Gerald ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1890). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (D to F) 3 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 358. Retrieved 27 December 2011. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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