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OFFALY LORDSHIP

[WIND341] Gerald FitzWalter of Pembroke Castle m. [RHYS362] Nest ferch Rhys
. [OFFY351] Maurice FitzGerald of Pembroke m. [TMOA352] Alice de Montgomery of Holderness
. . [OFFY361] Lord Gerald FitzMaurice of Offaly m. Eve de Bermingham
. . . [OFFY371] Lord Maurice of Offaly m. [COGN372] Juliana de Cogan
. . . . [OFFY381] Sir Maurice FitzMaurice of Offaly m. [LONG473] Emeline Longespee
. . . . . [OFFY392] Juliana FitzMaurice of Offaly m1. [THOM491] Lord Thomas of Thomond

26.  [OFFY351] Maurice FitzGerald (born 1100, son of [WIND341] Gerald FitzWalter, see WINDSOR), Lord of Llanstephan (Carmarthenshire), married [TMOA352] Alice de Montgomery (born c.1105, daughter of Arnulf, see (SHREWSBURY (MONTGOMERY) EARLDOM). He died at Wexford (1st September 1176).

25.  [OFFY361] Gerald FitzMaurice (born 1150), married Eve (daughter of 26. Robert de Bermingham, Baron of Offaly) by which marriage Gerald became 1st Lord of Offaly. He died 1203, and afterwards Eve married 2. Geoffrey FitzRobert (died 1211); then 3. Geoffrey de Marsh/Marisco (died 1245). Eve died c.1226.

24.  [OFFY371] Maurice FitzGerald (born 1190), Lord Lea, 2nd Lord of Offaly (1232), married (c.1232) [COGN372] Juliana de Cogan (daughter of Sir John, see COGAN). He died at Youghal Monastery, Co. Cork, (1257).

23.  [OFFY381] Sir Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald (born c.1238, 2nd son of Maurice), Justiciar of Ireland, married (1276) [LONG473] Emmeline de Longespee (born 1250, daughter of Justiciar Stephen, see SALISBURY (LONGESPEE) EARLDOM). Maurice died before 1286, and Emmeline died 1291. The alternative version which showed Sir Maurice married Maud de Prendergast appears to be false.